H1121G–בֵּן–ben

Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, Be our ruler, you and your son and your son's son after him; for you have been our saviour from the hands of Midian.

בֶּן־ ben- “[the] son of”

So Midian was broken before the children of Israel and the Midianites never got back their strength. And the land had peace for forty years, in the days of Gideon.

בְּנֵ֣י be.Nei “[the] people of”

And after the death of Gideon, the children of Israel again went after the gods of Canaan and were false to the Lord, and made Baal-berith their god.

בְּנֵ֣י be.Nei “[the] people of”

And the children of Israel did not keep in their minds the Lord their God, who had been their saviour from all their haters on every side;

בְּנֵ֣י be.Nei “[the] people of”

And again the children of Israel did evil in the eyes of the Lord, worshipping the Baals and Astartes, and the gods of Aram and the gods of Zidon and the gods of Moab and the gods of the children of Ammon and the gods of the Philistines; they gave up the

בְּנֵ֣י be.Nei “[the] people of”בְנֵי־ ve.nei- “[the] people of”

And the wrath of the Lord was burning against Israel, and he gave them up into the hands of the Philistines and into the hands of the children of Ammon.

בְּנֵ֥י be.Nei “[the] people of”

And that year the children of Israel were crushed under their yoke; for eighteen years all the children of Israel on the other side of Jordan, in the land of the Amorites which is in Gilead, were cruelly crushed down.

בְּנֵ֣י be.Nei “[the] people of”בְּנֵ֤י be.Nei “[the] people of”

And the children of Ammon went over Jordan, to make war against Judah and Benjamin and the house of Ephraim; and Israel was in great trouble.

בְנֵֽי־ ve.nei- “[the] people of”

Then the children of Israel, crying out to the Lord, said, Great is our sin against you, for we have given up our God and have been servants to the Baals.

בְּנֵ֣י be.Nei “[the] people of”

And the Lord said to the children of Israel, Were not the Egyptians and the Amorites and the children of Ammon and the Philistines

בְּנֵ֣י be.Nei “[the] people of”בְּנֵ֥י be.Nei “[the] people of”

And the children of Israel said to the Lord, We are sinners; do to us whatever seems good to you: only give us salvation this day.

בְנֵי־ ve.nei- “[the] people of”

Then the children of Ammon came together and put their army in position in Gilead. And the children of Israel came together and put their army in position in Mizpah.

בְּנֵ֣י be.Nei “[the] people of”בְּנֵ֣י be.Nei “[the] people of”

And the people of Israel said to one another, Who will be the first to make an attack on the children of Ammon? We will make him head over all Gilead.

בִּבְנֵ֣י (בְנֵ֣י) v.Nei “[the] people of”

Now after a time the children of Ammon made war against Israel.

בְנֵֽי־ ve.nei- “[the] people of”

And when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the responsible men of Gilead went to get Jephthah back from the land of Tob;

בְנֵֽי־ ve.nei- “[the] people of”

And they said to Jephthah, Come and be our chief so that we may make war against the children of Ammon.

בִּבְנֵ֥י (בְנֵ֥י) v.Nei “[the] people of”

And the responsible men of Gilead said to Jephthah, That is the reason we have come back to you; so go with us and make war against the children of Ammon, and we will make you our head over all the people of Gilead.

בִּבְנֵ֣י (בְנֵ֣י) v.Nei “[the] people of”

Then Jephthah said to the responsible men of Gilead, If you take me back to make war against the children of Ammon, and if with the help of the Lord I overcome them, will you make me your head?

בִּבְנֵ֣י (בְנֵ֣י) v.Nei “[the] people of”

Then Jephthah sent men to the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What have you against me that you have come to make war against my land?

בְּנֵֽי־ be.nei- “[the] people of”

And the king of the children of Ammon said to the men sent by Jephthah, Because Israel, when he came up out of Egypt, took away my land, from the Arnon as far as the Jabbok and as far as Jordan: so now, give me back those lands quietly.

בְּנֵי־ be.nei- “[the] people of”

And Jephthah sent again to the king of the children of Ammon,

בְּנֵ֥י be.Nei “[the] people of”

And said to him, This is the word of Jephthah: Israel did not take away the land of Moab or the land of the children of Ammon;

בְּנֵ֥י be.Nei “[the] people of”

So I have done no wrong against you, but you are doing wrong to me in fighting against me: may the Lord, who is Judge this day, be judge between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.

בְּנֵ֣י be.Nei “[the] people of”בְּנֵ֥י be.Nei “[the] people of”

The king of the children of Ammon, however, did not give ear to the words which Jephthah sent to him.

בְּנֵ֣י be.Nei “[the] people of”

Then the spirit of the Lord came on Jephthah, and he went through Gilead and Manasseh, and came to Mizpeh of Gilead; and from Mizpeh of Gilead he went over to the children of Ammon.

בְּנֵ֥י be.Nei “[the] people of”