H5892B–עִיר–ir

And when they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said to his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in to this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it.

עִֽיר־ 'ir- “[the] city of”

And his master said to him, We will not turn aside hither into the city of a stranger, that is not of the children of Israel; we will pass over to Gibeah.

עִ֣יר 'ir “a city”

And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah: and when he went in, he sat down in a street of the city: for there was no man that took them into his house to lodge.

הָעִ֔יר (עִ֔יר) 'Ir “city”

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?

הָעִ֑יר (עִ֑יר) 'Ir “city”

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.

הָעִ֜יר (עִ֜יר) 'Ir “city”

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

הָעִ֔יר (עִ֔יר) 'Ir “city”

But the children of Benjamin assembled out of the cities to Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.

הֶעָרִ֖ים (עָרִ֖ים) 'a.Rim “cities”

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.

מֵהֶ֣עָרִ֔ים (עָרִ֔ים) 'a.Rim “cities”

And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.

הָעִ֑יר (עִ֑יר) 'Ir “city”

And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city to the highways.

הָעִ֖יר (עִ֖יר) 'Ir “city”

And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.

הָעִ֖יר (עִ֖יר) 'Ir “city”

Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke to rise from the city.

הָעִֽיר׃ (עִֽיר) 'Ir “city”

But when the flame began to rise from the city with a pillar of smoke, the Benjaminites looked behind them, and behold, the flame of the city ascended to heaven.

הָעִ֖יר (עִ֖יר) 'Ir “city”הָעִ֖יר (עִ֖יר) 'Ir “city”

Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel to the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them who came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.

מֵהֶ֣עָרִ֔ים (עָרִ֔ים) 'a.Rim “cities”

And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they came to.

מֵעִ֤יר (עִ֤יר) 'Ir “a city of”הֶעָרִ֥ים (עָרִ֥ים) 'a.Rim “cities”

And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and returned to their inheritance, and repaired the cities and dwelt in them.

הֶ֣עָרִ֔ים (עָרִ֔ים) 'a.Rim “cities”

So they two went until they came to Beth-lehem. And it came to pass, when they had come to Beth-lehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi?

הָעִיר֙ (עִיר֙) 'Ir “city”

And she took it, and went into the city: and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her what she had reserved after she was satisfied.

הָעִ֔יר (עִ֔יר) 'Ir “city”

Also he said, Bring the vail that thou hast upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her: and she went into the city.

הָעִֽיר׃ (עִֽיר) 'Ir “city”

And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.

הָעִ֖יר (עִ֖יר) 'Ir “city”

And this man went up from his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice to the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.

מֵֽעִירוֹ֙ (עִיר) 'i.R “city”

And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the way-side watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out.

בָּעִ֔יר (עִ֔יר) 'Ir “city”הָעִֽיר׃ (עִֽיר) 'Ir “city”

And it was so, that after they had carried it thither, the hand of the LORD was against the city with a very great destruction: and he smote the men of the city both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts.

בָּעִיר֙ (עִיר֙) 'Ir “city”הָעִ֔יר (עִ֔יר) 'Ir “city”

So they sent and convened all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to its own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.

הָעִ֔יר (עִ֔יר) 'Ir “city”

And the men that died not, were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the city went up to heaven.

הָעִ֖יר (עִ֖יר) 'Ir “city”