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Judges 12:4-6

4ThenJephthahיִפְתָּח֙yif.TachH3316gatheredוַיִּקְבֹּ֤ץvai.yik.BotzH6908togetherH6908allכָּל־kol-H3605themenH376ofGileadגִלְעָ֔דgil.'AdH1568, andfoughtוַיִּלָּ֖חֶםvai.yi.La.chemH3898withEphraimאֶפְרָ֑יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669: and themenH376ofGileadגִלְעָ֜דgil.'AdH1568smoteוַיַּכּוּ֩vai.ya.KuH5221Ephraimאֶפְרַ֗יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669,becauseכִּ֤יkiH3588theysaidאָמְרוּ֙'a.me.RuH559, Ye arefugitivesפְּלִיטֵ֤יpe.li.TeiH6412ofEphraimאֶפְרַ֙יִם֙'ef.Ra.yimH669, yeGileaditesגִּלְעָ֕דgil.'AdH1568, in themidstבְּת֥וֹךְbe.TokhH8432ofEphraimאֶפְרַ֖יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669, and in themidstבְּת֥וֹךְbe.TokhH8432ofManassehמְנַשֶּֽׁה׃me.na.ShehH4519.

5And theGileaditesגִּלְעָ֛דgil.'AdH1568tookוַיִּלְכֹּ֥דvai.yil.KodH3920the fords ofJordanהַיַּרְדֵּ֖ןhai.yar.DenH3383againstH376theEphraimitesלְאֶפְרָ֑יִםle.'ef.Ra.yimH669: and it wassoH1961, that whenanyH376of thefugitivesפְּלִיטֵ֤יpe.li.TeiH6412ofEphraimאֶפְרַ֙יִם֙'ef.Ra.yimH669saidיֹאמְר֞וּyo.me.RuH559,LetH1961meH1961goH1961over, themenH376ofGileadגִלְעָ֛דgil.'AdH1568saidוַיֹּ֨אמְרוּvai.Yo.me.ruH559unto him, Art thou anEphraimiteהַֽאֶפְרָתִ֥יha.'ef.ra.TiH673?Ifכִּ֣יkiH3588hesaidוַיֹּ֥אמֶֽר׀vai.Yo.merH559, Nay;

6thensaidוַיֹּ֣אמְרוּvai.Yo.me.ruH559they unto him,Sayאֱמָר־'e.mor-H559nowנָ֨אna'H4994Shibboleth; and hesaidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559Sibbolethסִבֹּ֗לֶתsi.Bo.letH5451; for hecouldH3559notוְלֹ֤אve.Lo'H3808frame topronounceלְדַבֵּ֣רle.da.BerH1696itrightH3559; then they laidholdוַיֹּאחֲז֣וּvai.yo.cha.ZuH270on him, andslewוַיִּשְׁחָט֖וּהוּvai.yish.cha.Tu.huH7819him at the fords ofJordanהַיַּרְדֵּ֑ןhai.yar.DenH3383: and therefellוַיִּפֹּ֞לvai.yi.PolH5307at that time ofEphraimמֵֽאֶפְרַ֔יִםme.'ef.Ra.yimH669fortyאַרְבָּעִ֥ים'ar.ba.'ImH705andtwoוּשְׁנַ֖יִםu.she.Na.yimH8147thousandאָֽלֶף׃'A.lefH505.

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