H9001–/וַ–v

And the men of Ephraim were gathered together, and passed to Zaphon; and they said unto Jephthah: 'Wherefore didst thou pass over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thy house upon thee with fire.'

וַיִּצָּעֵק֙ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֖ר (וַֽ) va “and”וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Jephthah said unto them: 'I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye saved me not out of their hand.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וָאֶזְעַ֣ק (וָ) va. “and”

And when I saw that ye saved me not, I put my life in my hand, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand; wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me?'

וָֽאֶרְאֶ֞ה (וָֽ) va. “and”וָאָשִׂ֨ימָה (וָ) va. “and”וָֽאֶעְבְּרָה֙ (וָֽ) va. “and”וַיִּתְּנֵ֥ם (וַ) va “and”

Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim; and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said: 'Ye are fugitives of Ephraim, ye Gileadites, in the midst of Ephraim, and in the midst of Manasseh.'

וַיִּקְבֹּ֤ץ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּלָּ֖חֶם (וַ) va “and”וַיַּכּוּ֩ (וַ) va “and”

And the Gileadites took the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites; and it was so, that when any of the fugitives of Ephraim said: 'Let me go over,' the men of Gilead said unto him: 'Art thou an Ephraimite?' If he said: 'Nay';

וַיִּלְכֹּ֥ד (וַ) va “and”וְֽ֠הָיָה (וְֽ֠) Ve. “and”וַיֹּ֨אמְרוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֥אמֶֽר׀ (וַ) va “and”

then said they unto him: 'Say now Shibboleth'; and he said 'Sibboleth'; for he could not frame to pronounce it right; then they laid hold on him, and slew him at the fords of the Jordan; and there fell at that time of Ephraim forty and two thousand.

וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאחֲז֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁחָט֖וּהוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפֹּ֞ל (וַ) va “and”

And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.

וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֥ט (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֗מָת (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקָּבֵ֖ר (וַ) va “and”

And after him Ibzan of Beth-lehem judged Israel.

וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֤ט (וַ) va “and”

And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters he sent abroad, and thirty daughters he brought in from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.

וַיְהִי־ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֥ט (וַ) va “and”

and Ibzan died, and was buried at Beth-lehem.

וַיָּ֣מָת (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקָּבֵ֖ר (וַ) va “and”

And after him Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years.

וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֤ט (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֥ט (וַ) va “and”

And Elon the Zebulunite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.

וַיָּ֖מָת (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקָּבֵ֥ר (וַ) va “and”

And after him Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel.

וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֥ט (וַ) va “and”

And he had forty sons and thirty sons' sons, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts; and he judged Israel eight years.

וַיְהִי־ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֥ט (וַ) va “and”

And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill-country of the Amalekites.

וַיָּ֛מָת (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקָּבֵ֤ר (וַ) va “and”

And the children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.

וַיֹּסִ֙פוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתְּנֵ֧ם (וַ) va “and”

And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bore not.

וַיְהִי֩ (וַ) va “and”

And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto her: 'Behold now, thou art barren, and hast not borne; but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son.

וַיֵּרָ֥א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְהָרִ֖ית (וְ) ve. “and”וְיָלַ֥דְתְּ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then the woman came and told her husband, saying: 'A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of the angel of God, very terrible; and I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name;

וַתָּבֹ֣א (וַ) va. “and”וַתֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

but he said unto me: Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing; for the child shall be a Nazirite unto God from the womb to the day of his death.'

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then Manoah entreated the LORD, and said: 'Oh, LORD, I pray Thee, let the man of God whom Thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born.'

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

And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again unto the woman as she sat in the field; but Manoah her husband was not with her.

וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֣א (וַ) va “and”

And the woman made haste, and ran, and told her husband, and said unto him: 'Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came unto me that day.'

וַתְּמַהֵר֙ (וַ) va. “and”וַתָּ֖רָץ (וַ) va. “and”וַתַּגֵּ֣ד (וַ) va. “and”וַתֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said unto him: 'Art thou the man that spokest unto the woman?' And he said: 'I am.'

וַיָּ֛קָם (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹא֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Manoah said: 'Now when thy word cometh to pass, what shall be the rule for the child, and what shall be done with him?'

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”