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Judges 19:4

And his father in law, the damsel’s father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.

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וַיֶּחֱזַקvayechezaqand be constantחָזַקconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and be constant”, the next action in the storyH2388to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conqueraid, amend, [idiom] calker, catch, cleave, confirm, be constant, constrain, continue, be of good (take) courage(-ous, -ly), encourage (self), be established, fasten, force, fortify, make hard, harden, help, (lay) hold (fast), lean, maintai…בּ֤וֹbvoinבּ֤וֹpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “in”inחֹֽתְנוֹ֙chotenvojoin in affinityחָתַןverb, qal, participle, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “join in affinity”, a verb used as a describing wordH2859to give (a daughter) away in marriage; hence (generally) to contract affinity by marriagejoin in affinity, father in law, make marriages, mother in law, son in law.אֲבִ֣יavifatherאָבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “father”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationchief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.הַֽנַּעֲרָ֔הhanaarahthe damselנַעֲרָהdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the damsel”, the ordinary formH5291a girl (from infancy to adolescence)damsel, maid(-en), young (woman).וַיֵּ֥שֶׁבvayeshevand dwellיָשַׁבconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and dwell”, the next action in the storyH3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry(make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, r…אִתּ֖וֹitvoamongאֵתpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “among”H854properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.against, among, before, by, for, from, in(-to), (out) of, with. Often with another prepositional prefix.שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁתsheloshetthirdשָׁלוֹשׁadjective, cardinal, masculine, singular, construct — “third”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7969three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice[phrase] fork, [phrase] often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, [phrase] thrice. Compare H7991 (שָׁלִישׁ).יָמִ֑יםyamimas long asיוֹםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “as long as”, the ordinary formH3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) lon…וַיֹּאכְלוּ֙vayokhlvand eatאָכַלconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and eat”, the next action in the storyH398to eat (literally or figuratively)[idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.וַיִּשְׁתּ֔וּvayishtvand banquetשָׁתָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and banquet”, the next action in the storyH8354to imbibe (literally or figuratively)[idiom] assuredly, banquet, [idiom] certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk ([idiom] -ard), surely. (Prop. intensive of H8248 (שָׁקָה).)וַיָּלִ֖ינוּvayalinvand be leftלוּןconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and be left”, the next action in the storyH3885to stop (usually over night); by implication, to stay permanently; hence (in a bad sense) to be obstinate (especially in words, to complain)abide (all night), continue, dwell, endure, grudge, be left, lie all night, (cause to) lodge (all night, in, -ing, this night), (make to) murmur, remain, tarry (all night, that night).שָֽׁםshamthereשָׁםadverb — “there”H8033there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thencein it, [phrase] thence, there (-in, [phrase] of, [phrase] out), [phrase] thither, [phrase] whither.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And his father-in-law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he abode with him three days; so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And his father-in-law, the damsel’s father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.

Young’s Literal Translation

And keep hold on him doth his father-in-law, father of the young woman, and he abideth with him three days, and they eat and drink, and lodge there.

World English Bible

His father-in-law, the young lady’s father, kept him there; and he stayed with him three days. So they ate and drank, and stayed there.

Darby Translation

And his father-in-law, the damsel's father, retained him, and he abode with him three days; and they ate and drank, and lodged there.

Douay-Rheims

And embraced the man. And the son in law tarried in the house of his father in law three days, eating with him and drinking familiarly.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And his father-in-law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he abode with him three days; so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And his father-in-law, the father of the damsel, constrained him, and he staid with him for three days; and they ate and drank, and lodged there.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ κατέσχεν αὐτὸν ὁ γαμβρὸς αὐτοῦ ὁ πατὴρ τῆς νεάνιδος, καὶ ἐκάθισε μετʼ αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τρεῖς ἡμέρας, καὶ ἔφαγον καὶ ἔπιον, καὶ ηὐλίσθησαν ἐκεῖ.