H9002–/וְ–v

`And now, `art' thou at all better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he at all strive with Israel? did he at all fight against them?

וְעַתָּ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”

In Israel's dwelling in Heshbon and in its towns, and in Aroer and in its towns, and in all the cities which `are' by the sides of Arnon three hundred years -- and wherefore have ye not delivered them in that time?

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

And I -- I have not sinned against thee, and thou art doing with me evil -- to fight against me. Jehovah, the Judge, doth judge to-day between the sons of Israel and the sons of Ammon.'

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

And the king of the Bene-Ammon hath not hearkened unto the words of Jephthah which he sent unto him,

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”

and the Spirit of Jehovah is on Jephthah, and he passeth over Gilead and Manasseh, and passeth over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he hath passed over to the Bene-Ammon.

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

and he smiteth them from Aroer, and unto thy going in to Minnith, twenty cities, and unto the meadow of the vineyards -- a very great smiting; and the Bene-Ammon are humbled at the presence of the sons of Israel.

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

And Jephthah cometh into Mizpeh, unto his house, and lo, his daughter is coming out to meet him with timbrels, and with choruses, and save her alone, he hath none, son or daughter.

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

And it cometh to pass, when he seeth her, that he rendeth his garments, and saith, `Alas, my daughter, thou hast caused me greatly to bend, and thou hast been among those troubling me; and I -- I have opened my mouth unto Jehovah, and I am not able to turn back.'

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

And she saith unto her father, `Let this thing be done to me; desist from me two months, and I go on, and have gone down on the hills, and I weep for my virginity -- I and my friends.'

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

And he saith, `Go;' and he sendeth her away two months, and she goeth, she and her friends, and she weepeth for her virginity on the hills;

וְרֵ֣עוֹתֶ֔יהָ (וְ) ve. “and”

and it cometh to pass at the end of two months that she turneth back unto her father, and he doth to her his vow which he hath vowed, and she knew not a man; and it is a statute in Israel:

וְהִיא֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the men of Ephraim are called together, and pass over northward, and say to Jephthah, `Wherefore has thou passed over to fight against the Bene-Ammon, and on us hast not called to go with thee? thy house we burn over thee with fire.'

וְלָ֙נוּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Jephthah saith unto them, `A man of great strife I have been (I and my people) with the Bene-Ammon, and I call you, and ye have not saved me out of their hand,

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

and I see that thou art not a saviour, and I put my life in my hand, and pass over unto the Bene-Ammon, and Jehovah giveth them into my hand -- and why have ye come up unto me this day to fight against me?'

וְלָמָ֞ה (וְ) ve. “and”

that they say to him, `Say, I pray thee, Shibboleth;' and he saith, `Sibboleth,' and is not prepared to speak right -- and they seize him, and slaughter him at the passages of the Jordan, and there fall at that time, of Ephraim, forty and two chiefs.

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

and he hath thirty sons and thirty daughters, he hath sent without and thirty daughters hath brought in to his sons from without; and he judgeth Israel seven years.

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

and he hath forty sons, and thirty grandsons, riding on seventy ass-colts, and he judgeth Israel eight years.

וּשְׁלֹשִׁים֙ (וּ) u. “and”

And there is a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danite, and his name `is' Manoah, his wife `is' barren, and hath not borne;

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

and a messenger of Jehovah appeareth unto the woman, and saith unto her, `Lo, I pray thee, thou `art' barren, and hast not borne; when thou hast conceived, then thou hast borne a son.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”

And, now, take heed, I pray thee, and do not drink wine, and strong drink, and do not eat any unclean thing,

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

for, lo, thou art conceiving and bearing a son, and a razor doth not go up on his head, for a Nazarite to God is the youth from the womb, and he doth begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.'

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

And the woman cometh and speaketh to her husband, saying, `A man of God hath come unto me, and his appearance `is' as the appearance of a messenger of God, very fearful, and I have not asked him whence he `is', and his name he hath not declared to me;

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

and he saith to me, Lo, thou art pregnant, and bearing a son, and now do not drink wine and strong drink, and do not eat any unclean thing, for a Nazarite to God is the youth from the womb till the day of his death.'

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

And Manoah maketh entreaty unto Jehovah, and saith, `O, my Lord, the man of God whom Thou didst send, let him come in, I pray thee, again unto us, and direct us what we do to the youth who is born.'

וְיוֹרֵ֕נוּ (וְ) ve. “so”

And God hearkeneth to the voice of Manoah, and the messenger of God cometh again unto the woman, and she `is' sitting in a field, and Manoah her husband is not with her,

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