| 1. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Judges 19:1:1 ⧉וַיְהִי֙vayehiand it was Judges 19:1:2 ⧉בַּיָּמִ֣יםbayamimin the days Judges 19:1:3 ⧉הָהֵ֔םhahemthose Judges 19:1:4 ⧉וּמֶ֖לֶךְumelekhand a king Judges 19:1:5 ⧉אֵ֣יןenthere was not Judges 19:1:6 ⧉בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לbeyisraelin Israel Judges 19:1:7 ⧉וַיְהִ֣יvayehiand there was Judges 19:1:8 ⧉אִ֣ישׁisha man Judges 19:1:9 ⧉לֵוִ֗יlevia Levite Judges 19:1:10 ⧉גָּ֚רgarsojourning Judges 19:1:11 ⧉בְּיַרְכְּתֵ֣יbeyarketein the recesses Judges 19:1:12 ⧉הַר־אֶפְרַ֔יִםharefrayimof the hill country of Ephraim Judges 19:1:13 ⧉וַיִּֽקַּֽח־לוֹ֙vayikkakhloand he took for himself Judges 19:1:14 ⧉אִשָּׁ֣הishaa woman Judges 19:1:15 ⧉פִילֶ֔גֶשׁpilegesha concubine Judges 19:1:16 ⧉מִבֵּ֥יתmibetfrom the house of Judges 19:1:17 ⧉לֶ֖חֶםlekhemBethlehem Judges 19:1:18 ⧉יְהוּדָֽה׃yehudaJudah |
| 1. Formal Translation And it happened in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that a Levite sojourning in the outskirts of the hill country of Ephraim took to himself a concubine from Bethlehem of Judah. |
| 1. Dynamic Translation In those days, when Israel had no king, a Levite living in the remote parts of the hill country of Ephraim took a concubine for himself from Bethlehem in Judah. |