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Judges 19:1-4

1Anditcametopassinthosedaysבַּיָּמִ֣יםbai.ya.MimH3117,whentherewasnokingוּמֶ֖לֶךְu.Me.lekhH4428inIsraelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לbe.Yis.ra.'ElH3478,thattherewasacertainLeviteלֵוִ֗יle.ViH3881sojourningonthefarthersideofthehill-countryofEphraimאֶפְרַ֔יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669,whotookH3947tohimaconcubineפִילֶ֔גֶשׁfi.Le.geshH6370outofBeth-lehem-judah.

2Andhisconcubineפִּֽילַגְשׁ֔וֹpi.lag.ShoH6370playedH2181theharlotagainsthim,andwentawayfromhimuntoherfather’sאָבִ֔יהָ'a.Vi.haH1houseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004toBeth-lehem-judah,andwasH1961therethespaceoffourאַרְבָּעָ֥ה'ar.ba.'AhH702monthsחֳדָשִֽׁים׃cho.da.ShimH2320.

3Andherhusbandאִישָׁ֜הּ'i.ShahH376aroseוַיָּ֨קָםvai.Ya.komH6965,andwentH935afterher,tospeakלְדַבֵּ֤רle.da.BerH1696kindlyuntoher,tobringH935heragain, havinghisservantוְנַעֲר֥וֹve.na.'a.RoH5288withhim,andacoupleofasses:andshebroughtH935himintoherfather’sאָבִ֔יהָ'a.Vi.haH1houseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004;andwhenthefatherאֲבִ֣י'a.ViH1ofthedamselsawH7200him,herejoicedH8055tomeethim.

4Andhisfather-in-law,thedamsel’sfatherאֲבִ֣י'a.ViH1,retainedhim;andheabodewithhimthreeשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁתshe.Lo.shetH7969daysיָמִ֑יםya.MimH3117:sotheydideatH398anddrinkH8354,andlodgedthere.

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