H9001–/וַ–v

And Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight against the children of Ammon, and the LORD deliver them before me, shall I be your head?

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

And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, The LORD be a witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words.

וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the LORD in Mizpeh.

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

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

וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח (וַ) va “and”

And the king of the children of Ammon answered to the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came out of Egypt, from Arnon even to Jabbok, and to Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again peaceably.

וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (וַ) va “and”

And Jephthah sent messengers again to the king of the children of Ammon:

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

And said to 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 Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness to the Red sea, and came to Kadesh;

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

Then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not hearken to it. And in like manner they sent to the king of Moab; but he would not consent. And Israel abode in Kadesh.

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

Then they went along 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 pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab.

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

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

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

But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon collected all his people, and encamped in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.

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

And the LORD 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 borders of the Amorites, from Arnon even to Jabbok, and from the wilderness even to 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 to the children of Ammon.

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

And Jephthah vowed a vow to the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into my hands,

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

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

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

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

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

And he smote them from Aroer even till thou comest to Minnith, even twenty cities, and to the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.

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

And Jephthah came to Mizpeh to 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 one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth to the LORD, and I cannot go back.

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

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

וַתֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

And she said to her father, Let this thing be done for me: Let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows.

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

And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with 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 to her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel,

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