שופטים 21 Judges 21
1 וְאִ֣ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל [2] Munach Zaqef
נִשְׁבַּ֥ע בַּמִּצְפָּ֖ה [2] Merkha Tip'cha
לֵאמֹ֑ר [1] Etnachta
 
אִ֣ישׁ מִמֶּ֔נּוּ [2] Munach Zaqef
 
לֹא־יִתֵּ֥ן בִּתּ֛וֹ [3] Merkha Tevir
לְבִנְיָמִ֖ן [2] Tip'cha
לְאִשָּֽׁה׃ [1] Silluq
1 2 2 2 2 3 1 Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, “None of us will give his daughter to Benjamin as a wife.” [2]
2 וַיָּבֹ֤א הָעָם֙ [3] Mapakh Pashta
בֵּֽית־אֵ֔ל [2] Zaqef
 
וַיֵּ֤שְׁבוּ שָׁם֙ [3] Mapakh Pashta
עַד־הָעֶ֔רֶב [2] Zaqef
 
לִפְנֵ֖י [2] Tip'cha
הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים [1] Etnachta
 
וַיִּשְׂא֣וּ קוֹלָ֔ם [2] Munach Zaqef
וַיִּבְכּ֖וּ [2] Tip'cha
בְּכִ֥י גָדֽוֹל׃ [1] Merkha Silluq
1 2 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 The people came to Bethel and sat there until evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept severely. [3]
3 וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ [2] Munach Zaqef
 
לָמָ֗ה [3] Revi'a
יְהֹוָה֙ [3] Pashta
אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל [2] Munach Zaqef
 
הָ֥יְתָה זֹ֖את [2] Merkha Tip'cha
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל [1] Etnachta
 
לְהִפָּקֵ֥ד הַיּ֛וֹם [3] Merkha Tevir
מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֖ל [2] Tip'cha
שֵׁ֥בֶט אֶחָֽד׃ [1] Merkha Silluq
1 2 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 They said, “The LORD, the God of Israel, why has this happened in Israel, that there should be one tribe lacking in Israel today?” ¶ [2]
 
4 וַֽיְהִי֙ [3] Pashta
מִֽמׇּחֳרָ֔ת [2] Zaqef
 
וַיַּשְׁכִּ֣ימוּ הָעָ֔ם [2] Munach Zaqef
וַיִּבְנוּ־שָׁ֖ם [2] Tip'cha
מִזְבֵּ֑חַ [1] Etnachta
 
וַיַּעֲל֥וּ עֹל֖וֹת [2] Merkha Tip'cha
וּשְׁלָמִֽים׃ [1] Silluq
פ
1 2 3 2 2 2 4 On the next day, the people rose early and built an altar there, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. [3]
5 וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ [3] Pashta
בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל [2] Munach Zaqef
 
מִ֠י [4] TelishaG
אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹא־עָלָ֧ה בַקָּהָ֛ל [3] Qadma Darga Tevir
מִכׇּל־שִׁבְטֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל [2] Merkha Tip'cha
אֶל־יְהֹוָ֑ה [1] Etnachta
 
כִּי֩ הַשְּׁבוּעָ֨ה הַגְּדוֹלָ֜ה [4] TelishaQ Qadma Geresh
הָיְתָ֗ה [3] Revi'a
 
לַ֠אֲשֶׁ֠ר [4] TelishaG
לֹא־עָלָ֨ה אֶל־יְהֹוָ֧ה הַמִּצְפָּ֛ה [3] Qadma Darga Tevir
לֵאמֹ֖ר [2] Tip'cha
 
מ֥וֹת יוּמָֽת׃ [1] Merkha Silluq
1 2 3 2 3 4 2 3 4 3 4 5 The children of Israel said, “Who is there among all the tribes of Israel who didn’t come up in the assembly to the LORD?” For they had made a great oath concerning him who didn’t come up to the LORD to Mizpah, saying, “He shall surely be put to death.” [3]
6 וַיִּנָּֽחֲמוּ֙ [3] Pashta
בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל [2] Munach Zaqef
 
אֶל־בִּנְיָמִ֖ן [2] Tip'cha
אָחִ֑יו [1] Etnachta
 
וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ [2] Munach Zaqef
 
נִגְדַּ֥ע הַיּ֛וֹם [3] Merkha Tevir
שֵׁ֥בֶט אֶחָ֖ד [2] Merkha Tip'cha
מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ [1] Silluq
1 2 3 2 2 2 3 6 The children of Israel grieved for Benjamin their brother, and said, “There is one tribe cut off from Israel today. [3]
7 מַה־נַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה לָהֶ֛ם [3] Merkha Tevir
לַנּוֹתָרִ֖ים [2] Tip'cha
לְנָשִׁ֑ים [1] Etnachta
 
וַאֲנַ֙חְנוּ֙ [3] Pashta
נִשְׁבַּ֣עְנוּ בַֽיהֹוָ֔ה [2] Munach Zaqef
 
לְבִלְתִּ֛י [3] Tevir
תֵּת־לָהֶ֥ם מִבְּנוֹתֵ֖ינוּ [2] Merkha Tip'cha
לְנָשִֽׁים׃ [1] Silluq
1 2 3 2 3 2 3 7 How shall we provide wives for those who remain, since we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?” [3]
8 וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ [2] Munach Zaqef
 
מִ֗י [3] Revi'a
אֶחָד֙ [3] Pashta
מִשִּׁבְטֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל [2] Munach Zaqef
 
אֲשֶׁ֛ר [3] Tevir
לֹא־עָלָ֥ה אֶל־יְהֹוָ֖ה [2] Merkha Tip'cha
הַמִּצְפָּ֑ה [1] Etnachta
 
וְ֠הִנֵּ֠ה [4] TelishaG
לֹ֣א בָא־אִ֧ישׁ אֶל־הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֛ה [3] Munach Darga Tevir
מִיָּבֵ֥ישׁ גִּלְעָ֖ד [2] Merkha Tip'cha
אֶל־הַקָּהָֽל׃ [1] Silluq
1 2 2 3 3 2 3 2 3 4 8 They said, “What one is there of the tribes of Israel who didn’t come up to the LORD to Mizpah?” Behold, no one came from Jabesh Gilead to the camp to the assembly. [2]
 
9 וַיִּתְפָּקֵ֖ד [2] Tip'cha
הָעָ֑ם [1] Etnachta
 
וְהִנֵּ֤ה אֵֽין־שָׁם֙ [3] Mapakh Pashta
אִ֔ישׁ [2] Zaqef
 
מִיּוֹשְׁבֵ֖י [2] Tip'cha
יָבֵ֥שׁ גִּלְעָֽד׃ [1] Merkha Silluq
1 2 2 3 2 9 For when the people were counted, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead there. [2]
10 וַיִּשְׁלְחוּ־שָׁ֣ם הָעֵדָ֗ה [3] Munach Revi'a
שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂ֥ר אֶ֛לֶף [3] Merkha Tevir
אִ֖ישׁ [2] Tip'cha
מִבְּנֵ֣י הֶחָ֑יִל [1] Munach Etnachta
 
וַיְצַוּ֨וּ אוֹתָ֜ם [4] Qadma Geresh
לֵאמֹ֗ר [3] Revi'a
 
לְ֠כ֠וּ [4] TelishaG
וְהִכִּיתֶ֞ם [4] Gershayim
אֶת־יוֹשְׁבֵ֨י יָבֵ֤שׁ גִּלְעָד֙ [3] Qadma Mapakh Pashta
לְפִי־חֶ֔רֶב [2] Zaqef
 
וְהַנָּשִׁ֖ים [2] Tip'cha
וְהַטָּֽף׃ [1] Silluq
1 2 3 3 2 3 4 3 4 4 2 10 The congregation sent twelve thousand of the most valiant men there, and commanded them, saying, “Go and strike the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the little ones. [3]
11 וְזֶ֥ה הַדָּבָ֖ר [2] Merkha Tip'cha
אֲשֶׁ֣ר תַּעֲשׂ֑וּ [1] Munach Etnachta
 
כׇּל־זָכָ֗ר [3] Revi'a
וְכׇל־אִשָּׁ֛ה [3] Tevir
יֹדַ֥עַת מִשְׁכַּב־זָכָ֖ר [2] Merkha Tip'cha
תַּחֲרִֽימוּ׃ [1] Silluq
1 2 2 3 3 11 This is the thing that you shall do: you shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman who has lain with a man.” [2]
12 וַֽיִּמְצְא֞וּ [4] Gershayim
מִיּוֹשְׁבֵ֣י ׀ [4] Munach Legarmeh
יָבֵ֣ישׁ גִּלְעָ֗ד [3] Munach Revi'a
 
אַרְבַּ֤ע מֵאוֹת֙ [3] Mapakh Pashta
נַעֲרָ֣ה בְתוּלָ֔ה [2] Munach Zaqef
 
אֲשֶׁ֧ר לֹא־יָדְעָ֛ה [3] Darga Tevir
אִ֖ישׁ [2] Tip'cha
לְמִשְׁכַּ֣ב זָכָ֑ר [1] Munach Etnachta
 
וַיָּבִ֨אוּ אוֹתָ֤ם אֶל־הַֽמַּחֲנֶה֙ [3] Qadma Mapakh Pashta
שִׁלֹ֔ה [2] Zaqef
 
אֲשֶׁ֖ר [2] Tip'cha
בְּאֶ֥רֶץ כְּנָֽעַן׃ [1] Merkha Silluq
פ
1 2 3 4 4 3 2 3 2 3 2 12 They found among the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead four hundred young virgins who had not known man by lying with him; and they brought them to the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan. ¶ [4]
13 וַֽיִּשְׁלְחוּ֙ [3] Pashta
כׇּל־הָ֣עֵדָ֔ה [2] Munach Zaqef
 
וַֽיְדַבְּרוּ֙ [3] Pashta
אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י בִנְיָמִ֔ן [2] Munach Zaqef
 
אֲשֶׁ֖ר [2] Tip'cha
בְּסֶ֣לַע רִמּ֑וֹן [1] Munach Etnachta
 
וַיִּקְרְא֥וּ לָהֶ֖ם [2] Merkha Tip'cha
שָׁלֽוֹם׃ [1] Silluq
1 2 3 2 3 2 2 13 The whole congregation sent and spoke to the children of Benjamin who were in the rock of Rimmon, and proclaimed peace to them. [3]
14 וַיָּ֤שׇׁב בִּנְיָמִן֙ [3] Mapakh Pashta
בָּעֵ֣ת הַהִ֔יא [2] Munach Zaqef
 
וַיִּתְּנ֤וּ לָהֶם֙ [3] Mapakh Pashta
הַנָּשִׁ֔ים [2] Zaqef
 
אֲשֶׁ֣ר חִיּ֔וּ [2] Munach Zaqef
מִנְּשֵׁ֖י [2] Tip'cha
יָבֵ֣שׁ גִּלְעָ֑ד [1] Munach Etnachta
 
וְלֹא־מָצְא֥וּ לָהֶ֖ם [2] Merkha Tip'cha
כֵּֽן׃ [1] Silluq
1 2 3 2 3 2 2 2 14 Benjamin returned at that time; and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh Gilead. There still weren’t enough for them. [3]
15 וְהָעָ֥ם נִחָ֖ם [2] Merkha Tip'cha
לְבִנְיָמִ֑ן [1] Etnachta
 
כִּֽי־עָשָׂ֧ה יְהֹוָ֛ה [3] Darga Tevir
פֶּ֖רֶץ [2] Tip'cha
בְּשִׁבְטֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ [1] Merkha Silluq
1 2 2 3 15 The people grieved for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel. [2]
16 וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ [3] Pashta
זִקְנֵ֣י הָֽעֵדָ֔ה [2] Munach Zaqef
 
מַה־נַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה לַנּוֹתָרִ֖ים [2] Merkha Tip'cha
לְנָשִׁ֑ים [1] Etnachta
 
כִּֽי־נִשְׁמְדָ֥ה מִבִּנְיָמִ֖ן [2] Merkha Tip'cha
אִשָּֽׁה׃ [1] Silluq
1 2 3 2 2 16 Then they said, [3]
the elders of the congregation, [2]
 
“What will we do for those who remain [2]
for wives; [1]
 
since they are destroyed from Benjamin, [2]
the women?” [1]
17 וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ [2] Munach Zaqef
יְרֻשַּׁ֥ת פְּלֵיטָ֖ה [2] Merkha Tip'cha
לְבִנְיָמִ֑ן [1] Etnachta
 
וְלֹא־יִמָּחֶ֥ה שֵׁ֖בֶט [2] Merkha Tip'cha
מִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ [1] Silluq
1 2 2 2 17 They said, “There must be an inheritance for those who are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe not be blotted out from Israel. [2]
18 וַאֲנַ֗חְנוּ [3] Revi'a
לֹ֥א נוּכַ֛ל [3] Merkha Tevir
לָתֵת־לָהֶ֥ם נָשִׁ֖ים [2] Merkha Tip'cha
מִבְּנוֹתֵ֑ינוּ [1] Etnachta
 
כִּֽי־נִשְׁבְּע֤וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ [3] Mapakh Pashta
לֵאמֹ֔ר [2] Zaqef
 
אָר֕וּר [2] ZaqefG
נֹתֵ֥ן אִשָּׁ֖ה [2] Merkha Tip'cha
לְבִנְיָמִֽן׃ [1] Silluq
ס
1 2 3 3 2 3 2 2 18 However, we may not give them wives of our daughters, for the children of Israel had sworn, saying, ‘Cursed is he who gives a wife to Benjamin.’ ” [3]
19 וַיֹּאמְר֡וּ [4] Pazer
הִנֵּה֩ חַג־יְהֹוָ֨ה בְּשִׁל֜וֹ [4] TelishaQ Qadma Geresh
מִיָּמִ֣ים ׀ [4] Munach Legarmeh
יָמִ֗ימָה [3] Revi'a
 
אֲשֶׁ֞ר [4] Gershayim
מִצְּפ֤וֹנָה לְבֵֽית־אֵל֙ [3] Mapakh Pashta
מִזְרְחָ֣ה הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁ [2] Munach Zaqef
 
לִ֨מְסִלָּ֔ה [2] Qadma Zaqef
הָעֹלָ֥ה מִבֵּֽית־אֵ֖ל [2] Merkha Tip'cha
שְׁכֶ֑מָה [1] Etnachta
 
וּמִנֶּ֖גֶב [2] Tip'cha
לִלְבוֹנָֽה׃ [1] Silluq
1 2 3 4 4 4 3 4 2 2 2 19 They said, “Behold, there is a feast of the LORD from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.” [4]
20 *ויצו **וַיְצַוּ֕וּ [2] ZaqefG
אֶת־בְּנֵ֥י בִנְיָמִ֖ן [2] Merkha Tip'cha
לֵאמֹ֑ר [1] Etnachta
 
לְכ֖וּ [2] Tip'cha
וַאֲרַבְתֶּ֥ם בַּכְּרָמִֽים׃ [1] Merkha Silluq
1 2 2 2 20 And they commanded [2]
the children of Benjamin [2]
saying, [1]
 
“Go [2]
and lie in wait in the vineyards, [1]
21 וּרְאִיתֶ֗ם [3] Revi'a
 
וְ֠הִנֵּ֠ה [4] TelishaG
אִם־יֵ֨צְא֥וּ בְנוֹת־שִׁילוֹ֮ [3] Qadma Merkha Zarqa
לָח֣וּל בַּמְּחֹלוֹת֒ [2] Munach Segol
 
וִֽיצָאתֶם֙ [3] Pashta
מִן־הַכְּרָמִ֔ים [2] Zaqef
 
וַחֲטַפְתֶּ֥ם לָכֶ֛ם [3] Merkha Tevir
אִ֥ישׁ אִשְׁתּ֖וֹ [2] Merkha Tip'cha
מִבְּנ֣וֹת שִׁיל֑וֹ [1] Munach Etnachta
 
וַהֲלַכְתֶּ֖ם [2] Tip'cha
אֶ֥רֶץ בִּנְיָמִֽן׃ [1] Merkha Silluq
1 2 3 3 4 2 3 2 3 2 21 and see, [3]
 
and behold [4]
if the daughters of Shiloh come out [3]
to dance in the dances, [2]
 
then come out [3]
from the vineyards [2]
 
and seize for yourselves [3]
each man his wife [2]
from the daughters of Shiloh; [1]
 
and go to [2]
the land of Benjamin. [1]
22 וְהָיָ֡ה [4] Pazer
כִּֽי־יָבֹ֣אוּ אֲבוֹתָם֩ א֨וֹ אֲחֵיהֶ֜ם [4] Munach TelishaQ Qadma Geresh
*לרוב **לָרִ֣יב ׀ [4] Munach Legarmeh
אֵלֵ֗ינוּ [3] Revi'a
 
וְאָמַ֤רְנוּ אֲלֵיהֶם֙ [3] Mapakh Pashta
חׇנּ֣וּנוּ אוֹתָ֔ם [2] Munach Zaqef
 
כִּ֣י לֹ֥א לָקַ֛חְנוּ [3] Munach Merkha Tevir
אִ֥ישׁ אִשְׁתּ֖וֹ [2] Merkha Tip'cha
בַּמִּלְחָמָ֑ה [1] Etnachta
 
כִּ֣י לֹ֥א אַתֶּ֛ם [3] Munach Merkha Tevir
נְתַתֶּ֥ם לָהֶ֖ם [2] Merkha Tip'cha
כָּעֵ֥ת תֶּאְשָֽׁמוּ׃ [1] Merkha Silluq
ס
1 2 3 4 4 4 3 2 3 2 3 22 It shall be, when their fathers or their brothers come to complain to us, that we will say to them, ‘Grant them graciously to us, because we didn’t take for each man his wife in battle, neither did you give them to them; otherwise you would now be guilty.’ ” ¶ [4]
23 וַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־כֵן֙ [3] Pashta
בְּנֵ֣י בִנְיָמִ֔ן [2] Munach Zaqef
 
וַיִּשְׂא֤וּ נָשִׁים֙ [3] Mapakh Pashta
לְמִסְפָּרָ֔ם [2] Zaqef
 
מִן־הַמְּחֹלְל֖וֹת [2] Tip'cha
אֲשֶׁ֣ר גָּזָ֑לוּ [1] Munach Etnachta
 
וַיֵּלְכ֗וּ [3] Revi'a
וַיָּשׁ֙וּבוּ֙ [3] Pashta
אֶל־נַ֣חֲלָתָ֔ם [2] Munach Zaqef
 
וַיִּבְנוּ֙ [3] Pashta
אֶת־הֶ֣עָרִ֔ים [2] Munach Zaqef
 
וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ [2] Tip'cha
בָּהֶֽם׃ [1] Silluq
1 2 3 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 2 23 The children of Benjamin did so, and took wives for themselves according to their number, of those who danced, whom they carried off. They went and returned to their inheritance, built the cities, and lived in them. [3]
24 וַיִּתְהַלְּכ֨וּ מִשָּׁ֤ם בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ [3] Qadma Mapakh Pashta
בָּעֵ֣ת הַהִ֔יא [2] Munach Zaqef
 
אִ֥ישׁ לְשִׁבְט֖וֹ [2] Merkha Tip'cha
וּלְמִשְׁפַּחְתּ֑וֹ [1] Etnachta
 
וַיֵּצְא֣וּ מִשָּׁ֔ם [2] Munach Zaqef
אִ֖ישׁ [2] Tip'cha
לְנַחֲלָתֽוֹ׃ [1] Silluq
פ
1 2 3 2 2 2 24 The children of Israel departed from there at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they each went out from there to his own inheritance. [3]
25 בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵ֔ם [2] Munach Zaqef
אֵ֥ין מֶ֖לֶךְ [2] Merkha Tip'cha
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל [1] Etnachta
 
אִ֛ישׁ [3] Tevir
הַיָּשָׁ֥ר בְּעֵינָ֖יו [2] Merkha Tip'cha
יַעֲשֶֽׂה׃ [1] Silluq
1 2 2 2 3 25 In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did that which was right in his own eyes. ¶ [2]
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