H9002–/וְ–v

Then the men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were dismayed, for they saw that disaster was close upon them.

וְאִ֤ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel in the direction of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them, and those who came out of the cities destroyed them in the midst of them.

וְהַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”וַאֲשֶׁר֙ (וַ) va. “and”

So all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty-five thousand men that drew the sword, all of them men of valor.

וַחֲמִשָּׁ֨ה (וַ) va. “and”

And the men of Israel turned back against the Benjaminites, and smote them with the edge of the sword, men and beasts and all that they found. And all the towns which they found they set on fire.

וְאִ֨ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now the men of Israel had sworn at Mizpah, "No one of us shall give his daughter in marriage to Benjamin."

וְאִ֣ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

And on the morrow the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.

וּשְׁלָמִֽים׃ (וּ) u. “and”

What shall we do for wives for those who are left, since we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them any of our daughters for wives?"

וַאֲנַ֙חְנוּ֙ (וַ) va. “and”

And they said, "What one is there of the tribes of Israel that did not come up to the LORD to Mizpah?" And behold, no one had come to the camp from Ja'besh-gil'ead, to the assembly.

וְ֠הִנֵּה (וְ֠) Ve. “and”

For when the people were mustered, behold, not one of the inhabitants of Ja'besh-gil'ead was there.

וְהִנֵּ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”

So the congregation sent thither twelve thousand of their bravest men, and commanded them, "Go and smite the inhabitants of Ja'besh-gil'ead with the edge of the sword; also the women and the little ones.

וְהַנָּשִׁ֖ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַטָּֽף׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

This is what you shall do; every male and every woman that has lain with a male you shall utterly destroy."

וְזֶ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Benjamin returned at that time; and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Ja'besh-gil'ead; but they did not suffice for them.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the people had compassion on Benjamin because the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.

וְהָעָ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Yet we cannot give them wives of our daughters." For the people of Israel had sworn, "Cursed be he who gives a wife to Benjamin."

וַאֲנַ֗חְנוּ (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."

וּמִנֶּ֖גֶב (וּ) u. “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.

וְ֠הִנֵּה (וְ֠) Ve. “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.

וּלְמִשְׁפַּחְתּ֑וֹ (וּ) u. “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.

וְאִשְׁתּ֖וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁנֵ֥י (וּ) u. “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.

וְשֵׁ֣ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְשֵׁם֩ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשֵׁ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְכִלְיוֹן֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וּשְׁנֵ֥י (וּ) u. “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.

וְשֵׁ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וְכִלְי֑וֹן (וְ) ve. “and”וּמֵאִישָֽׁהּ׃ (וּ) u. “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.

וְכַלֹּתֶ֔יהָ (וְ) ve. “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.

וּשְׁתֵּ֥י (וּ) u. “and”