H9001–/וַ–v

And there journey thence, of the family of the Danite, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, six hundred men girded with weapons of war.

וַיִּסְע֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

And they go up and encamp in Kirjath-Jearim, in Judah, therefore they have called that place, `Camp of Dan,' till this day; lo, behind Kirjath-Jearim.

וַֽיַּעֲל֗וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַֽיַּחֲנ֛וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And they pass over thence `to' the hill-country of Ephraim, and come in unto the house of Micah.

וַיַּעַבְר֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ (וַ) va “and”

And the five men, those going to traverse the land of Laish, answer and say unto their brethren, `Have ye known that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and graven image, and molten image? and now, know what ye do.'

וַֽיַּעֲנ֞וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And they turn aside thither, and come in unto the house of the young man the Levite, the house of Micah, and ask of him of welfare, --

וַיָּס֣וּרוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֛אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁאֲלוּ־ (וַ) va “and”

yea, the five men, those going to traverse the land, go up -- they have come in thither -- they have taken the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image -- and the priest is standing at the opening of the gate, and the six hundred men who are girded with weapons of war --

וַֽיַּעֲל֞וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

yea, these have entered the house of Micah, and take the graven image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image; and the priest saith unto them, `What are ye doing?'

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

and they say to him, `Keep silent, lay thy hand on thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us for a father and for a priest: is it better thy being a priest to the house of one man, or thy being priest to a tribe and to a family in Israel?'

וַיֹּאמְרוּ֩ (וַ) va “and”

And the heart of the priest is glad, and he taketh the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and goeth into the midst of the people,

וַיִּיטַב֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקַּח֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֖א (וַ) va “and”

and they turn and go, and put the infants, and the cattle, and the baggage, before them.

וַיִּפְנ֖וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּלֵ֑כוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּשִׂ֨ימוּ (וַ) va “and”

They have been far off from the house of Micah -- and the men who `are' in the houses which `are' near the house of Micah have been called together, and overtake the sons of Dan,

וַיַּדְבִּ֖יקוּ (וַ) va “and”

and call unto the sons of Dan, and they turn round their faces, and say to Micah, `What -- to thee that thou hast been called together?'

וַֽיִּקְרְאוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּסֵּ֖בּוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And he saith, `My gods which I made ye have taken, and the priest, and ye go; and what to me more? and what `is' this ye say unto me, What -- to thee!'

וַיֹּ֡אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַתֵּלְכ֖וּ (וַ) va. “and”

And the sons of Dan say unto him, `Let not thy voice be heard with us, lest men bitter in soul fall upon you, and thou hast gathered thy life, and the life of thy household;'

וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וְאָסַפְתָּ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

and the sons of Dan go on their way, and Micah seeth that they are stronger than he, and turneth, and goeth back unto his house.

וַיֵּלְכ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֣רְא (וַ) va “and”וַיִּ֖פֶן (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֥שָׁב (וַ) va “and”

And they have taken that which Micah had made, and the priest whom he had, and come in against Laish, against a people quiet and confident, and smite them by the mouth of the sword, and the city have burnt with fire,

וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּכּ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

and there is no deliverer, for it `is' far off from Zidon, and they have no word with `any' man, and it `is' in the valley which `is' by Beth-Rehob; and they build the city, and dwell in it,

וַיִּבְנ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּ (וַ) va “and”

and call the name of the city Dan, by the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel; and yet Laish `is' the name of the city at the first.

וַיִּקְרְא֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the sons of Dan raise up for themselves the graven image, and Jonathan son of Gershom, son of Manasseh, he and his sons have been priests to the tribe of the Danite, till the day of the removal of `the people' of the land.

וַיָּקִ֧ימוּ (וַ) va “and”

And they appoint for them the graven image of Micah, which he had made, all the days of the house of God being in Shiloh.

וַיָּשִׂ֣ימוּ (וַ) va “and”

And it cometh to pass, in those days, when there is no king in Israel, that there is a man a Levite, a sojourner in the sides of the hill-country of Ephraim, and he taketh to him a wife, a concubine, out of Beth-Lehem-Judah;

וַיְהִי֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיְהִ֣י׀ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּֽקַּֽח־ (וַ) va “and”

and commit whoredom against him doth his concubine, and she goeth from him unto the house of her father, unto Beth-Lehem-Judah, and is there days -- four months.

וַתִּזְנֶ֤ה (וַ) va. “and”וַתֵּ֤לֶךְ (וַ) va. “and”וַתְּהִי־ (וַ) va. “and”

And her husband riseth and goeth after her, to speak unto her heart, to bring her back, and his young man `is' with him, and a couple of asses; and she bringeth him into the house of her father, and the father of the young woman seeth him, and rejoiceth to meet him.

וַיָּ֨קָם (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַתְּבִיאֵ֙הוּ֙ (וַ) va. “and”וַיִּרְאֵ֙הוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׂמַ֖ח (וַ) va “and”

And keep hold on him doth his father-in-law, father of the young woman, and he abideth with him three days, and they eat and drink, and lodge there.

וַיֶּחֱזַק־ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאכְלוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁתּ֔וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּלִ֖ינוּ (וַ) va “and”

And it cometh to pass, on the fourth day, that they rise early in the morning, and he riseth to go, and the father of the young woman saith unto his son-in-law, `Support thy heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward ye go on.'

וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּשְׁכִּ֥ימוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֣קָם (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (וַ) va “and”