H9001–/וַ–v

And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.

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

And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead.

וַיָּקֻ֤מוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּסֹ֧בּוּ (וַ) va “and”וַתָּמֹֽת׃ (וַ) va. “and”

And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.

וָֽאֹחֵ֤ז (וָֽ) va. “and”וָֽאֲנַתְּחֶ֔הָ (וָֽ) va. “and”וָֽאֲשַׁלְּחֶ֔הָ (וָֽ) va. “and”

And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn into his house.

וַיָּ֙קָם֙ (וַ) va “and”

And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel.

וְלָקַ֣חְנוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.

וַיֵּֽאָסֵ֞ף (וַ) va “and”

And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you?

וַֽיִּשְׁלְח֞וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.

וַיֵּאָסְפ֧וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men.

וַיִּתְפָּֽקְדוּ֩ (וַ) va “and”

And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah shall go up first.

וַיָּקֻ֜מוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּעֲל֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁאֲל֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah.

וַיָּק֥וּמוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּֽחֲנ֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel put themselves in array to fight against them at Gibeah.

וַיֵּצֵא֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּעַרְכ֨וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men.

וַיֵּצְא֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּשְׁחִ֨יתוּ (וַ) va “and”

And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set their battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the first day.

וַיִּתְחַזֵּ֥ק (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּסִ֙פוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

(And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until even, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD said, Go up against him.)

וַיַּעֲל֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּבְכּ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁאֲל֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day.

וַיִּקְרְב֧וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.

וַיֵּצֵא֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּשְׁחִיתוּ֩ (וַ) va “and”

Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.

וַיַּעֲל֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּבְכּוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֤שְׁבוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּצ֥וּמוּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲל֛וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And the children of Israel inquired of the LORD, (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,

וַיִּשְׁאֲל֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the LORD said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah.

וַיָּ֤שֶׂם (וַ) va “and”

And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.

וַיַּעֲל֧וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּעַרְכ֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel.

וַיֵּצְא֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּחֵ֡לּוּ (וַ) va “and”

And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways.

וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וּֽנְתַקְּנֻ֔הוּ (וּֽ) u. “and”

And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baaltamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah.

וַיַּעַרְכ֖וּ (וַ) va “and”