H9002–/וְ–v

Now are you any better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever go to war with them?

וְעַתָּ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”

While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and its villages, and in Aro'er and its villages, and in all the cities that are on the banks of the Arnon, three hundred years, why did you not recover them within that time?

וּבִבְנוֹתֶ֜יהָ (וּ) u. “and”וּבְעַרְע֣וֹר (וּ) u. “and”וּבִבְנוֹתֶ֗יהָ (וּ) u. “and”וּבְכָל־ (וּ) u. “and”וּמַדּ֥וּעַ (וּ) u. “and”

I therefore have not sinned against you, and you do me wrong by making war on me; the LORD, the Judge, decide this day between the people of Israel and the people of Ammon."

וְאָֽנֹכִי֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַתָּ֞ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּבֵ֖ין (וּ) u. “and”

But the king of the Ammonites did not heed the message of Jephthah which he sent to him.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”

Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manas'seh, and passed on to Mizpah of Gilead, and from Mizpah of Gilead he passed on to the Ammonites.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִמִּצְפֵּ֣ה (וּ) u. “and”

And he smote them from Aro'er to the neighborhood of Minnith, twenty cities, and as far as Abel-keramim, with a very great slaughter. So the Ammonites were subdued before the people of Israel.

וְעַד־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַד֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Jephthah came to his home at Mizpah; and behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances; she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.

וְהִנֵּ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּבִמְחֹל֑וֹת (וּ) u. “and”וְרַק֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And when he saw her, he rent his clothes, and said, "Alas, my daughter! you have brought me very low, and you have become the cause of great trouble to me; for I have opened my mouth to the LORD, and I cannot take back my vow."

וְאַ֖תְּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאָנֹכִ֗י (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And she said to her father, "Let this thing be done for me; let me alone two months, that I may go and wander on the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions."

וְאֵֽלְכָה֙ (וְ) ve. “so”וְאֶבְכֶּה֙ (וְ) ve. “so”וְרֵעוֹתָֽי׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he said, "Go." And he sent her away for two months; and she departed, she and her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.

וְרֵ֣עוֹתֶ֔יהָ (וְ) ve. “and”

And at the end of two months, she returned to her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had made. She had never known a man. And it became a custom in Israel

וְהִיא֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

The men of E'phraim were called to arms, and they crossed to Zaphon and said to Jephthah, "Why did you cross over to fight against the Ammonites, and did not call us to go with you? We will burn your house over you with fire."

וְלָ֙נוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Jephthah said to them, "I and my people had a great feud with the Ammonites; and when I called you, you did not deliver me from their hand.

וְעַמִּ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְנֵֽי־ (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And when I saw that you would not deliver me, I took my life in my hand, and crossed over against the Ammonites, and the LORD gave them into my hand; why then have you come up to me this day, to fight against me?"

וְלָמָ֞ה (וְ) ve. “and”

they said to him, "Then say Shibboleth," and he said, "Sibboleth," for he could not pronounce it right; then they seized him and slew him at the fords of the Jordan. And there fell at that time forty-two thousand of the E'phraimites.

וְלֹ֤א (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁנַ֖יִם (וּ) u. “and”

He had thirty sons; and thirty daughters he gave in marriage outside his clan, and thirty daughters he brought in from outside for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.

וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים (וּ) u. “and”וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים (וּ) u. “and”

He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy asses; and he judged Israel eight years.

וּשְׁלֹשִׁים֙ (וּ) u. “and”

And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the tribe of the Danites, whose name was Mano'ah; and his wife was barren and had no children.

וּשְׁמ֣וֹ (וּ) u. “and”וְאִשְׁתּ֥וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And the angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, "Behold, you are barren and have no children; but you shall conceive and bear a son.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”

Therefore beware, and drink no wine or strong drink, and eat nothing unclean,

וְעַתָּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשֵׁכָ֑ר (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

for lo, you shall conceive and bear a son. No razor shall come upon his head, for the boy shall be a Nazirite to God from birth; and he shall begin to deliver Israel from the hand of the Philistines."

וְיֹלַ֣דְתְּ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמוֹרָה֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְה֗וּא (וְ) ve. “and”

Then the woman came and told her husband, "A man of God came to me, and his countenance was like the countenance of the angel of God, very terrible; I did not ask him whence he was, and he did not tell me his name;

וּמַרְאֵ֕הוּ (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹ֤א (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

but he said to me, 'Behold, you shall conceive and bear a son; so then drink no wine or strong drink, and eat nothing unclean, for the boy shall be a Nazirite to God from birth to the day of his death.'"

וְיֹלַ֣דְתְּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַתָּ֞ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְשֵׁכָ֗ר (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Mano'ah entreated the LORD, and said, "O, LORD, I pray thee, let the man of God whom thou didst send come again to us, and teach us what we are to do with the boy that will be born."

וְיוֹרֵ֕נוּ (וְ) ve. “so”

And God listened to the voice of Mano'ah, and the angel of God came again to the woman as she sat in the field; but Mano'ah her husband was not with her.

וְהִיא֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמָנ֥וֹחַ (וּ) u. “and”