H9001–/וַ–v

Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, If you bring me home again to fight with the children of Ammon, and Yahweh deliver them before me, shall I be your head?

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

The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, Yahweh shall be witness between us; surely according to your 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 Yahweh in Mizpah.

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

Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What have you to do with me, that you are come to me to fight against my land?

וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח (וַ) va “and”

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

וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (וַ) va “and”

Jephthah sent messengers again to the king of the children of Ammon;

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

and he said to him, Thus says Jephthah: Israel didn't take 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 went 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, Please let me pass through your land; but the king of Edom didn't listen. In the same way, he sent to the king of Moab; but he would not: and Israel abode in Kadesh.

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

Then they went through the wilderness, and went around the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and they encamped on the other side of the Arnon; but they didn't come within the border of Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab.

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

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

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

But Sihon didn't trust Israel to pass through his border; but Sihon gathered all his people together, and encamped in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.

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

Yahweh, the God of Israel, delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they struck 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”

They possessed all the border of the Amorites, from the Arnon even to the Jabbok, and from the wilderness even to the Jordan.

וַיִּ֣ירְשׁ֔וּ (וַ) va “and”

Then the Spirit of Yahweh came on 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”

Jephthah vowed a vow to Yahweh, and said, If you will indeed deliver the children of Ammon into my hand,

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

then it shall be, that whatever comes forth from the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, it shall be Yahweh'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 to the children of Ammon to fight against them; and Yahweh delivered them into his hand.

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

He struck them from Aroer until you come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and to Abelcheramim, 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”

Jephthah came to Mizpah to his house; and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with tambourines and with dances: and she was his only child; besides her he had neither son nor daughter.

וַיָּבֹ֨א (וַ) va “and”

It happened, when he saw her, that he tore his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! you have brought me very low, and you are one of those who trouble me; for I have opened my mouth to Yahweh, and I can't go back.

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

She said to him, My father, you have opened your mouth to Yahweh; do to me according to that which has proceeded out of your mouth, because Yahweh has taken vengeance for you on your enemies, even on the children of Ammon.

וַתֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

She said to her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may depart and go down on the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions.

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

He said, Go. He sent her away for two months: and she departed, she and her companions, and mourned her virginity on the mountains.

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

It happened 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 was a virgin. It was a custom in Israel,

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