Judges 11:37 Meaning and Explanation
“And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows.”
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What Does Judges 11:37 Mean?
The daughter makes one request: two months to go upon the mountains with her companions and bewail her virginity. Her grief is that she will die childless, without marriage or descendants, her life and line cut short.
Her sorrow is gently and humanly drawn. She does not rage; she asks for time to grieve what she is losing among those she loves. The narrative honors her tears. In her dignity and faith amid loss, she becomes one of Scripture's quietly remembered figures, mourned by her people for generations.
Judges 11:37 in the Original Language
betulim (בְּתוּלִים), 'virginity' -- the state of one unmarried and without children.
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What does Judges 11:37 mean?
She asks only for two months in the mountains with her companions to mourn that she will never marry.