H9001–/וַ–v

Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, "If you bring me home again to fight with the Ammonites, and the LORD gives them over to me, I will be your head."

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְנָתַ֧ן (וְ) ve. “and”

And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, "The LORD will be witness between us; we will surely do as you say."

וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and leader over them; and Jephthah spoke all his words before the LORD at Mizpah.

וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּשִׂ֨ימוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיְדַבֵּ֨ר (וַ) va “and”

Then Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites and said, "What have you against me, that you have come to me to fight against my land?"

וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח (וַ) va “and”

And the king of the Ammonites answered the messengers of Jephthah, "Because Israel on coming from Egypt took away my land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok and to the Jordan; now therefore restore it peaceably."

וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (וַ) va “and”

And Jephthah sent messengers again to the king of the Ammonites

וַיּ֥וֹסֶף (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁלַח֙ (וַ) va “and”

and said to him, "Thus says Jephthah: Israel did not take away the land of Moab or the land of the Ammonites,

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

but when they came up from Egypt, Israel went through the wilderness to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh.

וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֖א (וַ) va “and”

Israel then sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, 'Let us pass, we pray, through your land'; but the king of Edom would not listen. And they sent also to the king of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel remained at Kadesh.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”

Then they journeyed through the wilderness, and went around the land of Edom and the land of Moab, and arrived on the east side of the land of Moab, and camped on the other side of the Arnon; but they did not enter the territory of Moab, for the Arnon was the boundary of Moab.

וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֜סָב (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֤א (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּן (וַֽ) va “and”

Israel then sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, king of Heshbon; and Israel said to him, 'Let us pass, we pray, through your land to our country.'

וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

But Sihon did not trust Israel to pass through his territory; so Sihon gathered all his people together, and encamped at Jahaz, and fought with Israel.

וַיֶּאֱסֹ֤ף (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּלָּ֖חֶם (וַ) va “and”

And the LORD, the God of Israel, gave Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they defeated them; so Israel took possession of all the land of the Amorites, who inhabited that country.

וַ֠יִּתֵּן (וַ֠) Va “and”וַיַּכּ֑וּם (וַ) va “and”וַיִּירַשׁ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And they took possession of all the territory of the Amorites from the Arnon to the Jabbok and from the wilderness to the Jordan.

וַיִּ֣ירְשׁ֔וּ (וַ) va “and”

Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manas'seh, and passed on to Mizpah of Gilead, and from Mizpah of Gilead he passed on to the Ammonites.

וַתְּהִ֤י (וַ) va. “and”וַיַּעֲבֹ֥ר (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲבֹר֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

And Jephthah made a vow to the LORD, and said, "If thou wilt give the Ammonites into my hand,

וַיִּדַּ֨ר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמַ֑ר (וַ) va “and”

then whoever comes forth from the doors of my house to meet me, when I return victorious from the Ammonites, shall be the LORD's, and I will offer him up for a burnt offering."

וְהָיָ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָיָה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַעֲלִיתִ֖הוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

So Jephthah crossed over to the Ammonites to fight against them; and the LORD gave them into his hand.

וַיַּעֲבֹ֥ר (וַ) va “and”וַיִתְּנֵ֥ם (וַ) va “and”

And he smote them from Aro'er to the neighborhood of Minnith, twenty cities, and as far as Abel-keramim, with a very great slaughter. So the Ammonites were subdued before the people of Israel.

וַיַּכֵּ֡ם (וַ) va “and”וַיִּכָּֽנְעוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

Then Jephthah came to his home at Mizpah; and behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances; she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.

וַיָּבֹ֨א (וַ) va “and”

And when he saw her, he rent his clothes, and said, "Alas, my daughter! you have brought me very low, and you have become the cause of great trouble to me; for I have opened my mouth to the LORD, and I cannot take back my vow."

וַיְהִי֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרַ֣ע (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

And she said to him, "My father, if you have opened your mouth to the LORD, do to me according to what has gone forth from your mouth, now that the LORD has avenged you on your enemies, on the Ammonites."

וַתֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

And she said to her father, "Let this thing be done for me; let me alone two months, that I may go and wander on the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions."

וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va. “and”וְיָרַדְתִּ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”

And he said, "Go." And he sent her away for two months; and she departed, she and her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח (וַ) va “and”וַתֵּ֤לֶךְ (וַ) va. “and”וַתֵּ֥בְךְּ (וַ) va. “and”

And at the end of two months, she returned to her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had made. She had never known a man. And it became a custom in Israel

וַיְהִ֞י (וַ) va “and”וַתָּ֙שָׁב֙ (וַ) va. “and”וַיַּ֣עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”וַתְּהִי־ (וַ) va. “and”