H9001–/וַ–v

And they said, "There must be an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, that a tribe be not blotted out from Israel.

וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (וַ) va “and”

So they said, "Behold, there is the yearly feast of the LORD at Shiloh, which is north of Bethel, on the east of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebo'nah."

וַיֹּאמְר֡וּ (וַ) va “and”

And they commanded the Benjaminites, saying, "Go and lie in wait in the vineyards,

וַיְצַוּ֕וּ (וַ) va “and”וַאֲרַבְתֶּ֥ם (וַ) va. “and”

and watch; if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come out of the vineyards and seize each man his wife from the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.

וּרְאִיתֶ֗ם (וּ) u. “and”וִֽיצָאתֶם֙ (וִֽ) vi. “and”וַחֲטַפְתֶּ֥ם (וַ) va. “and”וַהֲלַכְתֶּ֖ם (וַ) va. “and”

And when their fathers or their brothers come to complain to us, we will say to them, 'Grant them graciously to us; because we did not take for each man of them his wife in battle, neither did you give them to them, else you would now be guilty.'"

וְהָיָ֡ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְאָמַ֤רְנוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the Benjaminites did so, and took their wives, according to their number, from the dancers whom they carried off; then they went and returned to their inheritance, and rebuilt the towns, and dwelt in them.

וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׂא֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּלְכ֗וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּשׁ֙וּבוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּבְנוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the people of Israel departed from there at that time, every man to his tribe and family, and they went out from there every man to his inheritance.

וַיִּתְהַלְּכ֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּצְא֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man went from Bethlehem-Judah, to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”וַיְהִ֥י (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem-Judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there.

וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּֽהְיוּ־ (וַ) va “and”

And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons.

וַיָּ֥מָת (וַ) va “and”וַתִּשָּׁאֵ֥ר (וַ) va. “and”

And they took them Moabitish wives; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the second Ruth: and they abode there about ten years.

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

And Mahlon and Chilion died also, both of them; and the woman was left of her two children and of her husband.

וַיָּמ֥וּתוּ (וַ) va “and”וַתִּשָּׁאֵר֙ (וַ) va. “and”

And she arose, she and her daughters-in-law, and returned from the fields of Moab; for she had heard in the fields of Moab how that Jehovah had visited his people to give them bread.

וַתָּ֤קָם (וַ) va. “and”וַתָּ֖שָׁב (וַ) va. “and”

Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she had been, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah.

וַתֵּצֵ֗א (וַ) va. “and”וַתֵּלַ֣כְנָה (וַ) va. “and”

And Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, Go, return each to her mother's house. Jehovah deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead and with me.

וַתֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

Jehovah grant you that ye may find rest, each in the house of her husband. And she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice and wept.

וַתִּשַּׁ֣ק (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּשֶּׂ֥אנָה (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּבְכֶּֽינָה׃ (וַ) va. “and”

And they said to her, We will certainly return with thee to thy people.

וַתֹּאמַ֖רְנָה־ (וַ) va. “and”

And Naomi said, Return, my daughters: why will ye go with me? Are there yet sons in my womb, that they could be your husbands?

וַתֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”וְהָי֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And they lifted up their voice and wept again. And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clave to her.

וַתִּשֶּׂ֣נָה (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּבְכֶּ֖ינָה (וַ) va. “and”וַתִּשַּׁ֤ק (וַ) va. “and”

And she said, Behold, thy sister-in-law is gone back to her people and to her gods: return after thy sister-in-law.

וַתֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

And Ruth said, Do not intreat me to leave thee, to return from [ergänzt: following] after thee; for whither thou goest I will go, and where thou lodgest I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God;

וַתֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

And when she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, she left off speaking to her.

וַתֵּ֕רֶא (וַ) va. “and”וַתֶּחְדַּ֖ל (וַ) va. “and”

And they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they came to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and the [ergänzt: women] said, Is this Naomi?

וַתֵּלַ֣כְנָה (וַ) va. “and”וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”וַתֵּהֹ֤ם (וַ) va. “and”וַתֹּאמַ֖רְנָה (וַ) va. “and”

And she said to them, Call me not Naomi -- call me Mara; for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.

וַתֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her, who returned out of the fields of Moab; and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of the barley-harvest.

וַתָּ֣שָׁב (וַ) va. “and”