H0413–אֶל–el

And Micah saith to him, `Whence comest thou?' and he saith unto him, `A Levite `am' I, of Beth-Lehem-Judah, and I am going to sojourn where I do find.'

אֵלָ֜יו (אֵלָ֜י) 'e.La “to”

And the sons of Dan send, out of their family, five men of them, men, sons of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to traverse the land, and to search it, and they say unto them, `Go, search the land;' and they come into the hill-country of Ephraim, unto the house of Micah, and lodge there.

אֲלֵהֶ֔ם (אֲלֵ) 'a.le. “to”

And he saith unto them, `Thus and thus hath Micah done to me; and he hireth me, and I am to him for a priest.'

אֲלֵהֶ֔ם (אֲלֵ) 'a.le. “to”

And they come in unto their brethren, at Zorah and Eshtaol, and their brethren say to them, `What -- ye?'

אֶל־ 'el- “to”

When ye go, ye come in unto a people confident, and the land `is' large on both hands, for God hath given it into your hand, a place where there is no lack of anything which `is' in the land.'

אֶל־ 'el- “to”

And the five men, those going to traverse the land of Laish, answer and say unto their brethren, `Have ye known that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and graven image, and molten image? and now, know what ye do.'

אֶל־ 'el- “to”

And they turn aside thither, and come in unto the house of the young man the Levite, the house of Micah, and ask of him of welfare, --

אֶל־ 'el- “to”

yea, these have entered the house of Micah, and take the graven image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image; and the priest saith unto them, `What are ye doing?'

אֲלֵיהֶם֙ (אֲלֵי) 'a.lei. “to”

and call unto the sons of Dan, and they turn round their faces, and say to Micah, `What -- to thee that thou hast been called together?'

אֶל־ 'el- “to”

And he saith, `My gods which I made ye have taken, and the priest, and ye go; and what to me more? and what `is' this ye say unto me, What -- to thee!'

אֵלַ֖י (אֵלַ֖) 'e.La “to”

And the sons of Dan say unto him, `Let not thy voice be heard with us, lest men bitter in soul fall upon you, and thou hast gathered thy life, and the life of thy household;'

אֵלָיו֙ (אֵלָי) 'e.La “to”

and the sons of Dan go on their way, and Micah seeth that they are stronger than he, and turneth, and goeth back unto his house.

אֶל־ 'el- “to”

and commit whoredom against him doth his concubine, and she goeth from him unto the house of her father, unto Beth-Lehem-Judah, and is there days -- four months.

אֶל־ 'el- “to”אֶל־ 'el- “to”

And it cometh to pass, on the fourth day, that they rise early in the morning, and he riseth to go, and the father of the young woman saith unto his son-in-law, `Support thy heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward ye go on.'

אֶל־ 'el- “to”

And they sit and eat both of them together, and drink, and the father of the young woman saith unto the man, `Be willing, I pray thee, and lodge all night, and let thy heart be glad.'

אֶל־ 'el- “to”

They `are' near Jebus, and the day hath gone greatly down, and the young man saith unto his lord, `Come, I pray thee, and we turn aside unto this city of the Jebusite, and lodge in it.'

אֶל־ 'el- “to”אֶל־ 'el- “to”

And his lord saith unto him, `Let us not turn aside unto the city of a stranger, that is not of the sons of Israel, thither, but we have passed over unto Gibeah.'

אֵלָיו֙ (אֵלָי) 'e.La “to”אֶל־ 'el- “to”

And he saith unto him, `We are passing over from Beth-Lehem-Judah unto the sides of the hill-country of Ephraim -- thence I `am', and I go unto Beth-Lehem-Judah; and to the house of Jehovah I am going, and there is no man gathering me into the house,

אֵלָ֗יו (אֵלָ֗י) 'e.La “to”

They are making their heart glad, and lo, men of the city, men -- sons of worthlessness -- have gone round about the house, beating on the door, and they speak unto the old man, the master of the house, saying, `Bring out the man who hath come unto thine house, and we know him.'

אֶל־ 'el- “to”אֶל־ 'el- “to”

And the man, the master of the house, goeth out unto them, and saith unto them, `Nay, my brethren, do not evil, I pray you, after that this man hath come in unto my house, do not this folly;

אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם (אֲלֵי) 'a.lei. “to”אֲלֵהֶ֔ם (אֲלֵ) 'a.le. “to”אַל־ 'al- “may [you] not”

And the men have not been willing to hearken to him, and the man taketh hold on his concubine, and bringeth `her' out unto them without, and they know her, and roll themselves upon her all the night, till the morning, and send her away in the ascending of the dawn;

אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם (אֲלֵי) 'a.lei. “to”

and he saith unto her, `Rise, and we go;' and there is none answering, and he taketh her on the ass, and the man riseth and goeth to his place,

אֵלֶ֛יהָ (אֵלֶ֛י) 'e.Lei. “to”

and cometh in unto his house, and taketh the knife, and layeth hold on his concubine, and cutteth her in pieces to her bones -- into twelve pieces, and sendeth her into all the border of Israel.

אֶל־ 'el- “to”

And all the sons of Israel go out, and the company is assembled as one man, from Dan even unto Beer-Sheba, and the land of Gilead, unto Jehovah, at Mizpeh.

אֶל־ 'el- “to”

And every man of Israel is gathered unto the city, as one man -- companions.

אֶל־ 'el- “to”