H9001–/וַ–v

And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead: 'If ye bring me back home to fight with the children of Ammon, and the LORD deliver them before me, I will be your head.'

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְנָתַ֧ן (וְ) ve. “and”

And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah: 'The LORD shall be witness between us; surely according to thy word so will we do.'

וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them; and Jephthah spoke all his words before the LORD in Mizpah.

וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּשִׂ֨ימוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיְדַבֵּ֨ר (וַ) va “and”

And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying: 'What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come unto me to fight against my land?'

וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח (וַ) va “and”

And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah: 'Because Israel took away my land, when he came up out of Egypt, from the Arnon even unto the Jabbok, and unto the Jordan; now therefore restore those cities peaceably.'

וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (וַ) va “and”

And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon;

וַיּ֥וֹסֶף (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁלַח֙ (וַ) va “and”

and he said unto him: 'Thus saith Jephthah: Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

But when they came up from Egypt, and Israel walked through the wilderness unto the Red Sea, and came to Kadesh;

וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֖א (וַ) va “and”

then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying: Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land; but the king of Edom hearkened not. And in like manner he sent unto the king of Moab; but he would not; and Israel abode in Kadesh.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”

Then he walked through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and they pitched on the other side of the Arnon; but they came not within the border of Moab, for the Arnon was th

וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֜סָב (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֤א (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּן (וַֽ) va “and”

And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him: Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land unto my place.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his border; but Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.

וַיֶּאֱסֹ֤ף (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּלָּ֖חֶם (וַ) va “and”

And the LORD, the God of Israel, delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote them; so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.

וַ֠יִּתֵּן (וַ֠) Va “and”וַיַּכּ֑וּם (וַ) va “and”וַיִּירַשׁ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And they possessed all the border of the Amorites, from the Arnon even unto the Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto the Jordan.

וַיִּ֣ירְשׁ֔וּ (וַ) va “and”

Then the spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon.

וַתְּהִ֤י (וַ) va. “and”וַיַּעֲבֹ֥ר (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲבֹר֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said: 'If Thou wilt indeed deliver the children of Ammon into my hand,

וַיִּדַּ֨ר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמַ֑ר (וַ) va “and”

then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, it shall be the LORD'S, and I will offer it up for a burnt-offering.'

וְהָיָ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָיָה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַעֲלִיתִ֖הוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and the LORD delivered them into his hand.

וַיַּעֲבֹ֥ר (וַ) va “and”וַיִתְּנֵ֥ם (וַ) va “and”

And he smote them from Aroer until thou come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and unto Abel-cheramim, with a very great slaughter. So the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.

וַיַּכֵּ֡ם (וַ) va “and”וַיִּכָּֽנְעוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And Jephthah came to Mizpah unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances; and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.

וַיָּבֹ֨א (וַ) va “and”

And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said: 'Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art become my troubler; for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back.'

וַיְהִי֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרַ֣ע (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

And she said unto him: 'My father, thou hast opened thy mouth unto the LORD; do unto me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as the LORD hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of Ammon.'

וַתֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

And she said unto her father: 'Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may depart and go down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions.'

וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va. “and”וְיָרַדְתִּ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”

And he said: 'Go.' And he sent her away for two months; and she departed, she and her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח (וַ) va “and”וַתֵּ֤לֶךְ (וַ) va. “and”וַתֵּ֥בְךְּ (וַ) va. “and”

And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed; and she had not known man. And it was a custom in Israel,

וַיְהִ֞י (וַ) va “and”וַתָּ֙שָׁב֙ (וַ) va. “and”וַיַּ֣עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”וַתְּהִי־ (וַ) va. “and”