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Judges 12:1-5

1Andthemenאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376ofEphraimאֶפְרַ֔יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669weregatheredtogether,andpassedH5674northward;andtheysaidH559untoJephthahלְיִפְתָּ֜חle.yif.TachH3316, Wherefore passedst thouovertofightH3898againstthechildrenofAmmonעַמּ֗וֹןa.MonH5983,anddidstnotcallH7121ustogowiththee? wewillburnנִשְׂרֹ֥ףnis.RofH8313thyhouseבֵּיתְךָ֕bei.te.KhaH1004upontheewithfireבָּאֵֽשׁ׃ba.'EshH784.

2AndJephthahיִפְתָּח֙yif.TachH3316saidH559untothem,Iandmypeopleוְעַמִּ֥יve.'a.MiH5971wereH1961atgreatstrifeרִ֗יבRivH7379withthechildrenofAmmonעַמּ֖וֹןa.MonH5983;andwhenIcalledH2199you, yesavedH3467menotoutoftheirhandמִיָּדָֽם׃mi.ya.DamH3027.

3AndwhenIsawH7200thatyesavedH3467menot,IputH5414mylifeנַפְשִׁ֤יnaf.ShiH5315inmyhandבְּיָדִ֑יbe.ya.DiH3027,andpassedH5674overagainstthechildrenofAmmonעַמּ֔וֹןa.MonH5983,andJehovahdeliveredthemintomyhandH3027: whereforethenareyecomeעֲלִיתֶ֥ם'a.li.TemH5927upuntomethisdayהַיּ֥וֹםhai.YomH3117,tofightלְהִלָּ֥חֶםle.hi.La.chemH3898againstme?

4ThenJephthahיִפְתָּח֙yif.TachH3316gatheredוַיִּקְבֹּ֤ץvai.yik.BotzH6908togetherH6908allthemenH376ofGileadH1568,andfoughtH3898withEphraimאֶפְרָ֑יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669;andthemenH376ofGileadH1568smoteEphraimאֶפְרַ֗יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669,becausetheysaidH559, YearefugitivesH6412ofEphraimאֶפְרַ֙יִם֙'ef.Ra.yimH669, yeGileadites,inthemidstבְּת֥וֹךְbe.TokhH8432ofEphraimאֶפְרַ֖יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669,andinthemidstבְּת֥וֹךְbe.TokhH8432ofManassehמְנַשֶּֽׁה׃me.na.ShehH4519.

5AndtheGileaditestookH3920thefordsoftheJordanהַיַּרְדֵּ֖ןhai.yar.DenH3383againsttheEphraimites.AnditwasH1961so,that,whenanyofthefugitivesH6412ofEphraimH669saidH559,Letmegoover,themenH376ofGileadH1568saidH559untohim, Art thouanEphraimite?IfhesaidH559, Nay;

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