H9002–/וְ–v

And the men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were amazed; for they saw that evil was come upon them.

וְאִ֤ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle followed hard after them; and they that came out of the city destroyed them in the midst of the men of Israel.

וְהַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”וַאֲשֶׁר֙ (וַ) va. “and”

So that all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valour.

וַחֲמִשָּׁ֨ה (וַ) va. “and”

And the men of Israel turned back upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, both the entire city, and the cattle, and all that they found; moreover all the cities which they found they set on fire.

וְאִ֨ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying: 'There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.'

וְאִ֣ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

And it came to pass on the morrow that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings.

וּשְׁלָמִֽים׃ (וּ) u. “and”

How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?'

וַאֲנַ֙חְנוּ֙ (וַ) va. “and”

And they said: 'What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up unto the LORD to Mizpah?' And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh-gilead to the assembly.

וְ֠הִנֵּה (וְ֠) Ve. “and”

For when the people were numbered, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there.

וְהִנֵּ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying: 'Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the little ones.

וְהַנָּשִׁ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַטָּֽף׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

And this is the thing that ye shall do: ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.'

וְזֶ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Benjamin returned at that time; and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead; and yet so they sufficed them not.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

וְהָעָ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And they said: 'They that are escaped must be as an inheritance for Benjamin, that a tribe be not blotted out from Israel.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters.' For the children of Israel had sworn, saying: 'Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.'

וַאֲנַ֗חְנוּ (וַ) va. “and”

And they said: 'Behold, there is the feast of the LORD from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north of Beth-el, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Beth-el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.'

וּמִנֶּ֖גֶב (וּ) u. “and”

and see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.

וְ֠הִנֵּה (וְ֠) Ve. “and”

And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence every man to his inheritance.

וּלְמִשְׁפַּחְתּ֑וֹ (וּ) u. “and”

AND IT came to pass in the days when the judges judged, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth-lehem in Judah went to sojourn in the field of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

וְאִשְׁתּ֖וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁנֵ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth-lehem in Judah. And they came into the field of Moab, and continued there.

וְשֵׁ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְשֵׁם֩ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשֵׁ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְכִלְיוֹן֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.

וּשְׁנֵ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

And they took them wives of the women of Moab: the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth; and they dwelt there about ten years.

וְשֵׁ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”

And Mahlon and Chilion died both of them; and the woman was left of her two children and of her husband.

וְכִלְי֑וֹן (וְ) ve. “and”וּמֵאִישָֽׁהּ׃ (וּ) u. “and”

Then she arose with her daughters-in-law, that she might return from the field of Moab; for she had heard in the field of Moab how that the LORD had remembered His people in giving them bread.

וְכַלֹּתֶ֔יהָ (וְ) ve. “and”

And she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah.

וּשְׁתֵּ֥י (וּ) u. “and”