H9001–/וַ–v

And there came against Gib'e-ah ten thousand picked men out of all Israel, and the battle was hard; but the Benjaminites did not know that disaster was close upon them.

וַיָּבֹאוּ֩ (וַ) va “and”

And the LORD defeated Benjamin before Israel; and the men of Israel destroyed twenty-five thousand one hundred men of Benjamin that day; all these were men who drew the sword.

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

So the Benjaminites saw that they were defeated. The men of Israel gave ground to Benjamin, because they trusted to the men in ambush whom they had set against Gib'e-ah.

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

And the men in ambush made haste and rushed upon Gib'e-ah; the men in ambush moved out and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.

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

the men of Israel should turn in battle. Now Benjamin had begun to smite and kill about thirty men of Israel; they said, "Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle."

וַיַּהֲפֹ֥ךְ (וַ) va “and”

But when the signal began to rise out of the city in a column of smoke, the Benjaminites looked behind them; and behold, the whole of the city went up in smoke to heaven.

וַיִּ֤פֶן (וַ) va “and”

Then the men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were dismayed, for they saw that disaster was close upon them.

וַיִּבָּהֵ֖ל (וַ) va “and”

Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel in the direction of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them, and those who came out of the cities destroyed them in the midst of them.

וַיִּפְנ֞וּ (וַ) va “and”

Eighteen thousand men of Benjamin fell, all of them men of valor.

וַֽיִּפְּלוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

And they turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon; five thousand men of them were cut down in the highways, and they were pursued hard to Gidom, and two thousand men of them were slain.

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

So all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty-five thousand men that drew the sword, all of them men of valor.

וַיְהִי֩ (וַ) va “and”

But six hundred men turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and abode at the rock of Rimmon four months.

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

And the men of Israel turned back against the Benjaminites, and smote them with the edge of the sword, men and beasts and all that they found. And all the towns which they found they set on fire.

וַיַּכּ֣וּם (וַ) va “and”

And the people came to Bethel, and sat there till evening before God, and they lifted up their voices and wept bitterly.

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 come to pass in Israel, that there should be today one tribe lacking in Israel?"

וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (וַ) va “and”

And on the morrow the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.

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

And the people of Israel said, "Which of all the tribes of Israel did not come up in the assembly to the LORD?" For they had taken a great oath concerning him who did not come up to the LORD to Mizpah, saying, "He shall be put to death."

וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And the people of Israel had compassion for Benjamin their brother, and said, "One tribe is cut off from Israel this day.

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

And they said, "What one is there of the tribes of Israel that did not come up to the LORD to Mizpah?" And behold, no one had come to the camp from Ja'besh-gil'ead, to the assembly.

וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (וַ) va “and”

For when the people were mustered, behold, not one of the inhabitants of Ja'besh-gil'ead was there.

וַיִּתְפָּקֵ֖ד (וַ) va “and”

So the congregation sent thither twelve thousand of their bravest men, and commanded them, "Go and smite the inhabitants of Ja'besh-gil'ead with the edge of the sword; also the women and the little ones.

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

And they found among the inhabitants of Ja'besh-gil'ead four hundred young virgins who had not known man by lying with him; and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.

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

Then the whole congregation sent word to the Benjaminites who were at the rock of Rimmon, and proclaimed peace to them.

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

And Benjamin returned at that time; and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Ja'besh-gil'ead; but they did not suffice for them.

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

Then the elders of the congregation said, "What shall we do for wives for those who are left, since the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?"

וַיֹּֽאמְר֨וּ (וַ) va “and”