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Judges 18:7-10

7Then thefiveחֲמֵ֣שֶׁתcha.Me.shetH2568menH376departedH935, andcameH935to Laish, andsawוַיִּרְא֣וּvai.yir.'UH7200thepeopleהָעָ֣םha.'AmH5971that were therein,howאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834theydweltיוֹשֶֽׁבֶת־yo.she.vet-H3427insecurityלָ֠בֶטַחLa.ve.tachH983,afterH776themannerH1697of the Zidonians,quietשֹׁקֵ֣ט׀sho.KetH8252andsecureוּבֹטֵ֗חַu.vo.Te.achH982; for there wasnoneוְאֵין־ve.'ein-H369in thelandבָּאָ֙רֶץ֙ba.'A.retzH776, possessingauthorityH1697, that mightputH935them toshameמַכְלִ֨יםmakh.LimH3637inanyH376thingH1697, and they werefarוּרְחֹקִ֥יםu.re.cho.KimH7350from the Zidonians, and hadnoאֵין־'ein-H369dealingsH1697withanyH376manH376.

8And theycameוַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙vai.ya.Vo.'uH935unto theirbrethrenאֲחֵיהֶ֔ם'a.chei.HemH251toZorahצָרְעָ֖הtza.re.'AhH6881andEshtaolוְאֶשְׁתָּאֹ֑לve.'esh.ta.'OlH847: and theirbrethrenאֲחֵיהֶ֖ם'a.chei.HemH251saidH559unto them,Whatמָ֥הmahH4100sayH559ye?

9And theysaidוַיֹּאמְר֗וּvai.yo.me.RuH559,Ariseק֚וּמָהKu.mahH6965, andletH408usH5921goלָבֹ֖אla.Vo'H935upוְנַעֲלֶ֣הve.na.'a.LehH5927againstH5921them: forweכִּ֤יkiH3588haveseenרָאִ֙ינוּ֙ra.'I.nuH7200thelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776, and,beholdוְהִנֵּ֥הve.hi.NehH2009, it isveryמְאֹ֑דme.'OdH3966goodטוֹבָ֖הto.VahH2896: and are yestillמַחְשִׁ֔יםmach.ShimH2814? benotH408slofthful togoH935and toenterH935in topossessלָרֶ֥שֶׁתla.Re.shetH3423thelandהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.

10When yegoכְּבֹאֲכֶ֞םke.vo.'a.KhemH935, ye shallcomeתָּבֹ֣אוּ׀ta.Vo.'uH935unto apeopleעַ֣ם'amH5971secureבֹּטֵ֗חַbo.Te.achH982, and thelandוְהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ve.ha.'A.retzH776is large: forGodאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430hathgivenנְתָנָ֥הּne.ta.NahH5414itintoאֶל־'el-H413yourhandH3027; aplaceמָקוֹם֙ma.kOmH4725whereH834there isnoאֵֽין־'ein-H369wantמַחְס֔וֹרmach.SorH4270ofanyכָּל־kol-H3605thingדָּבָ֖רda.VarH1697that is in theearthבָּאָֽרֶץ׃ba.'A.retzH776.

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