His concubine strayed away from him She strayed away from his home to the outside. The word זְנוּת, "promiscuity," always denotes departure—"One who departs to the outside,"¹ who leaves her husband and loves another.

footnotes: ¹ This is Targum Yonasan’s rendition of זוֹנָה, “promiscuous woman.”

Give your assent, and remain overnight. Tonight.

Has waned. The sun [has waned] from full strength, and has begun setting.

It is the time of day for encamping. The time when all travellers turn in to encamp indoors.

To Giv'oh. Giv'oh of Binyomin.

We will spend the night. As in וְלַנְנוּ. The period punctuating the נ serves as a replacement for a second נ.²

footnotes: ² The suffix נו denotes the plural usage. When the letter נ appears in the root, as in לין, the additional נ is dropped, and is replaced by a period in the original נ.

To the Sanctuary of Adonoy. I am going to Shiloh.³

footnotes: ³ The Mishkon was at Shiloh. (Yehosnua, 18:1).

And fed produce to the donkeys. He gave produce to the donkeys. He fed produce, "aprovender" in old French.

We want to have relations with him to sodomize him.

There was no answer, for she was dead.