Rashi on TanakhJudges 19

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Read Judges 19 in the Bible

Judges 19:2

His concubine strayed away from him She strayed away from his home to the outside. The word זְנוּת, "promiscuity," always denotes departure—"One who departs to the outside,"1This is Targum Yonasan’s rendition of זוֹנָה, “promiscuous woman.” who leaves her husband and loves another.

Judges 19:6

Give your assent, and remain overnight. Tonight.

Judges 19:9

Has waned. The sun [has waned] from full strength, and has begun setting.
It is the time of day for encamping. The time when all travellers turn in to encamp indoors.

Judges 19:12

To Giv'oh. Giv'oh of Binyomin.

Judges 19:13

We will spend the night. As in וְלַנְנוּ. The period punctuating the נ serves as a replacement for a second נ.2The suffix נו denotes the plural usage. When the letter נ appears in the root, as in לין, the additional נ is dropped, and is replaced by a period in the original נ.

Judges 19:18

To the Sanctuary of Adonoy. I am going to Shiloh.3The Mishkon was at Shiloh. (Yehosnua, 18:1).

Judges 19:21

And fed produce to the donkeys. He gave produce to the donkeys. He fed produce, "aprovender" in old French.

Judges 19:22

We want to have relations with him to sodomize him.

Judges 19:28

There was no answer, for she was dead.

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