Revised Literal Translation

Judges 20:5-10

5And the menבַּעֲלֵ֣יba.'a.LeiH1167of Gibeahהַגִּבְעָ֔הha.giv.'AhH1390roseוַיָּקֻ֤מוּvai.ya.Ku.muH6965against me, and besetH5437the houseהַבַּ֖יִתha.Ba.yitH1004round aboutH5437upon me by nightלָ֑יְלָהLa.ye.lahH3915, andthoughtדִּמּ֣וּdi.MuH1819to have slainלַהֲרֹ֔גla.ha.RogH2026me: and my concubineפִּילַגְשִׁ֥יpi.lag.ShiH6370have they forcedעִנּ֖וּ'i.NuH6031,that she is deadוַתָּמֹֽת׃va.ta.MotH4191.

6And I tookוָֽאֹחֵ֤זva.'o.ChezH270my concubineבְּפִֽילַגְשִׁי֙be.fi.lag.ShiH6370,and cut her in piecesוָֽאֲנַתְּחֶ֔הָva.'a.na.te.Che.haH5408,and sentוָֽאֲשַׁלְּחֶ֔הָva.'a.sha.le.Che.haH7971her throughout all the countryשְׂדֵ֖הse.DehH7704of the inheritanceנַחֲלַ֣תna.cha.LatH5159of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478:for they have committedעָשׂ֛וּ'a.SuH6213lewdnessזִמָּ֥הzi.MahH2154and follyוּנְבָלָ֖הu.ne.va.LahH5039in Israelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃be.Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

7Behold, ye areall childrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478;giveהָב֥וּha.VuH3051hereהֲלֹֽם׃ha.LomH1988your adviceדָּבָ֥רda.VarH1697and counselוְעֵצָ֖הve.'e.TzahH6098.

8And all the peopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971aroseוַיָּ֙קָם֙vai.Ya.komH6965as oneאֶחָ֖ד'e.ChadH259manכְּאִ֥ישׁke.'IshH376,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559,We will not anyאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376of usgoH3212to his tentלְאָהֳל֔וֹle.'o.ho.LoH168,neither will we anyאִ֥ישׁ'ishH376of usturnנָס֖וּרna.SurH5493into his houseלְבֵיתֽוֹ׃le.vei.ToH1004.

9But now this shall bethe thingהַדָּבָ֔רha.da.VarH1697which we will doנַעֲשֶׂ֖הna.'a.SehH6213to Gibeahלַגִּבְעָ֑הla.giv.'AhH1390; we will go upby lotבְּגוֹרָֽל׃be.go.RalH1486against it;

10And we will takeוְלָקַ֣חְנוּve.la.Kach.nuH3947tenעֲשָׂרָה֩'a.sa.RahH6235menאֲנָשִׁ֨ים'a.na.ShimH582of an hundredלַמֵּאָ֜הla.me.'AhH3967throughout all the tribesשִׁבְטֵ֣יshiv.TeiH7626of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElH3478,and an hundredוּמֵאָ֤הu.me.'AhH3967of a thousandלָאֶ֙לֶף֙la.'E.lefH505,and a thousandוְאֶ֣לֶףve.'E.lefH505out of ten thousandלָרְבָבָ֔הla.re.va.VahH7233,to fetchלָקַ֥חַתla.Ka.chatH3947victualצֵדָ֖הtze.DahH6720for the peopleלָעָ֑םla.'AmH5971,that they may doלַעֲשׂ֗וֹתla.'a.SotH6213,when they comeלְבוֹאָם֙le.vo.'AmH935to Gibeahלְגֶ֣בַעle.Ge.va'H1387of Benjaminבִּנְיָמִ֔ןbin.ya.MinH1144,according to all the follyהַ֨נְּבָלָ֔הha.ne.va.LahH5039that they have wroughtעָשָׂ֖ה'a.SahH6213in Israelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃be.Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

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