H9001–/וַ–v

And the man, the Levite, husband of the woman who hath been murdered, answereth and saith, `Into Gibeah (which `is' to Benjamin) I have come, I and my concubine, to lodge;

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

and rise against me do the masters of Gibeah -- and they go round the house against me by night -- me they thought to slay, and my concubine they have humbled, and she dieth;

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

and I lay hold on my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and send her into all the country of the inheritance of Israel; for they have done wickedness and folly in Israel;

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

And all the people rise as one man, saying, `None of us doth go to his tent, and none of us doth turn aside to his house;

וַיָּ֙קָם֙ (וַ) va “and”

and we have taken ten men of a hundred, of all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred of a thousand, and a thousand of a myriad, to receive provision for the people, to do, at their coming to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly which it hath done in Israel.'

וְלָקַ֣חְנוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And every man of Israel is gathered unto the city, as one man -- companions.

וַיֵּֽאָסֵ֞ף (וַ) va “and”

And the tribes of Israel send men among all the tribes of Benjamin, saying, `What `is' this evil which hath been among you?

וַֽיִּשְׁלְח֞וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

and the sons of Benjamin are gathered out of the cities to Gibeah, to go out to battle with the sons of Israel.

וַיֵּאָסְפ֧וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the sons of Benjamin number themselves on that day; out of the cities `are' twenty and six thousand men drawing sword, apart from the inhabitants of Gibeah, `who' numbered themselves, seven hundred chosen men;

וַיִּתְפָּֽקְדוּ֩ (וַ) va “and”

And they rise and go up to Beth-El, and ask of God, and the sons of Israel say, `Who doth go up for us at the commencement to battle with the sons of Benjamin?' and Jehovah saith, `Judah -- at the commencement.'

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

And the sons of Israel rise in the morning, and encamp against Gibeah,

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

and the men of Israel go out to battle with Benjamin, and the men of Israel set themselves in array with them, `for' battle against Gibeah,

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

and the sons of Benjamin come out from Gibeah, and destroy in Israel on that day two and twenty thousand men -- to the earth.

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

And the people, the men of Israel, strengthen themselves, and add to set the battle in array in the place where they arranged themselves on the first day.

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

And the sons of Israel go up and weep before Jehovah till the evening, and ask of Jehovah, saying, `Do I add to draw nigh to battle with the sons of Benjamin, my brother?' And Jehovah saith, `Go up against him.'

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

And the sons of Israel draw near unto the sons of Benjamin on the second day,

וַיִּקְרְב֧וּ (וַ) va “and”

and Benjamin cometh out to meet them from Gibeah on the second day, and destroy among the sons of Israel again eighteen thousand men -- to the earth; all these are drawing sword.

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

And all the sons of Israel go up, even all the people, and come in to Beth-El, and weep, and sit there before Jehovah, and fast on that day till the evening, and cause to ascend burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before Jehovah.

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 sons of Israel ask of Jehovah, -- and there `is' the ark of the covenant of God in those days,

וַיִּשְׁאֲל֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

and Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, is standing before it in those days -- saying, `Do I add again to go out to battle with the sons of Benjamin, my brother, or do I cease?' And Jehovah saith, `Go up, for to-morrow I give him into thy hand.'

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Israel setteth liers in wait against Gibeah, round about,

וַיָּ֤שֶׂם (וַ) va “and”

and the sons of Israel go up against the sons of Benjamin, on the third day, and arrange themselves against Gibeah, as time by time.

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

And the sons of Benjamin come out to meet the people; they have been drawn away out of the city, and begin to smite `some' of the people -- wounded as time by time, in the highways (of which one is going up to Beth-El, and the other to Gibeah in the field), `are' about thirty men of Israel.

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

And the sons of Benjamin say, `They are smitten before us as at the beginning;' but the sons of Israel said, `Let us flee, and draw them away out of the city, unto the highways.'

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

And all the men of Israel have risen from their place, and arrange themselves at Baal-Tamar, and the ambush of Israel is coming forth out of its place, out of the meadow of Gibeah.

וַיַּעַרְכ֖וּ (וַ) va “and”