H9002–/וְ–v

And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them,

וְעַתָּ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”

While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that are along by the borders of Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did ye 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”

Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the LORD the Judge be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.

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

But, the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not to the words of Jephthah which he sent him.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”

Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over to the children of Ammon.

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

And he smote them from Aroer even till thou comest to Minnith, even twenty cities, and to the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.

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

And Jephthah came to Mizpeh to his house, and behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and 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 it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth to the LORD, and I cannot go back.

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 up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows.

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 went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.

וְרֵ֣עוֹתֶ֔יהָ (וְ) ve. “and”

And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned to her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel,

וְהִיא֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the men of Ephraim assembled, and went northward, and said to Jephthah, Why didst thou pass over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee; we will burn thy house upon thee with fire.

וְלָ֙נוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Jephthah said to them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands.

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

And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand: why then have ye come up to me this day, to fight against me?

וְלָמָ֞ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Then said they to him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan. And there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.

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

And he had thirty sons and thirty daughters whom he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons: and he judged Israel seven years.

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

And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on seventy ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.

וּשְׁלֹשִׁים֙ (וּ) u. “and”

And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bore not.

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, now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”

Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine, nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:

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

For lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from his 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, saying, A man of God came to me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither did he tell me his name:

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

But he said to me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from his birth to the day of his death.

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

Then Manoah entreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God, whom thou didst send come again to us, and teach us what we shall do to the child that shall be born.

וְיוֹרֵ֕נוּ (וְ) ve. “so”

And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again to the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah her husband was not with her.

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