H0935G–בּוֹא–bo

The man departed out of the city, out of Bethlehem Judah, to sojourn where he could find [ergänzt: a place], and he came to the hill-country of Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he traveled.

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

Micah said to him, Whence come you? He said to him, I am a Levite of Bethlehem Judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find [ergänzt: a place].

תָּב֑וֹא ta.Vo' “do you come”

The children of Dan sent of their family five men from their whole number, men of valor, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said to them, Go, search the land. They came to the hill-country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there.

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

Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people who were therein, how they lived in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and secure; for there was none in the land, possessing authority, that might put [ergänzt: them] to shame in anything, and they were far from the Sidonians, and had no dealings with any man.

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

They came to their brothers to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brothers said to them, What [ergänzt: say] you?

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

They said, Arise, and let us go up against them; for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are you still? don't be slothful to go and to enter in to possess the land.

לָבֹ֖א (בֹ֖א) Vo' “go”

When you go, you shall come to a people secure, and the land is large; for God has given it into your hand, a place where there is no want of anything that is in the earth.

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

They passed there to the hill-country of Ephraim, and came to the house of Micah.

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

They turned aside there, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even to the house of Micah, and asked him of his welfare.

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

The five men who went to spy out the land went up, and came in there, and took the engraved image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood by the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men girt with weapons of war.

בָּ֣אוּ Ba.'u “they went”

When these went into Micah's house, and fetched the engraved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image, the priest said to them, What do you?

בָּ֚אוּ Ba.'u “they went”

The priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the engraved image, and went in the midst of the people.

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

They took that which Micah had made, and the priest whom he had, and came to Laish, to a people quiet and secure, and struck them with the edge of the sword; and they burnt the city with fire.

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

But the man wouldn't stay that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against Jebus (the same is Jerusalem): and there were with him a couple of donkeys saddled; his concubine also was with him.

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

So they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down on them near to Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin.

וַתָּבֹ֤א (תָּבֹ֤א) ta.Vo' “it went”

They turned aside there, to go in to lodge in Gibeah: and he went in, and sat him down in the street of the city; for there was no man who took them into his house to lodge.

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

Behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even: now the man was of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he sojourned in Gibeah; but the men of the place were Benjamites.

בָּ֣א ba' “[was] coming”

He lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the street of the city; and the old man said, Where go you? and whence come you?

תָּבֽוֹא׃ ta.Vo' “are you coming”

As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain base fellows, beset the house round about, beating at the door; and they spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man who came into your house, that we may know him.

בָּ֥א ba' “he came”

The man, the master of the house, went out to them, and said to them, No, my brothers, please don't act so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into my house, don't do this folly.

בָּ֞א ba' “he has come”

Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord was, until it was light.

וַתָּבֹ֥א (תָּבֹ֥א) ta.Vo' “she came”

When he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, limb by limb, into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout all the borders of Israel.

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

The Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered, answered, I came into Gibeah that belongs to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.

בָּ֛אתִי Ba.ti “I came”

and we will take ten men of one hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and one hundred of one thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to get food for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have worked in Israel.

לְבוֹאָם֙ (בוֹאָ) vo.'A “coming”

Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came to Bethel, and wept, and sat there before Yahweh, and fasted that day until even; and they offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before Yahweh.

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