H9003–/ב–b

and the sons of Israel go up against the sons of Benjamin, on the third day, and arrange themselves against Gibeah, as time by time.

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

And the sons of Benjamin come out to meet the people; they have been drawn away out of the city, and begin to smite `some' of the people -- wounded as time by time, in the highways (of which one is going up to Beth-El, and the other to Gibeah in the field), `are' 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 sons of Benjamin say, `They are smitten before us as at the beginning;' but the sons of Israel said, `Let us flee, and draw them away out of the city, unto the highways.'

כְּבָרִאשֹׁנָ֑ה (בָ) va. “at the”

And all the men of Israel have risen from their place, and arrange themselves at Baal-Tamar, and the ambush of Israel is coming forth out of its place, out of the meadow of Gibeah.

בְּבַ֣עַל (בְּ) be. “at”

And Jehovah smiteth Benjamin before Israel, and the sons of Israel destroy in Benjamin, on that day, twenty and five thousand, and a hundred men; all these `are' drawing sword.

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

And the men of Israel turn in battle, and Benjamin hath begun to smite the wounded among the men of Israel, about thirty men, for they said, `Surely they are utterly smitten before us, as `at' the first battle;

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

and they turn before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness, and the battle hath followed them; and those who `are' from the city are destroying them in their midst;

בְּתוֹכֽוֹ׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

and they turn and flee toward the wilderness, unto the rock of Rimmon; and they glean of them in the highways five thousand men, and follow after them unto Gidom, and smite of them two thousand men.

בַּֽמְסִלּ֔וֹת (בַּֽ) ba “in the”

And all those falling of Benjamin are twenty and five thousand men drawing sword, on that day -- the whole of these `are' men of valour;

בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”

and there turn and flee into the wilderness, unto the rock of Rimmon six hundred men, and they dwell in the rock Rimmon four months.

בְּסֶ֣לַע (בְּ) be. “at”

And the men of Israel have turned back unto the sons of Benjamin, and smite them by the mouth of the sword out of the city, -- men unto cattle, unto all that is found; also all the cities which are found they have sent into fire.

בָאֵֽשׁ׃ (בָ) va. “in <the>”

And the men of Israel have sworn in Mizpeh, saying, `None of us doth give his daughter to Benjamin for a wife.'

בַּמִּצְפָּ֖ה (בַּ) ba. “at <the>”

and say, `Why, O Jehovah, God of Israel, hath this been in Israel -- to be lacking to-day, from Israel, one tribe?'

בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (בְּ) be. “in”

And the sons of Israel say, `Who `is' he that hath not come up in the assembly out of all the tribes of Israel unto Jehovah?' for the great oath hath been concerning him who hath not come up unto Jehovah to Mizpeh, saying, `He is surely put to death.'

בַקָּהָ֛ל (בַ) va. “in the”

what do we do for them -- for those who are left -- for wives, and we -- we have sworn by Jehovah not to give to them of our daughters for wives?'

בַֽיהוָ֔ה (בַֽ) ba. “by”

And they find out of the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead four hundred young women, virgins, who have not known man by the lying of a male, and they bring them in unto the camp at Shiloh, which `is' in the land of Canaan.

בְּאֶ֥רֶץ (בְּ) be. “[is] in”

And all the company send, and speak, unto the sons of Benjamin who `are' in the rock Rimmon, and proclaim to them peace;

בְּסֶ֣לַע (בְּ) be. “[were] at”

and Benjamin turneth back at that time, and they give to them the women whom they have kept alive of the women of Jabesh-Gilead, and they have not found for `all of' them so.

בָּעֵ֣ת (בָּ) ba. “at the”

And the people repented concerning Benjamin, for Jehovah had made a breach among the tribes of Israel.

בְּשִׁבְטֵ֥י (בְּ) be. “in”

And they say, `Lo, a festival of Jehovah `is' in Shiloh, from time to time, which `is' on the north of Beth-El, at the rising of the sun, by the highway which is going up from Beth-El to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.'

בְּשִׁל֜וֹ (בְּ) be. “[is] in”

And they command the sons of Benjamin, saying, `Go -- and ye have laid wait in the vineyards,

בַּכְּרָמִֽים׃ (בַּ) ba. “in the”

and have seen, and lo, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances -- then ye have gone out from the vineyards, and caught for you each his wife out of the daughters of Shiloh, and gone to the land of Benjamin;

בַּמְּחֹלוֹת֒ (בַּ) ba. “in <the>”

and it hath been, when their fathers or their brethren come in to plead unto us, that we have said unto them, Favour us `by' them, for we have not taken `to' each his wife in battle, for ye -- ye have not given to them at this time `that' ye are guilty.'

בַּמִּלְחָמָ֑ה (בַּ) ba. “in the”

And the sons of Benjamin do so, and take women according to their number, out of the dancers whom they have taken violently away; and they go, and turn back unto their inheritance, and build the cities, and dwell in them.

בָּהֶֽם׃ (בָּ) ba. “in <the>”

And the sons of Israel go up and down thence at that time, each to his tribe, and to his family; and they go out thence each to his inheritance.

בָּעֵ֣ת (בָּ) ba. “at the”