Revised Version 1895

Judges 10

1Andafterאַחֲרֵ֨י'a.cha.ReiH310Abimelechאֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְ'a.vi.Me.lekhH40therearoseוַיָּקָם֩vai.ya.KamH6965tosaveלְהוֹשִׁ֣יעַle.ho.Shi.a'H3467Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElH3478Tolaתּוֹלָ֧עto.La'H8439thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofPuahפּוּאָ֛הpu.'AhH6312, thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofDodoדּוֹד֖וֹdo.DoH1734, amanאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376ofIssacharיִשָּׂשכָ֑רyi.so.sh.KharH3485; and hedweltיֹשֵׁ֥בyo.ShevH3427in Shamir in thehillבְּהַ֥רbe.HarH2022countryH2022ofEphraimאֶפְרָֽיִם׃'ef.Ra.yimH669.

2And hejudgedוַיִּשְׁפֹּט֙vai.yish.PotH8199Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478twentyעֶשְׂרִ֥ים'es.RimH6242andthreeוְשָׁלֹ֖שׁve.sha.LoshH7969yearsשָׁנָ֑הsha.NahH8141, anddiedוַיָּ֖מָתvai.Ya.motH4191, and wasburiedוַיִּקָּבֵ֥רvai.yi.ka.VerH6912in Shamir.

3Andafterאַחֲרָ֔יו'a.cha.RavH310himaroseוַיָּ֣קָםvai.Ya.komH6965Jairיָאִ֖ירya.'IrH2971, theGileaditeהַגִּלְעָדִ֑יha.gil.'a.DiH1569; and hejudgedוַיִּשְׁפֹּט֙vai.yish.PotH8199Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478twentyעֶשְׂרִ֥ים'es.RimH6242andtwoוּשְׁתַּ֖יִםu.she.Ta.yimH8147yearsשָׁנָֽה׃sha.NahH8141.

4And he hadthirtyשְׁלֹשִׁ֣יםshe.lo.ShimH7970sonsבָּנִ֗יםba.NimH1121thatrodeרֹֽכְבִים֙ro.khe.VimH7392onthirtyשְׁלֹשִׁ֣יםshe.lo.ShimH7970asscoltsH1121, and they hadthirtyוּשְׁלֹשִׁ֥יםu.she.lo.ShimH7970citiesעֲיָרִ֔ים'a.ya.RimH5895,whichH834arecalledיִקְרְא֣וּ׀yik.re.'UH7121Havvoth-jairH2334unto thisdayהַיּ֣וֹםhai.YomH3117,whichH834are in thelandבְּאֶ֥רֶץbe.'E.retzH776ofGileadהַגִּלְעָֽד׃ha.gil.'AdH1568.

5AndJairיָאִ֔ירya.'IrH2971diedוַיָּ֣מָתvai.Ya.motH4191, and wasburiedוַיִּקָּבֵ֖רvai.yi.ka.VerH6912inKamonבְּקָמֽוֹן׃ פbe.ka.MonH7056.

6And thechildrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElH3478againוַיֹּסִ֣פוּ׀vai.yo.Si.fuH3254didלַעֲשׂ֣וֹתla.'a.SotH6213thatwhichH5869wasevilהָרַע֮ha.Ra'H7451in thesightH5869of theLORDיְהוָה֒Yah.wehH3068, andservedוַיַּעַבְד֣וּvai.ya.'av.DuH5647the Baalim, and theAshtarothהָעַשְׁתָּר֡וֹתha.'ash.ta.RotH6252, and thegodsאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430ofSyriaאֲרָם֩'a.RamH758, and thegodsאֱלֹהֵ֨י'e.lo.HeiH430of Zidon, and thegodsאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430ofMoabמוֹאָ֗בmo.'AvH4124, and thegodsאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430of thechildrenבְנֵי־ve.nei-H1121ofAmmonעַמּ֔וֹןa.MonH5983, and thegodsאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430of thePhilistinesפְלִשְׁתִּ֑יםfe.lish.TimH6430; and they forsook theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068, andservedעֲבָדֽוּהוּ׃'a.va.Du.huH5647himnotוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808.

7And theangerאַ֥ף'afH639of theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068waskindledH2734againstH2734Israelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לbe.Yis.ra.'ElH3478, and hesoldוַֽיִּמְכְּרֵם֙vai.yim.ke.RemH4376themintoH3027thehandבְּיַד־be.yad-H3027of thePhilistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔יםpe.lish.TimH6430, andintoH3027thehandוּבְיַ֖דu.ve.YadH3027of thechildrenבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121ofAmmonעַמּֽוֹן׃a.MonH5983.

8And they vexed andoppressedH7533thechildrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478thatyearבַּשָּׁנָ֖הba.sha.NahH8141:eighteenעֶשְׂרֵ֜ה'es.RehH6240yearsשָׁנָ֗הsha.NahH8141oppressedH7533theyallכָּל־kol-H3605thechildrenבְּנֵ֤יbe.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478that werebeyondבְּעֵ֣בֶרbe.'E.verH5676Jordanהַיַּרְדֵּ֔ןhai.yar.DenH3383in thelandבְּאֶ֥רֶץbe.'E.retzH776of theAmoritesהָאֱמֹרִ֖יha.'e.mo.RiH567,whichH834is inGileadבַּגִּלְעָֽד׃ba.gil.'AdH1568.

9And thechildrenבְנֵֽי־ve.nei-H1121ofAmmonעַמּוֹן֙'a.mOnH5983passedוַיַּעַבְר֤וּvai.ya.'av.RuH5674overJordanהַיַּרְדֵּ֔ןhai.yar.DenH3383tofightלְהִלָּחֵ֛םle.hi.la.ChemH3898alsoagainstH3898Judahבִּיהוּדָ֥הbi.hu.DahH3063, andagainstH3898Benjaminוּבְבִנְיָמִ֖יןu.ve.vin.ya.MinH1144, andagainstH3898thehouseוּבְבֵ֣יתu.ve.VeitH1004ofEphraimאֶפְרָ֑יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669;soגַּם־gam-H1571thatIsraelלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לle.Yis.ra.'ElH3478was sore distressed.

10And thechildrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478criedוַֽיִּזְעֲקוּ֙vai.yiz.'a.KuH2199unto theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068,sayingלֵאמֹ֑רle.MorH559,WeH3588havesinnedחָטָ֣אנוּcha.Ta.nuH2398againstאֶל־'el-H413thee,evenH3588becauseH3588weH3588have forsaken ourGodאֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430, and haveservedוַֽנַּעֲבֹ֖דva.na.'a.VodH5647the Baalim.

11And theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068saidוַ֥יֹּאמֶרVai.yo.merH559unto thechildrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478,DidH3808notH3808I saveyouH3808from theEgyptiansמִמִּצְרַ֙יִם֙mi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714, and from theAmoritesהָ֣אֱמֹרִ֔יha.'e.mo.RiH567, from thechildrenבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121ofAmmonעַמּ֖וֹןa.MonH5983, and from thePhilistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃pe.lish.TimH6430?

12The Zidonians also, and theAmalekitesוַֽעֲמָלֵק֙va.'a.ma.LekH6002, and theMaonitesוּמָע֔וֹןu.ma.'onH4584, didoppressלָחֲצ֖וּla.cha.TzuH3905youאֶתְכֶ֑ם'et.KhemH853; and yecriedוַתִּצְעֲק֣וּva.titz.'a.KuH6817untomeH413, and Isavedוָאוֹשִׁ֥יעָהva.'o.Shi.'ahH3467youאֶתְכֶ֖ם'et.KhemH853outH413of theirhandמִיָּדָֽם׃mi.ya.DamH3027.

13Yet ye have forsakenmeH3254, andservedוַתַּעַבְד֖וּva.ta.'av.DuH5647otherאֲחֵרִ֑ים'a.che.RimH312godsאֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.HimH430: wherefore I willsaveלְהוֹשִׁ֥יעַle.ho.Shi.a'H3467youוְאַתֶּם֙ve.'a.TemH859noלֹֽא־lo'-H3808moreH3254.

14Go andcryוְזַֽעֲקוּ֙ve.za.'a.KuH2199unto thegodsהָ֣אֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.HimH430whichH834ye havechosenבְּחַרְתֶּ֖םbe.char.TemH977;letבְּעֵ֥תbe.'EtH6256themsaveיוֹשִׁ֥יעוּyo.Shi.'uH3467youH834in the time of yourdistressצָרַתְכֶֽם׃tza.rat.KhemH6869.

15And thechildrenבְנֵי־ve.nei-H1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֤לYis.ra.'ElH3478saidוַיֹּאמְר֨וּvai.yo.me.RuH559unto theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068,WeH3117havesinnedחָטָ֔אנוּcha.Ta.nuH2398:doעֲשֵׂה־'a.seh-H6213thou untousH4994whatsoeverכְּכָל־ke.khol-H3605seemethgoodהַטּ֖וֹבha.TovH2896unto thee;onlyאַ֛ךְ'akhH389deliverהַצִּילֵ֥נוּha.tzi.Le.nuH5337usH4994,weH3117prayH4994thee, thisdayהַיּ֥וֹםhai.YomH3117.

16And theyputH5493awayH5493thestrangeהַנֵּכָר֙ha.ne.KharH5236godsאֱלֹהֵ֤י'e.lo.HeiH430from among them, andservedוַיַּעַבְד֖וּvai.ya.'av.DuH5647theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068: and hissoulנַפְשׁ֖וֹnaf.ShoH5315was grieved for themiseryבַּעֲמַ֥לba.'a.MalH5999ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ פYis.ra.'ElH3478.

17Then thechildrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121ofAmmonעַמּ֔וֹןa.MonH5983weregatheredוַיֵּאָֽסְפוּ֙vai.ye.'a.se.FuH622togetherH622, andencampedוַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvai.ya.cha.NuH2583inGileadבַּגִּלְעָ֑דba.gil.'AdH1568. And thechildrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478assembledH622themselvesH622togetherH622, andencampedוַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvai.ya.cha.NuH2583inMizpahבַּמִּצְפָּֽה׃ba.mitz.PahH4709.

18And thepeopleהָעָ֜םha.'AmH5971, theprincesשָׂרֵ֤יsa.ReiH8269ofGileadגִלְעָד֙gil.'AdH1568,saidוַיֹּאמְר֨וּvai.yo.me.RuH559one toanotherרֵעֵ֔הוּre.'E.huH7453,Whatאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834manH376is he that willbeginיָחֵ֔לya.ChelH2490tofightלְהִלָּחֵ֖םle.hi.la.ChemH3898againstאֶל־'el-H413thechildrenבִּבְנֵ֣יbiv.NeiH1121ofAmmonעַמּ֑וֹןa.MonH5983? he shall beheadלְרֹ֔אשׁle.RoshH7218overallלְכֹ֖לle.KholH3605theinhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵ֥יyo.she.VeiH3427ofGileadגִלְעָֽד׃ פgil.'AdH1568.

Commentaries on Judges 10

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