H0376G–אִישׁ–ish

And they said to him, Be quiet; say nothing, and come with us and be our father and priest; is it better for you to be priest to one man's house or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?

אִ֣ישׁ 'ish “a man”

Now in those days, when there was no king in Israel, a certain Levite was living in the inmost parts of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he got for himself a servant-wife from Beth-lehem-judah.

אִ֣ישׁ 'ish “a man”

So seating themselves they had food and drink, the two of them together; and the girl's father said to the man, If it is your pleasure, take your rest here tonight, and let your heart be glad.

הָאִ֔ישׁ (אִ֔ישׁ) 'Ish “man”

And the man got up to go away, but his father-in-law would not let him go, so he took his rest there again for the night.

הָאִ֖ישׁ (אִ֖ישׁ) 'Ish “man”

And when they got up to go away, his father-in-law, the girl's father, said to him, Now evening is coming on, so do not go tonight; see, the day is almost gone; take your rest here and let your heart be glad, and tomorrow early, go on your way back to yo

הָאִישׁ֙ (אִישׁ֙) 'Ish “man”

But the man would not be kept there that night, and he got up and went away and came opposite to Jebus (which is Jerusalem); and he had with him the two asses, ready for travelling, and his woman.

הָאִישׁ֙ (אִישׁ֙) 'Ish “man”

Now when it was evening they saw an old man coming back from his work in the fields; he was from the hill-country of Ephraim and was living in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites.

אִ֣ישׁ 'ish “a man”וְהָאִישׁ֙ (אִישׁ֙) 'Ish “man”

And when he saw the traveller in the street of the town, the old man said, Where are you going? and where do you come from?

הָאִ֥ישׁ (אִ֥ישׁ) 'Ish “man”הָאִ֧ישׁ (אִ֧ישׁ) 'Ish “man”

And the old man said, Peace be with you; let all your needs be my care; only do not take your rest in the street.

הָאִ֤ישׁ (אִ֤ישׁ) 'Ish “man”

While they were taking their pleasure at the meal, the good-for-nothing men of the town came round the house, giving blows on the door; and they said to the old man, the master of the house, Send out that man who came to your house, so that we may take o

הָ֠אִישׁ (אִישׁ) 'ish “man”הָאִ֛ישׁ (אִ֛ישׁ) 'Ish “man”

So the man, the master of the house, went out to them, and said, No, my brothers, do not this evil thing; this man has come into my house, and you are not to do him this wrong.

הָאִישׁ֙ (אִישׁ֙) 'Ish “man”הָאִ֤ישׁ (אִ֤ישׁ) 'Ish “man”

See, here is my daughter, a virgin, and his servant-wife: I will send them out for you to take them and do with them whatever you will. But do no such thing of shame to this man.

וְלָאִ֤ישׁ (אִ֤ישׁ) 'Ish “man”

But the men would not give ear to him: so the man took his woman and sent her out to them; and they took her by force, using her for their pleasure all night till the morning; and when dawn came they let her go.

הָאִישׁ֙ (אִישׁ֙) 'Ish “man”

Then at the dawn of day the woman came, and, falling down at the door of the man's house where her master was, was stretched there till it was light.

הָאִ֛ישׁ (אִ֛ישׁ) 'Ish “man”

And he said to her, Get up and let us be going; but there was no answer; so he took her up and put her on the ass, and went on his way and came to his house.

הָאִ֔ישׁ (אִ֔ישׁ) 'Ish “man”

Then all the children of Israel took up arms, and the people came together like one man, from Dan to Beer-sheba, and the land of Gilead, before the Lord at Mizpah.

כְּאִ֣ישׁ (אִ֣ישׁ) 'Ish “a man”

And the chiefs of the people, out of all the tribes of Israel, took their places in the meeting of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen armed with swords.

אִ֥ישׁ 'ish “man”

Then the Levite, the husband of the dead woman, said in answer, I came to Gibeah in the land of Benjamin, I and my servant-wife, for the purpose of stopping there for the night.

הָאִ֣ישׁ (אִ֣ישׁ) 'Ish “man”

Then all the people got up as one man and said, Not one of us will go to his tent or go back to his house:

כְּאִ֥ישׁ (אִ֥ישׁ) 'Ish “a man”

So all the men of Israel were banded together against the town, united like one man.

אִ֤ישׁ 'ish “<the> man of”כְּאִ֥ישׁ (אִ֥ישׁ) 'Ish “a man”

And the children of Benjamin who came that day from the towns were twenty-six thousand men armed with swords, in addition to the people of Gibeah, numbering seven hundred of the best fighting-men,

אִ֖ישׁ 'ish “man”אִ֥ישׁ 'ish “man”

Who were left-handed, able to send a stone at a hair without error.

אִ֣ישׁ 'ish “man”

And the men of Israel, other than Benjamin, were four hundred thousand in number, all armed with swords; they were all men of war.

וְאִ֨ישׁ (אִ֨ישׁ) 'Ish “[the] man of”אִ֖ישׁ 'ish “man”אִ֥ישׁ 'ish “[was] man of”

And the men of Israel went out to war against Benjamin (and the men of Israel put their forces in fighting order against them at Gibeah).

אִ֣ישׁ 'ish “[the] man of”אִֽישׁ־ 'ish- “[the] man of”

Then the children of Benjamin came out from Gibeah, cutting down twenty-two thousand of the Israelites that day.

אִ֖ישׁ 'ish “man”