H9003–/ב–b

And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.

בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”בְּפָֽעַם׃ (בְּ) be. “on”

And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.

בְּפַ֗עַם (בְּ) be. “on”בַּֽמְסִלּוֹת֙ (בַּֽ) ba “in the”בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה (בַּ) ba. “in the”בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways.

כְּבָרִאשֹׁנָ֑ה (בָ) va. “at the”

And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baaltamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah.

בְּבַ֣עַל (בְּ) be. “at”

And the LORD smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five thousand and an hundred men: all these drew the sword.

בְּבִנְיָמִן֙ (בְּ) be. “among”בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”

And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle.

בַּמִּלְחָמָ֑ה (בַּ) ba. “in the”בְּאִֽישׁ־ (בְּ) be. “among”

Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them.

בְּתוֹכֽוֹ׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them.

בַּֽמְסִלּ֔וֹת (בַּֽ) ba “in the”

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

בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”

But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months.

בְּסֶ֣לַע (בְּ) be. “at”

And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they came to.

בָאֵֽשׁ׃ (בָ) va. “in <the>”

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

בַּמִּצְפָּ֖ה (בַּ) ba. “at <the>”

And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel?

בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (בְּ) be. “in”

And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation unto the LORD? For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the LORD to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death.

בַקָּהָ֛ל (בַ) va. “in the”

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?

בַֽיהוָ֔ה (בַֽ) ba. “by”

And they found among the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead four hundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male: and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.

בְּאֶ֥רֶץ (בְּ) be. “[is] in”

And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the children of Benjamin that were in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably unto them.

בְּסֶ֣לַע (בְּ) be. “[were] at”

And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of Jabeshgilead: and yet so they sufficed them not.

בָּעֵ֣ת (בָּ) ba. “at the”

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

בְּשִׁבְטֵ֥י (בְּ) be. “in”

Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the LORD in Shiloh yearly in a place which is on the north side of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.

בְּשִׁל֜וֹ (בְּ) be. “[is] in”

Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards;

בַּכְּרָמִֽים׃ (בַּ) ba. “in the”

And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in 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.

בַּמְּחֹלוֹת֒ (בַּ) ba. “in <the>”

And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favorable unto them for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, that ye should be guilty.

בַּמִּלְחָמָ֑ה (בַּ) ba. “in the”

And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelt in them.

בָּהֶֽם׃ (בָּ) ba. “in <the>”

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.

בָּעֵ֣ת (בָּ) ba. “at the”