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Now when it was evening they saw an old man coming back from his work in the fields; he was from the hill-country of Ephraim and was living in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites.

בָּעֶ֔רֶב (בָּ) ba. “in the”בַּגִּבְעָ֑ה (בַּ) ba. “in <the>”

And when he saw the traveller in the street of the town, the old man said, Where are you going? and where do you come from?

בִּרְחֹ֣ב (בִּ) bi “in”

And the old man said, Peace be with you; let all your needs be my care; only do not take your rest in the street.

בָּרְח֖וֹב (בָּ) ba. “in the”

See, here is my daughter, a virgin, and his servant-wife: I will send them out for you to take them and do with them whatever you will. But do no such thing of shame to this man.

בְּעֵינֵיכֶ֑ם (בְּ) be. “in”

But the men would not give ear to him: so the man took his woman and sent her out to them; and they took her by force, using her for their pleasure all night till the morning; and when dawn came they let her go.

בְּפִ֣ילַגְשׁ֔וֹ (בְּ) be. “on”בָ֤הּ (בָ֤) va “<in> <the>”

In the morning her master got up, and opening the door of the house went out to go on his way; and he saw his servant-wife stretched on the earth at the door of the house with her hands on the step.

בַּבֹּ֗קֶר (בַּ) ba. “in the”

And when he had come to his house, he got his knife, and took the woman, cutting her up bone by bone into twelve parts, which he sent through all Israel.

בְּפִֽילַגְשׁ֔וֹ (בְּ) be. “on”בְּכֹ֖ל (בְּ) be. “in”

And the chiefs of the people, out of all the tribes of Israel, took their places in the meeting of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen armed with swords.

בִּקְהַ֖ל (בִּ) bi “in”

So I took her, cutting her into parts which I sent through all the country of the heritage of Israel: for they have done an act of shame in Israel.

בְּפִֽילַגְשִׁי֙ (בְּ) be. “on”בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

But this is what we will do to Gibeah: we will go up against it by the decision of the Lord;

בְּגוֹרָֽל׃ (בְּ) be. “by”

And we will take ten men out of every hundred, through all the tribes of Israel, a hundred out of every thousand, a thousand out of every ten thousand, to get food for the people, so that they may give to Gibeah of Benjamin the right punishment for the a

בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin saying, What is this evil which has been done among you?

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”בָּכֶֽם׃ (בָּ) ba. “among <the>”

Now give up those good-for-nothing persons in Gibeah so that we may put them to death, clearing away the evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not give ear to the voice of their brothers, the children of Israel.

בַּגִּבְעָה֙ (בַּ) ba. “[are] in <the>”בְּק֖וֹל (בְּ) be. “to”

And the children of Benjamin who came that day from the towns were twenty-six thousand men armed with swords, in addition to the people of Gibeah, numbering seven hundred of the best fighting-men,

בַּיּ֤וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”

Who were left-handed, able to send a stone at a hair without error.

בָּאֶ֛בֶן (בָּ) ba. “with the”

And they got up and went up to Beth-el to get directions from God, and the children of Israel said, Who is to be the first to go up to the fight against the children of Benjamin? And the Lord said, Judah is to go up first.

בֵאלֹהִים֒ (בֵ) ve. “by”בַתְּחִלָּ֔ה (בַ) va. “at the”בַתְּחִלָּֽה׃ (בַ) va. “[will be] at the”

So the children of Israel got up in the morning and put themselves in position against Gibeah.

בַּבֹּ֑קֶר (בַּ) ba. “in the”

Then the children of Benjamin came out from Gibeah, cutting down twenty-two thousand of the Israelites that day.

בְיִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל (בְ) ve. “among”בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”

But the people, the men of Israel, taking heart again, put their forces in order and took up the same position as on the first day.

בַּמָּק֕וֹם (בַּ) ba. “in the”בַּיּ֥וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”

Now the children of Israel went up, weeping before the Lord till evening, requesting the Lord and saying, Am I to go forward again to the fight against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the Lord said, Go up against him.

בַֽיהוָה֙ (בַֽ) ba. “by”

So the children of Israel went forward against the children of Benjamin the second day.

בַּיּ֥וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”

And the second day Benjamin went out against them from Gibeah, cutting down eighteen thousand men of the children of Israel, all swordsmen.

בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “on the”בִבְנֵ֨י (בִ) vi “among”

Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up to Beth-el, weeping and waiting there before the Lord, going without food all day till evening, and offering burned offerings and peace-offerings before the Lord.

בַיּוֹם־ (בַ) va “on the”

And the children of Israel made request to the Lord, (for the ark of the agreement of the Lord was there in those days,

בַּֽיהוָ֑ה (בַּֽ) ba. “by”בַּיָּמִ֖ים (בַּ) ba “in the”

And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, was in his place before it,) and said, Am I still to go on with the fight against the children of Benjamin my brother, or am I to give it up? And the Lord said, Go on; for tomorrow I will give him into

בַּיָּמִ֣ים (בַּ) ba “in the”בְיָדֶֽךָ׃ (בְ) ve. “in”