H5892B–עִיר–ir

When they were near Jebus, the day was far spent, and the servant said to his master, "Come now, let us turn aside to this city of the Jeb'usites, and spend the night in it."

עִֽיר־ 'ir- “[the] city of”

And his master said to him, "We will not turn aside into the city of foreigners, who do not belong to the people of Israel; but we will pass on to Gib'e-ah."

עִ֣יר 'ir “a city”

and they turned aside there, to go in and spend the night at Gib'e-ah. And he went in and sat down in the open square of the city; for no man took them into his house to spend the night.

הָעִ֔יר (עִ֔יר) 'Ir “city”

And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfarer in the open square of the city; and the old man said, "Where are you going? and whence do you come?"

הָעִ֑יר (עִ֑יר) 'Ir “city”

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

הָעִ֜יר (עִ֜יר) 'Ir “city”

So all the men of Israel gathered against the city, united as one man.

הָעִ֔יר (עִ֔יר) 'Ir “city”

And the Benjaminites came together out of the cities to Gib'e-ah, to go out to battle against the people of Israel.

הֶעָרִ֖ים (עָרִ֖ים) 'a.Rim “cities”

And the Benjaminites mustered out of their cities on that day twenty-six thousand men that drew the sword, besides the inhabitants of Gib'e-ah, who mustered seven hundred picked men.

מֵהֶ֣עָרִ֔ים (עָרִ֔ים) 'a.Rim “cities”

And the Benjaminites went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and as at other times they began to smite and kill some of the people, in the highways, one of which goes up to Bethel and the other to Gib'e-ah, and in the open country, about thirty men of Israel.

הָעִ֑יר (עִ֑יר) 'Ir “city”

And the Benjaminites said, "They are routed before us, as at the first." But the men of Israel said, "Let us flee, and draw them away from the city to the highways."

הָעִ֖יר (עִ֖יר) 'Ir “city”

And the men in ambush made haste and rushed upon Gib'e-ah; the men in ambush moved out and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.

הָעִ֖יר (עִ֖יר) 'Ir “city”

Now the appointed signal between the men of Israel and the men in ambush was that when they made a great cloud of smoke rise up out of the city

הָעִֽיר׃ (עִֽיר) 'Ir “city”

But when the signal began to rise out of the city in a column of smoke, the Benjaminites looked behind them; and behold, the whole of the city went up in smoke to heaven.

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

Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel in the direction of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them, and those who came out of the cities destroyed them in the midst of them.

מֵהֶ֣עָרִ֔ים (עָרִ֔ים) 'a.Rim “cities”

And the men of Israel turned back against the Benjaminites, and smote them with the edge of the sword, men and beasts and all that they found. And all the towns which they found they set on fire.

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

And the Benjaminites did so, and took their wives, according to their number, from the dancers whom they carried off; then they went and returned to their inheritance, and rebuilt the towns, and dwelt in them.

הֶ֣עָרִ֔ים (עָרִ֔ים) 'a.Rim “cities”

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

הָעִיר֙ (עִיר֙) 'Ir “city”

And she took [ergänzt: it] up, and came 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 reserved after she was sufficed.

הָעִ֔יר (עִ֔יר) 'Ir “city”

And he said, Bring the cloak that thou hast upon thee, and hold it. And she held it, and he measured six [ergänzt: measures] of barley, and laid [ergänzt: 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 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 to Jehovah of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of Jehovah, were there.

מֵֽעִירוֹ֙ (עִיר) 'i.R “city”

And when he came, behold, Eli was sitting upon the seat by the way-side watching; for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And the man came to tell it in the city, and all the city cried out.

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

And it came to pass that, after they had carried it about, the hand of Jehovah was against the city with very great panic; and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and hemorrhoids broke out upon them.

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

And they sent and gathered all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to its own place, that it kill us not, and our people. For there was deadly alarm throughout the city: the hand of God was very heavy there;

הָעִ֔יר (עִ֔יר) 'Ir “city”

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

הָעִ֖יר (עִ֖יר) 'Ir “city”