39. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Judges 11:39:1 ⧉וַיְהִ֞יvayehiand it was Judges 11:39:2 ⧉מִקֵּ֣ץmikketsfrom the end of Judges 11:39:3 ⧉שְׁנַ֣יִםshenayimtwo Judges 11:39:4 ⧉חֳדָשִׁ֗יםkhodashimmonths Judges 11:39:5 ⧉וַתָּ֙שָׁב֙vatashavand she returned Judges 11:39:6 ⧉אֶל־אָבִ֔יהָelavihato her father Judges 11:39:7 ⧉וַיַּ֣עַשׂvayaasand he did Judges 11:39:8 ⧉לָ֔הּlato her Judges 11:39:9 ⧉אֶת־נִדְר֖וֹetnidrothe vow of him or his vow Judges 11:39:10 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֣רasherwhich Judges 11:39:11 ⧉נָדָ֑רnadarhe vowed Judges 11:39:12 ⧉וְהִיא֙vehiand she Judges 11:39:13 ⧉לֹא־יָדְעָ֣הloyadeadid not know Judges 11:39:14 ⧉אִ֔ישׁisha man Judges 11:39:15 ⧉וַתְּהִי־חֹ֖קvatehikhokand it became a statute Judges 11:39:16 ⧉בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃beyisraelin Israel |
39. Formal Translation And it came to pass at the end of two months that she returned to her father, and he performed for her the vow which he had vowed. And she had known no man. And it became a statute in Israel. |
39. Dynamic Translation After two months, she returned to her father, and he fulfilled his vow to her, the vow he had made. She had never been with a man. Thus a tradition began in Israel. |