New American Standard Bible 1995

Judges 18:27-29

27Then they tookלָקְח֜וּla.ke.ChuH3947whatאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834Micahמִיכָ֗הmi.KhahH4318had madeעָשָׂ֣ה'a.SahH6213and the priestהַכֹּהֵן֮ha.ko.HenH3548whoאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834hadH1961belongedהָיָה־ha.yah-H1961to him, and cameוַיָּבֹ֣אוּvai.ya.Vo.'uH935toLaishלַ֗יִשׁLa.yishH3919,to a peopleעַם֙'amH5971quietשֹׁקֵ֣טsho.KetH8252and secureוּבֹטֵ֔חַu.vo.Te.achH982,and struckוַיַּכּ֥וּvai.ya.KuH5221them with the edgeלְפִי־le.fi-H6310of the swordחָ֑רֶבCha.revH2719;and they burnedשָׂרְפ֥וּsa.re.FuH8313the cityהָעִ֖ירha.'IrH5892with fireבָאֵֽשׁ׃va.'EshH784.

28And thereH369was noH369oneH369to deliverמַצִּ֜ילma.TzilH5337them,becauseכִּ֧יkiH3588it was farרְֽחוֹקָה־re.cho.kah-H7350from Sidonמִצִּיד֗וֹןmi.tzi.DonH6721and they hadH369noH369dealingsוְדָבָ֤רve.da.VarH1697with anyoneאָדָ֔ם'a.DamH120,and it was in the valleyבָּעֵ֖מֶקba.'E.mekH6010whichאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834is nearBeth-rehobH1050.And they rebuiltוַיִּבְנ֥וּvai.yiv.NuH1129the cityהָעִ֖ירha.'IrH5892and livedוַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּvai.Ye.she.vuH3427in it.

29They calledוַיִּקְרְא֤וּvai.yik.re.'UH7121the nameשֵׁם־shem-H8034of the cityהָעִיר֙ha.'IrH5892Danדָּ֔ןDanH1835,after the nameבְּשֵׁם֙be.ShemH8034of Danדָּ֣ןdanH1835their fatherאֲבִיהֶ֔ם'a.vi.HemH1whoאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834was bornיוּלַּ֖דyu.LadH3205in Israelלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לle.Yis.ra.'ElH3478;howeverוְאוּלָ֛םve.'u.LamH199,the nameשֵׁם־shem-H8034of the cityהָעִ֖ירha.'IrH5892formerlyלָרִאשֹׁנָֽה׃la.ri.sho.NahH7223was Laishלַ֥יִשׁLa.yishH3919.

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