| 4. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Judges 20:4:1 ⧉וַיַּ֜עַןvayaanand he answered Judges 20:4:2 ⧉הָאִ֣ישׁhaishthe man Judges 20:4:3 ⧉הַלֵּוִ֗יhalevithe Levite Judges 20:4:4 ⧉אִ֛ישׁishman of Judges 20:4:5 ⧉הָאִשָּׁ֥הhaishathe woman Judges 20:4:6 ⧉הַנִּרְצָחָ֖הhanirtsakhathe murdered one Judges 20:4:7 ⧉וַיֹּאמַ֑רvayomarand he said Judges 20:4:8 ⧉הַגִּבְעָ֙תָה֙hagivatato Gibeah Judges 20:4:9 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֣רasherwhich Judges 20:4:10 ⧉לְבִנְיָמִ֔ןlevinyaminto Benjamin Judges 20:4:11 ⧉בָּ֛אתִיbatiI came Judges 20:4:12 ⧉אֲנִ֥יaniI Judges 20:4:13 ⧉וּפִֽילַגְשִׁ֖יufilagshiand my concubine Judges 20:4:14 ⧉לָלֽוּן׃lalunto lodge for the night |
| 4. Formal Translation And the Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, answered and said, “My concubine and I came to Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin, to lodge.” |
| 4. Dynamic Translation The Levite, the husband of the woman slain, replied, “My concubine and I came to Gibeah to spend the night.” |