H9001–/וַ–v

And the men of Ephraim are called together, and pass over northward, and say to Jephthah, `Wherefore has thou passed over to fight against the Bene-Ammon, and on us hast not called to go with thee? thy house we burn over thee with fire.'

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

And Jephthah saith unto them, `A man of great strife I have been (I and my people) with the Bene-Ammon, and I call you, and ye have not saved me out of their hand,

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

and I see that thou art not a saviour, and I put my life in my hand, and pass over unto the Bene-Ammon, and Jehovah giveth them into my hand -- and why have 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”

And Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead, and fighteth with Ephraim, and the men of Gilead smite Ephraim, because they said, `Fugitives of Ephraim `are' ye Gileadites, in the midst of Ephraim -- in the midst of Manasseh.'

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

And Gilead captureth the passages of the Jordan to Ephraim, and it hath been, when `any of' the fugitives of Ephraim say, `Let me pass over,' and the men of Gilead say to him, `An Ephramite thou?' and he saith, `No;'

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

that they say to him, `Say, I pray thee, Shibboleth;' and he saith, `Sibboleth,' and is not prepared to speak right -- and they seize him, and slaughter him at the passages of the Jordan, and there fall at that time, of Ephraim, forty and two chiefs.

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, and Jephthah the Gileadite dieth, and is 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 judgeth Israel,

וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֤ט (וַ) va “and”

and he hath thirty sons and thirty daughters, he hath sent without and thirty daughters hath brought in to his sons from without; and he judgeth Israel seven years.

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

And Ibzan dieth, and is buried in Beth-Lehem.

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

And after him Elon the Zebulunite judgeth Israel, and he judgeth Israel ten years,

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

and Elon the Zebulunite dieth, and is buried in Aijalon, in the land of Zebulun.

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

And after him, Abdon son of Hillel, the Pirathonite, judgeth Israel,

וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֥ט (וַ) va “and”

and he hath forty sons, and thirty grandsons, riding on seventy ass-colts, and he judgeth Israel eight years.

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

And Abdon son of Hillel, the Pirathonite, dieth, and is buried in Pirathon, in the land of Ephraim, in the hill-country of the Amalekite.

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

And the sons of Israel add to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and Jehovah giveth them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.

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

And there is a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danite, and his name `is' Manoah, his wife `is' barren, and hath not borne;

וַיְהִי֩ (וַ) va “and”

and a messenger of Jehovah appeareth unto the woman, and saith unto her, `Lo, I pray thee, thou `art' barren, and hast not borne; when thou hast conceived, then thou hast borne a son.

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

And the woman cometh and speaketh to her husband, saying, `A man of God hath come unto me, and his appearance `is' as the appearance of a messenger of God, very fearful, and I have not asked him whence he `is', and his name he hath not declared to me;

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

and he saith to me, Lo, thou art pregnant, and bearing a son, and now do not drink wine and strong drink, and do not eat any unclean thing, for a Nazarite to God is the youth from the womb till the day of his death.'

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Manoah maketh entreaty unto Jehovah, and saith, `O, my Lord, the man of God whom Thou didst send, let him come in, I pray thee, again unto us, and direct us what we do to the youth who is born.'

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

And God hearkeneth to the voice of Manoah, and the messenger of God cometh again unto the woman, and she `is' sitting in a field, and Manoah her husband is not with her,

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

and the woman hasteth, and runneth, and declareth to her husband, and saith unto him, `Lo, he hath appeared unto me -- the man who came on `that' day unto me.'

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

And Manoah riseth, and goeth after his wife, and cometh unto the man, and saith to him, `Art thou the man who spake unto the woman?' and he saith, `I `am'.'

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

And Manoah saith, `Now let thy words come to pass; what is the custom of the youth -- and his work?'

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”