H9002–/וְ–v

The men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were dismayed; for they saw that evil had come on them.

וְאִ֤ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel to the way of the wilderness; but the battle followed hard after them; and those who came out of the cities destroyed them in the midst of it.

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

So that all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty-five thousand men who drew the sword; all these [supplied: were] men of valor.

וַחֲמִשָּׁ֨ה (וַ) va. “and”

The men of Israel turned again on the children of Benjamin, and struck 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 to Benjamin as wife.

וְאִ֣ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

It happened on the next day 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 those who remain, seeing we have sworn by Yahweh that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?

וַאֲנַ֙חְנוּ֙ (וַ) va. “and”

They said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel who didn't come up to Yahweh to Mizpah? 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”

The congregation sent there twelve thousand men of the most valiant, and commanded them, saying, Go and strike 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”

This is the thing that you shall do: you shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman who has lain by man.

וְזֶ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “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 weren't enough for them.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וְהָעָ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”

They said, There must be an inheritance for those who are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe not be blotted out from Israel.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

However we may not give them wives of our daughters, for the children of Israel had sworn, saying, Cursed be he who gives a wife to Benjamin.

וַאֲנַ֗חְנוּ (וַ) va. “and”

They said, Behold, there is a feast of Yahweh from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goes up from Bethel 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 you 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”

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

וּלְמִשְׁפַּחְתּ֑וֹ (וּ) u. “and”

It happened in the days when the judges judged, that there was a famine in the land. A certain man of Bethlehem Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

וְאִשְׁתּ֖וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁנֵ֥י (וּ) u. “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 Bethlehem Judah. They came into the country of Moab, and continued there.

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

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

וּשְׁנֵ֥י (וּ) u. “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 lived there about ten years.

וְשֵׁ֥ם (וְ) ve. “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 country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that Yahweh had visited his people in giving them bread.

וְכַלֹּתֶ֔יהָ (וְ) ve. “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 to the land of Judah.

וּשְׁתֵּ֥י (וּ) u. “and”