H9001–/וַ–v

And they came in front of Gibeah, ten thousand of the best men in all Israel, and the fighting became more violent; but the children of Benjamin were not conscious that evil was coming on them.

וַיָּבֹאוּ֩ (וַ) va “and”

Then the Lord sent sudden fear on Benjamin before Israel; and that day the children of Israel put to death twenty-five thousand, one hundred men of Benjamin, all of them swordsmen.

וַיִּגֹּ֨ף (וַ) va “and”וַיַּשְׁחִיתוּ֩ (וַ) va “and”

So the children of Benjamin saw that they were overcome: and the men of Israel had given way before Benjamin, putting their faith in the watchers who were to make the surprise attack on Gibeah.

וַיִּרְא֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתְּנ֨וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the watchers, rushing on Gibeah and overrunning it, put all the town to the sword without mercy.

וַֽיִּפְשְׁט֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּמְשֹׁךְ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֥ךְ (וַ) va “and”

The men of Israel were to make a turn about in the fight. And Benjamin had overcome and put to death about thirty of the men of Israel, and were saying, Certainly they are falling back before us as in the first fight.

וַיַּהֲפֹ֥ךְ (וַ) va “and”

Then the sign went up out of the town in the pillar of smoke, and the Benjamites, turning back, saw all the town going up in smoke to heaven.

וַיִּ֤פֶן (וַ) va “and”

And the men of Israel had made a turn about, and the men of Benjamin were overcome with fear, for they saw that evil had overtaken them.

וַיִּבָּהֵ֖ל (וַ) va “and”

So turning their backs on the men of Israel, they went in the direction of the waste land; but the fight overtook them; and those who came out of the town were heading them off and putting them to the sword.

וַיִּפְנ֞וּ (וַ) va “and”

Eighteen thousand men of Benjamin came to their death, all strong men of war.

וַֽיִּפְּלוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

And turning, they went in flight to the rock of Rimmon in the waste land: and on the highways five thousand of them were cut off by the men of Israel, who, pushing on hard after them to Geba, put to death two thousand more.

וַיִּפְנ֞וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּנֻ֤סוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיְעֹֽלְלֻ֙הוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּדְבִּ֤יקוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּכּ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

So twenty-five thousand of the swordsmen of Benjamin came to their end that day, all strong men of war.

וַיְהִי֩ (וַ) va “and”

But six hundred men, turning back, went in flight to the rock of Rimmon in the waste land, and were living on the rock of Rimmon for four months.

וַיִּפְנ֞וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּנֻ֤סוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּֽשְׁבוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And the men of Israel, turning again against the children of Benjamin, put to the sword without mercy all the towns and the cattle and everything there was, burning every town which came into their hands.

וַיַּכּ֣וּם (וַ) va “and”

And the people came to Beth-el, waiting there till evening before God, and gave themselves up to bitter weeping.

וַיָּבֹ֤א (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֤שְׁבוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׂא֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּבְכּ֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

And they said, O Lord, the God of Israel, why has this fate come on Israel, that today one tribe has been cut off from Israel?

וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (וַ) va “and”

Then on the day after, the people got up early and made an altar there, offering burned offerings and peace-offerings.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּשְׁכִּ֣ימוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּבְנוּ־ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּעֲל֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel, who did not come up to the Lord at the meeting of all Israel? For they had taken a great oath that whoever did not come up to Mizpah to the Lord was to be put to death.

וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And the children of Israel were moved with pity for Benjamin their brother, saying, Today one tribe has been cut off from Israel.

וַיִּנָּֽחֲמוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (וַ) va “and”

And they said, Which one of the tribes of Israel did not come up to Mizpah to the Lord? And it was seen that no one had come from Jabesh-gilead to the meeting.

וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (וַ) va “and”

For when the people were numbered, not one man of the people of Jabesh-gilead was present.

וַיִּתְפָּקֵ֖ד (וַ) va “and”

So they (the meeting) sent twelve thousand of the best fighting-men, and gave them orders, saying, Go and put the people of Jabesh-gilead to the sword without mercy, with their women and their little ones.

וַיִּשְׁלְחוּ־ (וַ) va “and”וַיְצַוּ֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וְהִכִּיתֶ֞ם (וְ) ve. “and”

Now there were among the people of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins who had never had sex relations with a man; these they took to their tents in Shiloh in the land of Canaan.

וַֽיִּמְצְא֞וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיָּבִ֨יאוּ (וַ) va “and”

And all the meeting sent to the men of Benjamin who were in the rock of Rimmon, offering them peace.

וַֽיִּשְׁלְחוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַֽיְדַבְּרוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּקְרְא֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

Then Benjamin came back; and they gave them the women whom they had kept from death among the women of Jabesh-gilead: but still there were not enough for them.

וַיָּ֤שָׁב (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתְּנ֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

Then the responsible men of the meeting said, What are we to do about wives for the rest of them, seeing that the women of Benjamin are dead?

וַיֹּֽאמְר֨וּ (וַ) va “and”