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Judges 19:1-4

1Anditcametopassinthosedaysבַּיָּמִ֣יםbai.ya.MimH3117,whentherewasnokingוּמֶ֖לֶךְu.Me.lekhH4428inIsraelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לbe.Yis.ra.'ElH3478,thatacertainLeviteלֵוִ֗יle.ViH3881, sojourningonthefurthersideofmountEphraimאֶפְרַ֔יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669,tookH3947himaconcubineפִילֶ֔גֶשׁfi.Le.geshH6370outofBethlehem-Judah.

2Andhisconcubineפִּֽילַגְשׁ֔וֹpi.lag.ShoH6370playedH2181thewhoreagainsthim,andwentawayfromhimtoherfather'shouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004toBethlehem-Judah,andwasH1961theresometime, —fourאַרְבָּעָ֥ה'ar.ba.'AhH702monthsחֳדָשִֽׁים׃cho.da.ShimH2320.

3Andherhusbandאִישָׁ֜הּ'i.ShahH376roseH6965upandwentH935afterher,tospeakלְדַבֵּ֤רle.da.BerH1696kindlytoher,tobringH935heragain;andhisservantוְנַעֲר֥וֹve.na.'a.RoH5288waswithhim,andacoupleofasses.AndshebroughtH935himintoherfather'shouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004;andwhenthefatherH1ofthedamselsawH7200himherejoicedH8055tomeethim.

4Andhisfather-in-law,thedamsel'sfatherאֲבִ֣י'a.ViH1,retainedhim,andheabodewithhimthreeשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁתshe.Lo.shetH7969daysיָמִ֑יםya.MimH3117;andtheyateH398anddrankוַיִּשְׁתּ֔וּvai.yish.TuH8354,andlodgedthere.

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