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Judges 3:1-7

1Nowtheseוְאֵ֤לֶּהve.'E.lehH428are thenationsהַגּוֹיִם֙ha.go.YimH1471whichH834theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068leftH3240, toproveH3045Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478by them,evenH3808as many as hadnotH3808knownH3045allH3605thewarsמִלְחֲמ֥וֹתmil.cha.MotH4421ofCanaanכְּנָֽעַן׃ke.Na.'anH3667;

2onlyH7535that thegenerationsדֹּר֣וֹתdo.RotH1755of thechildrenבְּנֵֽי־be.nei-H1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478mightknowדַּ֚עַתDa.'atH3045, toteachלְלַמְּדָ֖םle.la.me.DamH3925themwarמִלְחָמָ֑הmil.cha.MahH4421, at the leastsuchאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834as beforetimeknewיְדָעֽוּם׃ye.da.'UmH3045nothingלֹ֥אlo'H3808thereof;

3namely, thefiveחֲמֵ֣שֶׁת׀cha.Me.shetH2568lordsסַרְנֵ֣יsar.NeiH5633of thePhilistinesפְלִשְׁתִּ֗יםfe.lish.TimH6430, andallוְכָל־ve.kholH3605theCanaanitesהַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙ha.ke.na.'a.NiH3669, and the Zidonians, and theHivitesוְהַ֣חִוִּ֔יve.Ha.chi.ViH2340thatdweltיֹשֵׁ֖בyo.ShevH3427inmountהַ֣רharH2022Lebanonהַלְּבָנ֑וֹןha.le.va.NonH3844, frommountמֵהַר֙me.HarH2022Baal-hermonH1179unto theenteringלְב֥וֹאle.Vo'H935in ofHamathחֲמָֽת׃cha.MatH2574.

4And they were for toproveH3045Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478by them, toknowלָדַ֗עַתla.Da.'atH3045whether they would hearken unto thecommandmentsמִצְוֹ֣תmitz.VotH4687of theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068,whichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834hecommandedצִוָּ֥הtzi.VahH6680theirfathersאֲבוֹתָ֖ם'a.vo.TamH1by thehandבְּיַד־be.yad-H3027ofMosesמֹשֶֽׁה׃mo.ShehH4872.

5And thechildrenוּבְנֵ֣יu.ve.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478dweltיָשְׁב֖וּya.she.VuH3427among theCanaanitesהַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֑יha.ke.na.'a.NiH3669; theHittiteהַחִתִּ֤יha.chi.TiH2850, and theAmoriteוְהָֽאֱמֹרִי֙ve.ha.'e.mo.RiH567, and thePerizziteוְהַפְּרִזִּ֔יve.hap.pe.ri.ZiH6522, and theHiviteוְהַחִוִּ֖יve.ha.chi.ViH2340, and theJebusiteוְהַיְבוּסִֽי׃ve.hay.vu.SiH2983:

6and theytookוַיִּקְח֨וּvai.yik.ChuH3947theirdaughtersבְּנוֹתֵיהֶ֤םbe.no.tei.HemH1323to be theirwivesלְנָשִׁ֔יםle.na.ShimH802, andgaveנָתְנ֣וּna.te.NuH5414their owndaughtersבְּנוֹתֵיהֶ֖םbe.no.tei.HemH1323to theirsonsלִבְנֵיהֶ֑םliv.nei.HemH1121, andservedוַיַּעַבְד֖וּvai.ya.'av.DuH5647theirgodsאֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃ פ'e.lo.hei.HemH430.

7And thechildrenבְנֵי־ve.nei-H1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֤לYis.ra.'ElH3478didוַיַּעֲשׂ֨וּvai.ya.'a.SuH6213thatwhichH5869wasevilהָרַע֙ha.Ra'H7451in thesightH5869of theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068, and forgat theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068theirGodאֱלֹֽהֵיהֶ֑ם'e.lo.hei.HemH430, andservedוַיַּעַבְד֥וּvai.ya.'av.DuH5647the Baalim and theAsherothהָאֲשֵׁרֽוֹת׃ha.'a.she.RotH842.

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