New American Standard Bible 2020

Judges 21:16-18

16Then the eldersזִקְנֵ֣יzik.NeiH2205of the congregationהָעֵדָ֔הha.'e.DahH5712saidוַיֹּֽאמְר֨וּvai.yo.me.RuH559, “WhatH4310are we to doנַּעֲשֶׂ֥הna.'a.SehH6213for wivesלְנָשִׁ֑יםle.na.ShimH802for those who are leftלַנּוֹתָרִ֖יםla.no.ta.RimH3498,sinceכִּֽי־ki-H3588the womenאִשָּֽׁה׃'i.ShahH802have been eliminatedנִשְׁמְדָ֥הnish.me.DahH8045from Benjaminמִבִּנְיָמִ֖ןmi.bin.ya.MinH1144?”

17And they saidוַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּvai.Yo.me.RuH559, “There must bean inheritanceיְרֻשַּׁ֥תye.ru.ShatH3425for the survivorsפְּלֵיטָ֖הpe.lei.TahH6413of Benjaminלְבִנְיָמִ֑ןle.vin.ya.MinH1144,so that a tribeשֵׁ֖בֶטShe.vetH7626will not be wipedH4229outH4229from Israelמִיִּשְׂרָאֵֽל׃mi.Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

18But we cannotלֹ֥א נוּכַ֛לlo' nu.KhalH3201 H3808giveלָתֵת־la.tet-H5414them wivesנָשִׁ֖יםna.ShimH802from our daughtersמִבְּנוֹתֵ֑ינוּmi.be.no.Tei.nuH1323.”For the sonsבְנֵֽי־ve.nei-H1121of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478had swornנִשְׁבְּע֤וּnish.be.'UH7650,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559, “Cursedאָר֕וּר'a.RurH779is he who givesנֹתֵ֥ןno.TenH5414a wifeאִשָּׁ֖ה'i.ShahH802to Benjaminלְבִנְיָמִֽן׃ סle.vin.ya.MinH1144!”

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