Revised Literal Translation

Judges 1:1-5

1Now afterאַחֲרֵי֙'a.cha.ReiH310the deathמ֣וֹתMotH4194of Joshuaיְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַye.ho.Shu.a'H3091it came to pass, that the childrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478askedוַֽיִּשְׁאֲלוּ֙vai.yish.'a.LuH7592Yhwhבַּיהוָ֖הba.Yah.wehH3068,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559,Who shall go upיַעֲלֶה־ya.'a.leh-H5927for us against the Canaanitesהַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֛יha.ke.na.'a.NiH3669firstבַּתְּחִלָּ֖הba.te.chi.LahH8462,to fightלְהִלָּ֥חֶםle.hi.La.chemH3898against them?

2And Yhwhיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Judahיְהוּדָ֣הye.hu.DahH3063shall go upיַעֲלֶ֑הya.'a.LehH5927:behold, I have deliveredנָתַ֥תִּיna.Ta.tiH5414the landהָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzH776into his handבְּיָדֽוֹ׃be.ya.DoH3027.

3And Judahיְהוּדָה֩ye.hu.DahH3063saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto Simeonלְשִׁמְע֨וֹןle.shim.'onH8095his brotherאָחִ֜יו'a.ChivH251,Come upעֲלֵ֧ה'a.LehH5927with me into my lotבְגוֹרָלִ֗יve.go.ra.LiH1486,that we may fightוְנִֽלָּחֲמָה֙ve.ni.la.cha.MahH3898against the Canaanitesבַּֽכְּנַעֲנִ֔יba.ke.na.'a.NiH3669;and I likewise will goH1980with thee into thy lotבְּגוֹרָלֶ֑ךָbe.go.ra.Le.khaH1486.So Simeonשִׁמְעֽוֹן׃shim.'onH8095wentH3212with him.

4And Judahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063went upוַיַּ֣עַלvai.Ya.'alH5927;And Yhwhיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068deliveredוַיִּתֵּ֧ןvai.yi.TenH5414the Canaanitesהַכְּנַעֲנִ֥יha.ke.na.'a.NiH3669and the Perizzitesוְהַפְּרִזִּ֖יve.hap.pe.ri.ZiH6522into their handבְּיָדָ֑םbe.ya.DamH3027:and they slewוַיַּכּ֣וּםvai.ya.KumH5221of them in Bezekבְּבֶ֔זֶקbe.Ve.zekH966tenעֲשֶׂ֥רֶת'a.Se.retH6235thousandאֲלָפִ֖ים'a.la.FimH505menאִֽישׁ׃'IshH376.

5And they foundוַֽ֠יִּמְצְאוּVai.yim.tze.'uH4672Adoni–bezekH137in Bezekבְּבֶ֔זֶקbe.Ve.zekH966:and they foughtוַיִּֽלָּחֲמ֖וּvai.yi.la.cha.MuH3898against him, and they slewוַיַּכּ֕וּvai.ya.KuH5221the Canaanitesהַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֖יha.ke.na.'a.NiH3669and the Perizzitesהַפְּרִזִּֽי׃ha.pe.ri.ZiH6522.

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