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Judges 20:38-40

38Nowtheappointedוְהַמּוֹעֵ֗דve.ha.mo.'EdH4150signbetweenthemenלְאִ֥ישׁle.'IshH376ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478andtheliers-in-waitwasH1961,thattheyshouldmakeagreatcloudofsmokeהֶעָשָׁ֖ןhe.'a.ShanH6227riseupoutofthecityהָעִֽיר׃ha.'IrH5892.

39AndthemenH376ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478turnedוַיַּהֲפֹ֥ךְvai.ya.ha.FokhH2015inthebattleבַּמִּלְחָמָ֑הba.mil.cha.MahH4421,andBenjaminוּבִנְיָמִ֡ןu.vin.ya.MinH1144beganH2490tosmiteandkillofthemenH376ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478aboutthirtyכִּשְׁלֹשִׁ֣יםkish.lo.ShimH7970personsH376;fortheysaidH559,Surelytheyaresmittendownלְהַכּ֨וֹתle.ha.KotH5221beforeus,asinthefirstהָרִאשֹׁנָֽה׃ha.ri.sho.NahH7223battleכַּמִּלְחָמָ֖הka.mil.cha.MahH4421.

40ButwhenthecloudbeganH2490toariseupoutofthecityהָעִ֖ירha.'IrH5892inapillarעַמּ֣וּד'a.MudH5982ofsmokeעָשָׁ֑ן'a.ShanH6227,theBenjamiteslookedbehindthem;and,behold,thewholeH3632ofthecityהָעִ֖ירha.'IrH5892wentH5927upinsmokeH6227toheavenהַשָּׁמָֽיְמָה׃ha.sha.Ma.ye.mahH8064.

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