H9002–/וְ–v

And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil had come upon them.

וְאִ֤ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

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

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

So that all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valor.

וַחֲמִשָּׁ֨ה (וַ) va. “and”

And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they came to.

וְאִ֨ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter to Benjamin for a wife.

וְאִ֣ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt-offerings, and peace-offerings.

וּשְׁלָמִֽים׃ (וּ) u. “and”

How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD, that we will not give them of our daughters for wives?

וַאֲנַ֙חְנוּ֙ (וַ) va. “and”

And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh to the LORD? and behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh-gilead to the assembly.

וְ֠הִנֵּה (וְ֠) Ve. “and”

For the people were numbered, and behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there.

וְהִנֵּ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the most valiant, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children.

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

And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.

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

And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead: and yet so they sufficed them not.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the people repented for 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 them that have escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

But, we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.

וַאֲנַ֗חְנוּ (וַ) va. “and”

Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the LORD in Shiloh yearly in a place which is on the north side of Beth-el, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Beth-el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.

וּמִנֶּ֖גֶב (וּ) u. “and”

And see, and behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.

וְ֠הִנֵּה (וְ֠) Ve. “and”

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

וּלְמִשְׁפַּחְתּ֑וֹ (וּ) u. “and”

Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth-lehem-judah went to dwell 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 Beth-lehem-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 to themselves wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelt there about ten years.

וְשֵׁ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”

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

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

Then she arose with her daughters-in-law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread.

וְכַלֹּתֶ֔יהָ (וְ) ve. “and”

Wherefore she went forth from the place where she was, 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”