H0559–אָמַר–a.mar

And it cometh to pass, on the fourth day, that they rise early in the morning, and he riseth to go, and the father of the young woman saith unto his son-in-law, `Support thy heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward ye go on.'

וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (יֹּאמֶר֩) i.yo.Mer “he said”

And they sit and eat both of them together, and drink, and the father of the young woman saith unto the man, `Be willing, I pray thee, and lodge all night, and let thy heart be glad.'

וַיֹּ֜אמֶר (יֹּ֜אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

And he riseth early in the morning, on the fifth day, to go, and the father of the young woman saith, `Support, I pray thee, thy heart;' and they have tarried till the turning of the day, and they eat, both of them.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר׀ (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

And the man riseth to go, he and his concubine, and his young man, and his father-in-law, father of the young woman, saith to him, `Lo, I pray thee, the day hath fallen toward evening, lodge all night, I pray thee; lo, the declining of the day! lodge here, and let thine heart be glad -- and ye have risen early to-morrow for your journey, and thou hast gone to thy tent.'

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

They `are' near Jebus, and the day hath gone greatly down, and the young man saith unto his lord, `Come, I pray thee, and we turn aside unto this city of the Jebusite, and lodge in it.'

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (יֹּ֨אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

And his lord saith unto him, `Let us not turn aside unto the city of a stranger, that is not of the sons of Israel, thither, but we have passed over unto Gibeah.'

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

And he saith to his young man, `Come, and we draw near to one of the places, and have lodged in Gibeah, or in Ramah.'

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

And he lifteth up his eyes, and seeth the man, the traveller, in a broad place of the city, and the aged man saith, `Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?'

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (יֹּ֨אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

And he saith unto him, `We are passing over from Beth-Lehem-Judah unto the sides of the hill-country of Ephraim -- thence I `am', and I go unto Beth-Lehem-Judah; and to the house of Jehovah I am going, and there is no man gathering me into the house,

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

And the old man saith, `Peace to thee; only, all thy lack `is' on me, only in the broad place lodge not.'

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (יֹּ֨אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

They are making their heart glad, and lo, men of the city, men -- sons of worthlessness -- have gone round about the house, beating on the door, and they speak unto the old man, the master of the house, saying, `Bring out the man who hath come unto thine house, and we know him.'

וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ (יֹּאמְר֗וּ) i.yo.me.Ru “they said”לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”

And the man, the master of the house, goeth out unto them, and saith unto them, `Nay, my brethren, do not evil, I pray you, after that this man hath come in unto my house, do not this folly;

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (יֹּ֣אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

and he saith unto her, `Rise, and we go;' and there is none answering, and he taketh her on the ass, and the man riseth and goeth to his place,

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (יֹּ֧אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

And it hath come to pass, every one who seeth hath said, `There hath not been -- yea, there hath not been seen like this, from the day of the coming up of the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt till this day; set your `heart' upon it, take counsel, and speak.'

וְאָמַר֙ (אָמַר֙) 'a.Mar “he said”

And the sons of Benjamin hear that the sons of Israel have gone up to Mizpeh. And the sons of Israel say, `Speak ye, how hath this evil been?'

וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ (יֹּֽאמְרוּ֙) i.yo.me.Ru “they said”

And the man, the Levite, husband of the woman who hath been murdered, answereth and saith, `Into Gibeah (which `is' to Benjamin) I have come, I and my concubine, to lodge;

וַיֹּאמַ֑ר (יֹּאמַ֑ר) i.yo.Mar “he said”

And all the people rise as one man, saying, `None of us doth go to his tent, and none of us doth turn aside to his house;

לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”

And the tribes of Israel send men among all the tribes of Benjamin, saying, `What `is' this evil which hath been among you?

לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”

And they rise and go up to Beth-El, and ask of God, and the sons of Israel say, `Who doth go up for us at the commencement to battle with the sons of Benjamin?' and Jehovah saith, `Judah -- at the commencement.'

וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ (יֹּֽאמְרוּ֙) i.yo.me.Ru “they said”וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (יֹּ֥אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

And the sons of Israel go up and weep before Jehovah till the evening, and ask of Jehovah, saying, `Do I add to draw nigh to battle with the sons of Benjamin, my brother?' And Jehovah saith, `Go up against him.'

לֵאמֹ֔ר (אמֹ֔ר) Mor “saying”וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (יֹּ֥אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

and Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, is standing before it in those days -- saying, `Do I add again to go out to battle with the sons of Benjamin, my brother, or do I cease?' And Jehovah saith, `Go up, for to-morrow I give him into thy hand.'

לֵאמֹר֒ (אמֹר֒) Mor “saying”וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (יֹּ֤אמֶר) i.Yo.mer “he said”

And the sons of Benjamin say, `They are smitten before us as at the beginning;' but the sons of Israel said, `Let us flee, and draw them away out of the city, unto the highways.'

וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ (יֹּֽאמְרוּ֙) i.yo.me.Ru “they said”אָמְר֗וּ 'a.me.Ru “they said”

And the men of Israel turn in battle, and Benjamin hath begun to smite the wounded among the men of Israel, about thirty men, for they said, `Surely they are utterly smitten before us, as `at' the first battle;

אָמְר֔וּ 'a.me.Ru “they said”

And the men of Israel have sworn in Mizpeh, saying, `None of us doth give his daughter to Benjamin for a wife.'

לֵאמֹ֑ר (אמֹ֑ר) Mor “saying”

and say, `Why, O Jehovah, God of Israel, hath this been in Israel -- to be lacking to-day, from Israel, one tribe?'

וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (יֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ) i.Yo.me.Ru “they said”