Revised Literal Translation

Judges 21:13-15

13And the whole congregationהָ֣עֵדָ֔הha.'e.DahH5712sentוַֽיִּשְׁלְחוּ֙vai.yish.le.ChuH7971someto speakוַֽיְדַבְּרוּ֙vay.da.be.RuH1696to the childrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121of Benjaminבִנְיָמִ֔ןvin.ya.MinH1144that werein the rockבְּסֶ֣לַעbe.Se.la'H5553Rimmonרִמּ֑וֹןri.MonH7417,and to callוַיִּקְרְא֥וּvai.yik.re.'UH7121peaceablyשָׁלֽוֹם׃sha.LomH7965unto them.

14And Benjaminבִּנְיָמִן֙bin.ya.MinH1144came againוַיָּ֤שָׁבvai.Ya.shovH7725at that timeבָּעֵ֣תba.'EtH6256;and they gaveוַיִּתְּנ֤וּvai.yi.te.NuH5414them wivesהַנָּשִׁ֔יםha.na.ShimH802which they had saved aliveחִיּ֔וּchi.YuH2421of the womenמִנְּשֵׁ֖יmi.ne.SheiH802of Jabesh–gileadיָבֵ֣שׁ גִּלְעָ֑דya.Vesh gil.'AdH1568 H3003:and yet so they sufficedמָצְא֥וּma.tze.'UH4672them not.

15And the peopleוְהָעָ֥םve.ha.'AmH5971repentedנִחָ֖םni.ChamH5162them for Benjaminלְבִנְיָמִ֑ןle.vin.ya.MinH1144,because that Yhwhיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068had madeעָשָׂ֧ה'a.SahH6213a breachפֶּ֖רֶץPe.retzH6556in the tribesבְּשִׁבְטֵ֥יbe.shiv.TeiH7626of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

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