H9038–הֶם–hem

And they had no saviour, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with Aram; and it was in the valley which is the property of Beth-rehob. And building up the town again they took it for their living-place.

לָהֶם֙ (הֶם֙) Hem “them”

(And the children of Dan put up the pictured image for themselves; and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests for the tribe of the Danites till the day when the ark was taken prisoner.)

לָהֶ֛ם (הֶ֛ם) Hem “themselves”

And they put up for themselves the image which Micah had made, and it was there all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.

לָהֶ֔ם (הֶ֔ם) Hem “themselves”

So they went on their way; and the sun went down when they were near Gibeah in the land of Benjamin.

לָהֶם֙ (הֶם֙) Hem “them”

And they went off the road there with the purpose of stopping for the night in Gibeah: and he went in, seating himself in the street of the town, for no one took them into his house for the night.

אוֹתָ֥ם (ם) m “them”

So the man, the master of the house, went out to them, and said, No, my brothers, do not this evil thing; this man has come into my house, and you are not to do him this wrong.

אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם (הֶ֗ם) Hem “them”אֲלֵהֶ֔ם (הֶ֔ם) Hem “them”

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.

אוֹתָם֙ (ם֙) m “them”אוֹתָ֔ם (ם) m “them”לָהֶ֔ם (הֶ֔ם) Hem “them”

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.

אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם (הֶ֖ם) Hem “them”

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

לְבוֹאָם֙ (ם֙) m “their”

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.

וּנְמִיתֵ֔ם (ם) m “them”

And the men of Israel went out to war against Benjamin (and the men of Israel put their forces in fighting order against them at Gibeah).

אִתָּ֧ם (ם) m “them”

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

לִקְרָאתָ֥ם׀ (ם) m “them”

And they came in front of Gibeah, ten thousand of the best men in all Israel, and the fighting became more violent; but the children of Benjamin were not conscious that evil was coming on them.

עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם (הֶ֖ם) Hem “them”

Now the sign fixed between the men of Israel and those making the surprise attack was that when they made a pillar of smoke go up from the town,

לְהַעֲלוֹתָ֛ם (ם) m “they”

And the men of Israel, turning again against the children of Benjamin, put to the sword without mercy all the towns and the cattle and everything there was, burning every town which came into their hands.

וַיַּכּ֣וּם (ם) m “them”

What are we to do about wives for those who are still living? For we have taken an oath by the Lord that we will not give them our daughters for wives.

לָהֶ֛ם (הֶ֛ם) Hem “them”לָהֶ֥ם (הֶ֥ם) Hem “them”

So they (the meeting) sent twelve thousand of the best fighting-men, and gave them orders, saying, Go and put the people of Jabesh-gilead to the sword without mercy, with their women and their little ones.

אוֹתָ֜ם (ם) m “them”

Now there were among the people of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins who had never had sex relations with a man; these they took to their tents in Shiloh in the land of Canaan.

אוֹתָ֤ם (ם) m “them”

And all the meeting sent to the men of Benjamin who were in the rock of Rimmon, offering them peace.

לָהֶ֖ם (הֶ֖ם) Hem “them”

Then Benjamin came back; and they gave them the women whom they had kept from death among the women of Jabesh-gilead: but still there were not enough for them.

לָהֶם֙ (הֶם֙) Hem “them”לָהֶ֖ם (הֶ֖ם) Hem “them”

Seeing that we may not give them our daughters as wives? For the children of Israel had taken an oath, saying, Cursed is he who gives a wife to Benjamin.

לָהֶ֥ם (הֶ֥ם) Hem “them”

And when their fathers or their brothers come and make trouble, you are to say to them, Give them to us as an act of grace; for we did not take them as wives for ourselves in war; and if you yourselves had given them to us you would have been responsible

אֲלֵיהֶם֙ (הֶם֙) Hem “them”אוֹתָ֔ם (ם) m “them”לָהֶ֖ם (הֶ֖ם) Hem “them”

So the men of Benjamin did this, and got wives for themselves for every one of their number, taking them away by force from the dance; then they went back to their heritage, building up their towns and living in them.

בָּהֶֽם׃ (הֶֽם) Hem “them”

And they took two women of Moab as their wives: the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth; and they went on living there for about ten years.

לָהֶ֗ם (הֶ֗ם) Hem “themselves”

So she and her daughters-in-law got ready to go back from the country of Moab, for news had come to her in the country of Moab that the Lord, in mercy for his people, had given them food.

לָהֶ֖ם (הֶ֖ם) Hem “them”