| 16. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Judges 19:16:1 ⧉וְהִנֵּ֣הvehineand behold Judges 19:16:2 ⧉אִ֣ישׁisha man Judges 19:16:3 ⧉זָקֵ֗ןzakenold Judges 19:16:4 ⧉בָּ֣אbacoming Judges 19:16:5 ⧉מִֽן־מַעֲשֵׂ֤הוּminmaasehufrom his work Judges 19:16:6 ⧉מִן־הַשָּׂדֶה֙minhasadefrom the field Judges 19:16:7 ⧉בָּעֶ֔רֶבbaerevin the evening Judges 19:16:8 ⧉וְהָאִישׁ֙vehaishand the man Judges 19:16:9 ⧉מֵהַ֣רmeharfrom the hill country of Judges 19:16:10 ⧉אֶפְרַ֔יִםefrayimEphraim Judges 19:16:11 ⧉וְהוּא־גָ֖רvehugarand he was sojourning Judges 19:16:12 ⧉בַּגִּבְעָ֑הbagivain Gibeah Judges 19:16:13 ⧉וְאַנְשֵׁ֥יveansheand the men of Judges 19:16:14 ⧉הַמָּק֖וֹםhamakomthe place Judges 19:16:15 ⧉בְּנֵ֥יbenesons of Judges 19:16:16 ⧉יְמִינִֽי׃yeminia Benjaminite |
| 16. Formal Translation And behold, an old man came from his work in the field at evening. He was from the hill country of Ephraim and was sojourning in Gibeah, but the men of the place were Benjaminites. |
| 16. Dynamic Translation Just then an old man returned home after working in the field as evening approached. He was from the hill country of Ephraim and was sojourning in Gibeah, though the locals belonged to the tribe of Benjamin. |