H1121G–בֵּן–ben

And Jephthah voweth a vow to Jehovah, and saith, `If Thou dost at all give the Bene-Ammon into my hand --

בְּנֵ֥י be.Nei “[the] people of”

then it hath been, that which at all cometh out from the doors of my house to meet me in my turning back in peace from the Bene-Ammon -- it hath been to Jehovah, or I have offered up for it -- a burnt-offering.'

מִבְּנֵ֣י (בְּנֵ֣י) be.Nei “[the] people of”

And Jephthah passeth over unto the Bene-Ammon to fight against them, and Jehovah giveth them into his hand,

בְּנֵ֥י be.Nei “[the] people of”

and he smiteth them from Aroer, and unto thy going in to Minnith, twenty cities, and unto the meadow of the vineyards -- a very great smiting; and the Bene-Ammon are humbled at the presence of the sons of Israel.

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

And she saith unto him, `My father -- thou hast opened thy mouth unto Jehovah, do to me as it hath gone out from thy mouth, after that Jehovah hath done for thee vengeance on thine enemies, on the Bene-Ammon.'

מִבְּנֵ֥י (בְּנֵ֥י) be.Nei “[the] people of”

And the men of Ephraim are called together, and pass over northward, and say to Jephthah, `Wherefore has thou passed over to fight against the Bene-Ammon, and on us hast not called to go with thee? thy house we burn over thee with fire.'

בִּבְנֵי־ (בְנֵי) v.nei- “[the] people of”

And Jephthah saith unto them, `A man of great strife I have been (I and my people) with the Bene-Ammon, and I call you, and ye have not saved me out of their hand,

וּבְנֵֽי־ (בְנֵֽי) ve.nei- “[the] people of”

and I see that thou art not a saviour, and I put my life in my hand, and pass over unto the Bene-Ammon, and Jehovah giveth them into my hand -- and why have ye come up unto me this day to fight against me?'

בְּנֵ֣י be.Nei “[the] people of”

and he hath forty sons, and thirty grandsons, riding on seventy ass-colts, and he judgeth Israel eight years.

בְּנֵ֣י be.Nei “sons of”בָנִ֔ים va.Nim “sons”

And the sons of Israel add to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, and Jehovah giveth them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.

בְּנֵ֣י be.Nei “[the] people of”

And Samson's wife weepeth for it, and saith, `Thou hast only hated me, and hast not loved me; the riddle thou hast put forth to the sons of my people -- and to me thou hast not declared it;' and he saith to her, `Lo, to my father and to my mother I have not declared `it' -- and to thee I declare `it'!'

לִבְנֵ֣י (בְנֵ֣י) v.Nei “[the] sons of”

And she weepeth for it the seven days `in' which their banquet hath been, and it cometh to pass on the seventh day that he declareth `it' to her, for she hath distressed him; and she declareth the riddle to the sons of her people.

לִבְנֵ֥י (בְנֵ֥י) v.Nei “[the] sons of”

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.

בְנֵי־ ve.nei- “[the] descendants of”בְּנֵי־ be.nei- “sons of”

(and the six hundred men girded with their weapons of war, who `are' of the sons of Dan, are standing at the opening of the gate), --

מִבְּנֵי־ (בְּנֵי) be.nei- “[the] descendants of”

They have been far off from the house of Micah -- and the men who `are' in the houses which `are' near the house of Micah have been called together, and overtake the sons of Dan,

בְּנֵי־ be.nei- “[the] descendants of”

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?'

בְּנֵי־ be.nei- “[the] descendants of”

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;'

בְּנֵי־ be.nei- “[the] descendants of”

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.

בְנֵי־ ve.nei- “[the] descendants of”

And the sons of Dan raise up for themselves the graven image, and Jonathan son of Gershom, son of Manasseh, he and his sons have been priests to the tribe of the Danite, till the day of the removal of `the people' of the land.

בְּנֵי־ be.nei- “[the] descendants of”

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.'

מִבְּנֵ֥י (בְּנֵ֥י) be.Nei “[the] people of”

And it hath come to pass, every one who seeth hath said, `There hath not been -- yea, there hath not been seen like this, from the day of the coming up of the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt till this day; set your `heart' upon it, take counsel, and speak.'

בְּנֵֽי־ be.nei- “[the] people of”

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.

בְּנֵ֣י be.Nei “[the] people of”

And the sons of Benjamin hear that the sons of Israel have gone up to Mizpeh. And the sons of Israel say, `Speak ye, how hath this evil been?'

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

lo, ye `are' all sons of Israel; give for you a word and counsel here.'

בְּנֵ֣י be.Nei “O people of”

And now, give up the men -- sons of worthlessness -- which `are' in Gibeah, and we put them to death, and we put away evil from Israel.' And `the sons of' Benjamin have not been willing to hearken to the voice of their brethren, the sons of Israel;

אָבוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י (בְּנֵ֣י) be.nei “[the] descendants”בְּנֵֽי־ be.nei- “[the] people of”