H9001–/וַ–v

And Jephthah saith unto the elders of Gilead, `If ye are taking me back to fight against the Bene-Ammon, and Jehovah hath given them before me -- I, am I to you for a head?'

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

And the elders of Gilead say unto Jephthah, `Jehovah is hearkening between us -- if according to thy word we do not so.'

וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Jephthah goeth with the elders of Gilead, and the people set him over them for head and for captain, and Jephthah speaketh all his words before Jehovah in Mizpeh.

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

And Jephthah sendeth messengers unto the king of the Bene-Ammon, saying, `What -- to me and to thee, that thou hast come in unto me, to fight in my land.'

וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח (וַ) va “and”

And the king of the Bene-Ammon saith unto the messengers of Jephthah, `Because Israel took my land in his coming up out of Egypt, from Arnon, and unto the Jabbok, and unto the Jordan; and now, restore them in peace.'

וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (וַ) va “and”

And Jephthah addeth yet and sendeth messengers unto the king of the Bene-Ammon,

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

and saith to him, `Thus said Jephthah, Israel took not the land of Moab, and the land of the Bene-Ammon,

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

for in their coming up out of Egypt, Israel goeth in the wilderness unto the Red Sea, and cometh in to Kadesh,

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

and Israel sendeth messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me pass over, I pray thee, through thy land, and the king of Edom hearkened not; and also unto the king of Moab hath `Israel' sent, and he hath not been willing; and Israel abideth in Kadesh,

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

and he goeth through the wilderness, and compasseth the land of Edom and the land of Moab, and cometh in at the rising of the sun of the land of Moab, and they encamp beyond Arnon, and have not come into the border of Moab, for Arnon `is' the border of Moab.

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

`And Israel sendeth messengers unto Sihon, king of the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and Israel saith to him, Let us pass over, we pray thee, through thy land, unto my place,

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

and Sihon hath not trusted Israel to pass over through his border, and Sihon gathereth all his people, and they encamp in Jahaz, and fight with Israel;

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

and Jehovah, God of Israel, giveth Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smite them, and Israel possesseth all the land of the Amorite, the inhabitant of that land,

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

and they possess all the border of the Amorite from Arnon, and unto the Jabbok, and from the wilderness, and unto the Jordan.

וַיִּ֣ירְשׁ֔וּ (וַ) va “and”

and the Spirit of Jehovah is on Jephthah, and he passeth over Gilead and Manasseh, and passeth over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he hath passed over to the Bene-Ammon.

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

And Jephthah voweth a vow to Jehovah, and saith, `If Thou dost at all give the Bene-Ammon into my hand --

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

then it hath been, that which at all cometh out from the doors of my house to meet me in my turning back in peace from the Bene-Ammon -- it hath been to Jehovah, or I have offered up for it -- a burnt-offering.'

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

And Jephthah passeth over unto the Bene-Ammon to fight against them, and Jehovah giveth them into his hand,

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

and he smiteth them from Aroer, and unto thy going in to Minnith, twenty cities, and unto the meadow of the vineyards -- a very great smiting; and the Bene-Ammon are humbled at the presence of the sons of Israel.

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

And Jephthah cometh into Mizpeh, unto his house, and lo, his daughter is coming out to meet him with timbrels, and with choruses, and save her alone, he hath none, son or daughter.

וַיָּבֹ֨א (וַ) va “and”

And it cometh to pass, when he seeth her, that he rendeth his garments, and saith, `Alas, my daughter, thou hast caused me greatly to bend, and thou hast been among those troubling me; and I -- I have opened my mouth unto Jehovah, and I am not able to turn back.'

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

And she saith unto him, `My father -- thou hast opened thy mouth unto Jehovah, do to me as it hath gone out from thy mouth, after that Jehovah hath done for thee vengeance on thine enemies, on the Bene-Ammon.'

וַתֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

And she saith unto her father, `Let this thing be done to me; desist from me two months, and I go on, and have gone down on the hills, and I weep for my virginity -- I and my friends.'

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

And he saith, `Go;' and he sendeth her away two months, and she goeth, she and her friends, and she weepeth for her virginity on the hills;

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

and it cometh to pass at the end of two months that she turneth back unto her father, and he doth to her his vow which he hath vowed, and she knew not a man; and it is a statute in Israel:

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