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Judges 21:20-23

20Therefore they commandedוַיְצַוּ֕וּvay.tzavH6680the childrenבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121of Benjaminבִנְיָמִ֖ןvin.ya.MinH1144,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559,GoH3212and lie in waitוַאֲרַבְתֶּ֥םva.'a.rav.TemH693in the vineyardsבַּכְּרָמִֽים׃ba.ke.ra.MimH3754;

21And seeוּרְאִיתֶ֗םu.re.'i.TemH7200,and, behold, if the daughtersבְנוֹת־ve.not-H1323of Shilohשִׁילוֹ֮shi.LoH7887come outיֵ֨צְא֥וּye.tze.'UH3318to danceלָח֣וּלla.ChulH2342in dancesבַּמְּחֹלוֹת֒ba.me.cho.lOtH4246,then come ye outוִֽיצָאתֶם֙vi.tza.TemH3318of the vineyardsהַכְּרָמִ֔יםha.ke.ra.MimH3754,and catchוַחֲטַפְתֶּ֥םva.cha.taf.TemH2414you every manאִ֥ישׁ'ishH376his wifeאִשְׁתּ֖וֹ'ish.ToH802of the daughtersמִבְּנ֣וֹתmi.be.NotH1323of Shilohשִׁיל֑וֹshi.LoH7887,and goוַהֲלַכְתֶּ֖םva.ha.lakh.TemH1980to the landאֶ֥רֶץ'E.retzH776of Benjaminבִּנְיָמִֽן׃bin.ya.MinH1144.

22And it shall be, when their fathersאֲבוֹתָם֩'a.vo.TamH1or their brethrenאֲחֵיהֶ֜ם'a.chei.HemH251comeיָבֹ֣אוּya.Vo.'uH935unto us to complainלָרִ֣יבla.rovH7378,that we will sayוְאָמַ֤רְנוּve.'a.Mar.nuH559unto them, Be favourableחָנּ֣וּנוּcha.Nu.nuH2603unto them for our sakes: because we reservedלָקַ֛חְנוּla.Kach.nuH3947not to each manאִ֥ישׁ'ishH376his wifeאִשְׁתּ֖וֹ'ish.ToH802in the warבַּמִּלְחָמָ֑הba.mil.cha.MahH4421:for ye did not giveנְתַתֶּ֥םne.ta.TemH5414unto them at this timeכָּעֵ֥תka.'EtH6256, thatye should be guiltyתֶּאְשָֽׁמוּ׃ סte'.Sha.muH816.

23And the childrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121of Benjaminבִנְיָמִ֔ןvin.ya.MinH1144did soוַיַּֽעֲשׂוּ־vai.ya.'a.su-H6213,and tookוַיִּשְׂא֤וּvai.yis.'UH5375themwivesנָשִׁים֙na.ShimH802,according to their numberלְמִסְפָּרָ֔םle.mis.pa.RamH4557,of them that dancedהַמְּחֹלְל֖וֹתha.me.cho.le.LotH2342,whom they caughtגָּזָ֑לוּga.Za.luH1497:and they wentH3212and returnedוַיָּשׁ֙וּבוּ֙vai.ya.Shu.vuH7725unto their inheritanceנַ֣חֲלָתָ֔םna.cha.la.TamH5159,and repairedוַיִּבְנוּ֙vai.yiv.NuH1129the citiesהֶ֣עָרִ֔יםhe.'a.RimH5892,and dweltוַיֵּשְׁב֖וּvai.ye.she.VuH3427in them.

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