H0935G–בּוֹא–bo

And he went away from the town of Beth-lehem-judah, looking for somewhere to make his living-place; and on his journey he came to the hill-country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah.

וַיָּבֹ֧א (יָּבֹ֧א) i.ya.Vo' “he came”

And Micah said to him, Where do you come from? And he said to him, I am a Levite from Beth-lehem-judah, and I am looking for a living-place.

תָּב֑וֹא ta.Vo' “do you come”

So the children of Dan sent five men from among their number, strong men, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, to take a look at the land and make a search through it; and they said to them, Go and make a search through the land; and they came to the hill-countr

וַיָּבֹ֤אוּ (יָּבֹ֤אוּ) i.ya.Vo.'u “they went”

Then the five men went on their way and came to Laish and saw the people who were there, living without thought of danger, like the Zidonians, quiet and safe; for they had everything on earth for their needs, and they were far from the Zidonians and had

וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ (יָּבֹ֖אוּ) i.ya.Vo.'u “they came”

So they came back to their brothers in Zorah and Eshtaol, and their brothers said to them, What news have you?

וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ (יָּבֹ֙אוּ֙) i.ya.Vo.'u “they came”

And they said, Up! and let us go against Laish; for we have seen the land, and it is very good: why are you doing nothing? Do not be slow to go in and take the land for your heritage.

לָבֹ֖א (בֹ֖א) Vo' “go”

When you come there you will come to a people living without thought of danger; and the land is wide, and God has given it into your hands: a place where there is everything on earth for man's needs.

כְּבֹאֲכֶ֞ם (בֹאֲ) vo.'a. “go”תָּבֹ֣אוּ׀ ta.Vo.'u “you will come”

From there they went on to the hill-country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah.

וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ (יָּבֹ֖אוּ) i.ya.Vo.'u “they came”

And turning from their road they came to the house of the young Levite, the house of Micah, and said to him, Is it well with you?

וַיָּבֹ֛אוּ (יָּבֹ֛אוּ) i.ya.Vo.'u “they came”

Then the five men who had gone to make a search through the land, went in and took the pictured image and the ephod and the family gods and the metal image; and the priest was by the doorway with the six hundred armed men.

בָּ֣אוּ Ba.'u “they went”

And when they went into Micah's house and took out the pictured image and the ephod and the family gods and the metal image, the priest said to them, What are you doing?

בָּ֚אוּ Ba.'u “they went”

Then the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod and the family gods and the pictured image and went with the people.

וַיָּבֹ֖א (יָּבֹ֖א) i.ya.Vo' “he went”

And they took that which Micah had made, and his priest, and came to Laish, to a people living quietly and without thought of danger, and they put them to the sword without mercy, burning down their town.

וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ (יָּבֹ֣אוּ) i.ya.Vo.'u “they went”

But the man would not be kept there that night, and he got up and went away and came opposite to Jebus (which is Jerusalem); and he had with him the two asses, ready for travelling, and his woman.

וַיָּבֹא֙ (יָּבֹא֙) i.ya.Vo' “he came”

So they went on their way; and the sun went down when they were near Gibeah in the land of Benjamin.

וַתָּבֹ֤א (תָּבֹ֤א) ta.Vo' “it went”

And they went off the road there with the purpose of stopping for the night in Gibeah: and he went in, seating himself in the street of the town, for no one took them into his house for the night.

לָב֖וֹא (ב֖וֹא) Vo' “go”וַיָּבֹ֗א (יָּבֹ֗א) i.ya.Vo' “he went”

Now when it was evening they saw an old man coming back from his work in the fields; he was from the hill-country of Ephraim and was living in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites.

בָּ֣א ba' “[was] coming”

And when he saw the traveller in the street of the town, the old man said, Where are you going? and where do you come from?

תָּבֽוֹא׃ ta.Vo' “are you coming”

While they were taking their pleasure at the meal, the good-for-nothing men of the town came round the house, giving blows on the door; and they said to the old man, the master of the house, Send out that man who came to your house, so that we may take o

בָּ֥א ba' “he came”

So the man, the master of the house, went out to them, and said, No, my brothers, do not this evil thing; this man has come into my house, and you are not to do him this wrong.

בָּ֞א ba' “he has come”

Then at the dawn of day the woman came, and, falling down at the door of the man's house where her master was, was stretched there till it was light.

וַתָּבֹ֥א (תָּבֹ֥א) ta.Vo' “she came”

And when he had come to his house, he got his knife, and took the woman, cutting her up bone by bone into twelve parts, which he sent through all Israel.

וַיָּבֹ֣א (יָּבֹ֣א) i.ya.Vo' “he came”

Then the Levite, the husband of the dead woman, said in answer, I came to Gibeah in the land of Benjamin, I and my servant-wife, for the purpose of stopping there for the night.

בָּ֛אתִי Ba.ti “I came”

And we will take ten men out of every hundred, through all the tribes of Israel, a hundred out of every thousand, a thousand out of every ten thousand, to get food for the people, so that they may give to Gibeah of Benjamin the right punishment for the a

לְבוֹאָם֙ (בוֹאָ) vo.'A “coming”

Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up to Beth-el, weeping and waiting there before the Lord, going without food all day till evening, and offering burned offerings and peace-offerings before the Lord.

וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ (יָּבֹ֣אוּ) i.ya.Vo.'u “they came”