H0376G–אִישׁ–ish

They said to him, Hold your peace, lay your hand on your mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for you to be priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?

אִ֣ישׁ 'ish “a man”

It happened in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the farther side of the hill-country of Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehem Judah.

אִ֣ישׁ 'ish “a man”

So they sat down, and ate and drink, both of them together: and the young lady's father said to the man, Please be pleased to stay all night, and let your heart be merry.

הָאִ֔ישׁ (אִ֔ישׁ) 'Ish “man”

The man rose up to depart; but his father-in-law urged him, and he lodged there again.

הָאִ֖ישׁ (אִ֖ישׁ) 'Ish “man”

When the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father-in-law, the young lady's father, said to him, Behold, now the day draws toward evening, please stay all night: behold, the day grows to an end, lodge here, that your heart may be merry; and tomorrow get you early on your way, that you may go home.

הָאִישׁ֙ (אִישׁ֙) 'Ish “man”

But the man wouldn't stay that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against Jebus (the same is Jerusalem): and there were with him a couple of donkeys saddled; his concubine also was with him.

הָאִישׁ֙ (אִישׁ֙) 'Ish “man”

Behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even: now the man was of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he sojourned in Gibeah; but the men of the place were Benjamites.

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

He lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the street of the city; and the old man said, Where go you? and whence come you?

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

The old man said, Peace be to you; howsoever let all your wants lie on me; only don't lodge in the street.

הָאִ֤ישׁ (אִ֤ישׁ) 'Ish “man”

As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain base fellows, beset the house round about, beating at the door; and they spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man who came into your house, that we may know him.

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

The man, the master of the house, went out to them, and said to them, No, my brothers, please don't act so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into my house, don't do this folly.

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

Behold, here is my daughter a virgin, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble you them, and do with them what seems good to you: but to this man don't do any such folly.

וְלָאִ֤ישׁ (אִ֤ישׁ) 'Ish “man”

But the men wouldn't listen to him: so the man laid hold on 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, until it was light.

הָאִ֛ישׁ (אִ֛ישׁ) 'Ish “man”

He said to her, Up, and let us be going; but none answered: then he took her up on the donkey; and the man rose up, and got him 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 Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, to Yahweh at Mizpah.

כְּאִ֣ישׁ (אִ֣ישׁ) 'Ish “a man”

The chiefs 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 who drew sword.

אִ֥ישׁ 'ish “man”

The Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered, answered, I came into Gibeah that belongs to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.

הָאִ֣ישׁ (אִ֣ישׁ) 'Ish “man”

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 to 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”

The children of Benjamin were numbered on that day out of the cities twenty-six thousand men who drew the 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; everyone could sling stones at a hair-breadth, and not miss.

אִ֣ישׁ 'ish “man”

The men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men who drew sword: all these were men of war.

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

The men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel set the battle in array against them at Gibeah.

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

The children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites on that day Twenty-two thousand men.

אִ֖ישׁ 'ish “man”