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Judges 19:2
New English Translation
Judges 19:2
New English Translation
2 However, she[a] got angry at him[b] and went home[c] to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. When she had been there four months,
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- Judges 19:2 tn Heb “and his concubine.” The pronoun (“she”) has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons.
- Judges 19:2 tn Or “was unfaithful to him.” Many have understood the Hebrew verb וַתִּזְנֶה (vattizneh) as being from זָנָה (zanah, “to be a prostitute”), but it may be derived from a root meaning “to be angry; to hate” attested in Akkadian (see HALOT 275 s.v. II זנה).
- Judges 19:2 tn Heb “went from him.”
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