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Judges 1:11-15

11Thenfrom thereמִשָּׁ֔םmi.ShamH8033he wentוַיֵּ֣לֶךְvai.Ye.lekhH1980againstאֶל־'el-H413the inhabitantsיוֹשְׁבֵ֖יyo.she.VeiH3427of Debirדְּבִ֑ירde.VirH1688(the nameוְשֵׁם־ve.shem-H8034of Debirדְּבִ֥ירde.VirH1688waspreviouslyלְפָנִ֖יםle.fa.NimH6440Kiriath-sepherH7158).

12And Calebכָּלֵ֔בka.LevH3612saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, “Whoeverאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834attacksיַכֶּ֥הya.KehH5221Kiriath-sepherH7158and capturesוּלְכָדָ֑הּu.le.kha.DahH3920it, I will giveוְנָתַ֥תִּיve.na.Ta.tiH5414him my daughterבִתִּ֖יvi.TiH1323Achsahעַכְסָ֥ה'akh.SahH5915as a wifeלְאִשָּֽׁה׃le.'i.ShahH802.”

13NowOthnielעָתְנִיאֵ֣ל'a.te.ni.'ElH6274the sonבֶּן־ben-H1121of Kenazקְנַ֔זke.NazH7073,Caleb’sכָלֵ֖בkha.LevH3612youngerהַקָּטֹ֣ן מִמֶּ֑נּוּha.ka.Ton mi.Me.nuH6996 H4480brotherאֲחִ֥י'a.ChiH251,capturedוַֽיִּלְכְּדָהּ֙vai.yil.ke.DahH3920it; so he gaveוַיִּתֶּן־vai.yi.ten-H5414him his daughterבִתּ֖וֹvi.ToH1323Achsahעַכְסָ֥ה'akh.SahH5915as a wifeלְאִשָּֽׁה׃le.'i.ShahH802.

14Thenit happenedוַיְהִ֣יvay.HiH1961that when she cameבְּבוֹאָ֗הּbe.vo.'AhH935to him,she incitedוַתְּסִיתֵ֙הוּ֙va.te.si.Te.huH5496him to askלִשְׁא֤וֹלlish.'olH7592her fatherאָבִ֙יהָ֙'a.Vi.haH1for a fieldהַשָּׂדֶ֔הha.sa.DehH7704. Then later,she dismountedוַתִּצְנַ֖חva.titz.NachH6795fromher donkeyהַחֲמ֑וֹרha.cha.MorH2543,and Calebכָּלֵ֖בka.LevH3612saidוַיֹּֽאמֶר־vai.yo.mer-H559to her, “Whatמַה־mah-H4100do you want?”

15She saidוַתֹּ֨אמֶרva.To.merH559to him, “Giveהָֽבָה־ha.vah-H3051me a blessingבְרָכָ֗הve.ra.KhahH1293:sinceכִּ֣יkiH3588you have givenנְתַתָּ֔נִיne.ta.Ta.niH5414me the landאֶ֤רֶץ'E.retzH776of theNegevהַנֶּ֙גֶב֙ha.Ne.gevH5045,giveוְנָתַתָּ֥הve.na.ta.TahH5414me springsגֻּלֹּ֣תgu.LotH1543of waterמָ֑יִםMa.yimH4325also.” So Calebכָּלֵ֗בka.LevH3612gaveוַיִּתֶּן־vai.yi.ten-H5414her the upperעִלִּ֔ית'i.LitH5942springsגֻּלֹּ֣תgu.LotH1543and the lowerתַּחְתִּֽית׃ פtach.TitH8482springsגֻּלֹּ֥תgu.LotH1543.

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