Discovery BoxJudges 11:38 
Context11:38 He said, “You may go.” He permitted her to leave 1 for two months. She went with her friends and mourned her virginity as she walked through the hills. 2
Judges 19:2
Context19:2 However, she 3 got angry at him 4 and went home 5 to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. When she had been there four months,
1 tn Heb “he sent her.”
2 tn Heb “on the hills.” The words “as she walked” are supplied.
3 tn Heb “and his concubine.” The pronoun (“she”) has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons.
4 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).
5 tn Heb “went from him.”
