H5892B–עִיר–ir

When they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn aside into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it.

עִֽיר־ 'ir- “[the] city of”

And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside into the city of a foreigner, that is not of the children of Israel; but we will pass over to Gibeah.

עִ֣יר 'ir “a city”

And they turned aside thither, 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 that took them into his house to lodge.

הָעִ֔יר (עִ֔יר) 'Ir “city”

And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the street of the city; and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?

הָעִ֑יר (עִ֑יר) 'Ir “city”

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 spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thy house, that we may know him.

הָעִ֜יר (עִ֜יר) 'Ir “city”

So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.

הָעִ֔יר (עִ֔יר) 'Ir “city”

And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.

הֶעָרִ֖ים (עָרִ֖ים) 'a.Rim “cities”

And the children of Benjamin were numbered on that day out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who were numbered seven hundred chosen men.

מֵהֶ֣עָרִ֔ים (עָרִ֔ים) 'a.Rim “cities”

And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite and kill of the people, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to Beth-el, and the other to Gibeah, in the field, about thirty men of Israel.

הָעִ֑יר (עִ֑יר) 'Ir “city”

And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them away from the city unto the highways.

הָעִ֖יר (עִ֖יר) 'Ir “city”

And the liers-in-wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers-in-wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.

הָעִ֖יר (עִ֖יר) 'Ir “city”

Now the appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers-in-wait was, that they should make a great cloud of smoke rise up out of the city.

הָעִֽיר׃ (עִֽיר) 'Ir “city”

But when the cloud began to arise up out of the city in a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them; and, behold, the whole of the city went up [ergänzt: in smoke] to heaven.

הָעִ֖יר (עִ֖יר) 'Ir “city”הָעִ֖יר (עִ֖יר) 'Ir “city”

Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle followed hard after them; and they that came out of the cities destroyed them in the midst thereof.

מֵהֶ֣עָרִ֔ים (עָרִ֔ים) 'a.Rim “cities”

And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, both the entire city, and the cattle, and all that they found: moreover all the cities which they found they set on fire.

מֵעִ֤יר (עִ֤יר) 'Ir “a city of”הֶעָרִ֥ים (עָרִ֥ים) 'a.Rim “cities”

And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they carried off: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and built the cities, and dwelt in them.

הֶ֣עָרִ֔ים (עָרִ֔ים) 'a.Rim “cities”

So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and [ergänzt: the women] said, Is this Naomi?

הָעִיר֙ (עִיר֙) 'Ir “city”

And she took it up, and went into the city; and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth and gave to her that which she had left after she was sufficed.

הָעִ֔יר (עִ֔יר) 'Ir “city”

And he said, Bring the mantle that is upon thee, and hold it; and she held it; and he measured six [ergänzt: measures] of barley, and laid it on her: and he went into the city.

הָעִֽיר׃ (עִֽיר) 'Ir “city”

And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.

הָעִ֖יר (עִ֖יר) 'Ir “city”

And this man went up out of his city from year to year to worship and to sacrifice unto Jehovah of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests unto Jehovah, were there.

מֵֽעִירוֹ֙ (עִיר) 'i.R “city”

And when he came, lo, Eli was sitting upon his seat by the wayside watching; for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out.

בָּעִ֔יר (עִ֔יר) 'Ir “city”הָעִֽיר׃ (עִֽיר) 'Ir “city”

And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of Jehovah was against the city with a very great discomfiture: and he smote the men of the city, both small and great; and tumors brake out upon them.

בָּעִיר֙ (עִיר֙) 'Ir “city”הָעִ֔יר (עִ֔יר) 'Ir “city”

They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to its own place, that is slay us not, and our people. For there was a deadly discomfiture throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.

הָעִ֔יר (עִ֔יר) 'Ir “city”

And the men that died not were smitten with the tumors; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.

הָעִ֖יר (עִ֖יר) 'Ir “city”