H0376G–אִישׁ–ish

And they said to him, Hold thy peace, lay thy hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: Is it better for thee to be a priest to the house of one man, or that thou shouldst be a priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?

אִ֣ישׁ 'ish “a man”

And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite dwelling on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth-lehem-judah.

אִ֣ישׁ 'ish “a man”

And they sat down, and ate and drank both of them together: for the damsel's father had said to the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thy heart be merry.

הָאִ֔ישׁ (אִ֔ישׁ) 'Ish “man”

And when the man rose to depart, his father-in-law urged him: therefore he lodged there again.

הָאִ֖ישׁ (אִ֖ישׁ) 'Ish “man”

And when the man arose to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father-in-law, the damsel's father, said to him, Behold now the day draweth towards evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day is coming to an end, lodge here, that thy heart may be merry; and to-morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go home.

הָאִישׁ֙ (אִישׁ֙) 'Ish “man”

But the man would not tarry that night, but he arose and departed, and came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and there were with him two asses saddled, his concubine also was with him.

הָאִישׁ֙ (אִישׁ֙) 'Ish “man”

And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at evening, who was also of mount Ephraim; and he dwelt in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjaminites.

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

And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a way-faring man in the street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?

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

And the old man said, Peace be with thee; however, let all thy wants lie upon me; only lodge not in the street.

הָאִ֤ישׁ (אִ֤ישׁ) 'Ish “man”

Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house on all sides, and beat at the door, and spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thy house, that we may know him.

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

And the man, the master of the house, went out to them, and said to them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into my house, do not this folly.

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

Behold, here is my daughter, a maiden, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good to you: but to this man do not so vile a thing.

וְלָאִ֤ישׁ (אִ֤ישׁ) 'Ish “man”

But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth to them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go.

הָאִישׁ֙ (אִישׁ֙) 'Ish “man”

Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord was, till it was light.

הָאִ֛ישׁ (אִ֛ישׁ) 'Ish “man”

And he said to her, Rise, and let us be going. But none answered. Then the man took her upon an ass, and the man rose, and went to his place.

הָאִ֔ישׁ (אִ֔ישׁ) 'Ish “man”

Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, to the LORD in Mizpeh.

כְּאִ֣ישׁ (אִ֣ישׁ) 'Ish “a man”

And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.

אִ֥ישׁ 'ish “man”

And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.

הָאִ֣ישׁ (אִ֣ישׁ) 'Ish “man”

And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn into his house:

כְּאִ֥ישׁ (אִ֥ישׁ) 'Ish “a man”

So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.

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

And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who were numbered seven hundred chosen men.

אִ֖ישׁ 'ish “man”אִ֥ישׁ 'ish “man”

Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men left-handed; every one could sling stones to a hair-breadth, and not miss.

אִ֣ישׁ 'ish “man”

And the men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were 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 battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel put themselves in array to fight against them at Gibeah.

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

And the children of Benjamin came forth from Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men.

אִ֖ישׁ 'ish “man”