1 Chronicles 23

Curious that verse 17 is the only verse in a list where the verb to be is explicit, and its number is unexpected, third person plural when there is an only child.

1 Chronicles 23		Fn		Min	Max	Syll
וְדָוִ֥יד זָקֵ֖ן וְשָׂבַ֣ע יָמִ֑ים וַיַּמְלֵ֛ךְ אֶת־שְׁלֹמֹ֥ה בְנ֖וֹ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל	1		And David was old and sated with days, and Solomon his son reigned over Israel.	3d	4B	10 13
וַיֶּאֱסֹף֙ אֶת־כָּל־שָׂרֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְהַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים וְהַלְוִיִּֽם	2		And all the chiefs of Israel gathered, including the priests and the Levites.	3e	4B	20
וַיִּסָּֽפְרוּ֙ הַלְוִיִּ֔ם מִבֶּ֛ן שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים שָׁנָ֖ה וָמָ֑עְלָה וַיְהִ֨י מִסְפָּרָ֤ם לְגֻלְגְּלֹתָם֙ לִגְבָרִ֔ים שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים וּשְׁמוֹנָ֖ה אָֽלֶף	3		And the Levites were counted from thirty years and upward, and their counts were per individual of the valiant, thirty eight thousand.	3d	4C	17 21
מֵאֵ֗לֶּה לְנַצֵּ֙חַ֙ עַל־מְלֶ֣אכֶת בֵּית־יְהוָ֔ה עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וְאַרְבָּעָ֖ה אָ֑לֶף וְשֹׁטְרִ֥ים וְשֹׁפְטִ֖ים שֵׁ֥שֶׁת אֲלָפִֽים	4		From these, twenty four thousand were to lead on the lines of work for the house of Yahweh, and six thousand were overseers and judges.	3e	4B	22 11
וְאַרְבַּ֥עַת אֲלָפִ֖ים שֹׁעֲרִ֑ים וְאַרְבַּ֤עַת אֲלָפִים֙ מְהַֽלְלִ֣ים לַיהוָ֔ה בַּכֵּלִ֕ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשִׂ֖יתִי לְהַלֵּֽל	5		And four thousand were gatekeepers, and four thousand praised Yahweh with the instruments that I had made for praise.	3e	4C	10 23
וַיֶּֽחָלְקֵ֥ם דָּוִ֖יד מַחְלְק֑וֹת לִבְנֵ֣י לֵוִ֔י לְגֵרְשׁ֖וֹן קְהָ֥ת וּמְרָרִֽי	6		And David divided them from the divisions, of the children of Levi, of Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.	3e	4B	9 12
לַגֵּרְשֻׁנִּ֖י לַעְדָּ֥ן וְשִׁמְעִֽי	7		For the Gershonites, Laadan and Shimei.	3e	3g	9
בְּנֵ֣י לַעְדָּ֗ן הָרֹ֧אשׁ יְחִיאֵ֛ל וְזֵתָ֥ם וְיוֹאֵ֖ל שְׁלֹשָֽׁה	8		The children of Laadan, the first, Yexiel, and Zetham and Joel, three.	3c	4B	18
בְּנֵ֣י שִׁמְעִ֗י שְׁלוֹמִ֧ית וַחֲזִיאֵ֛ל וְהָרָ֖ן שְׁלֹשָׁ֑ה אֵ֛לֶּה רָאשֵׁ֥י הָאָב֖וֹת לְלַעְדָּֽן	9		The children of Shimei, Shelomit, and Hazael, and Haran, three. These are the heads of the ancestors for Laadan.	3c	4B	17 10
וּבְנֵ֣י שִׁמְעִ֔י יַ֣חַת זִינָ֔א וִיע֖וּשׁ וּבְרִיעָ֑ה אֵ֥לֶּה בְנֵי־שִׁמְעִ֖י אַרְבָּעָֽה	10		And the children of Shimei, Jachat, Zyna, and Yeush, and Beriah. These are the children of Shimei, four.	3e	4B	13 9
וַֽיְהִי־יַ֣חַת הָרֹ֔אשׁ וְזִיזָ֖ה הַשֵּׁנִ֑י וִיע֤וּשׁ וּבְרִיעָה֙ לֹֽא־הִרְבּ֣וּ בָנִ֔ים וַיִּֽהְיוּ֙ לְבֵ֣ית אָ֔ב לִפְקֻדָּ֖ה אֶחָֽת	11		And Jachat was the first, Zizah the second, and Yeush and Beriah without many children, so they were for the house of the father in one visitation.	3e	4C	11 21
בְּנֵ֣י קְהָ֗ת עַמְרָ֥ם יִצְהָ֛ר חֶבְר֥וֹן וְעֻזִּיאֵ֖ל אַרְבָּעָֽה	12		The children of Kohath, Amram, Yitshar, Hebron and Uzziel, four.	3d	4B	17
בְּנֵ֥י עַמְרָ֖ם אַהֲרֹ֣ן וּמֹשֶׁ֑ה וַיִּבָּדֵ֣ל אַהֲרֹ֡ן לְֽהַקְדִּישׁוֹ֩ קֹ֨דֶשׁ קָֽדָשִׁ֤ים הֽוּא־וּבָנָיו֙ עַד־עוֹלָ֔ם לְהַקְטִיר֩ לִפְנֵ֨י יְהוָ֧ה לְשָׁרְת֛וֹ וּלְבָרֵ֥ךְ בִּשְׁמ֖וֹ עַד־עוֹלָֽם	13		The children of Amram, Aaron and Moses. And Aaron was differentiated to sanctify the holy of holy things, he and his children, for evermore to burn incense before Yahweh, to minister to him, and to bless in his name, for evermore.	3c	4C	10 41
וּמֹשֶׁ֖ה אִ֣ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים בָּנָ֕יו יִקָּרְא֖וּ עַל־שֵׁ֥בֶט הַלֵּוִֽי	14		And Moses, the man of God, his children were called of the sceptre of Levi.	3e	4B	8 11
בְּנֵ֣י מֹשֶׁ֔ה גֵּרְשֹׁ֖ם וֶאֱלִיעֶֽזֶר	15		The children of Moses, Gershom and Eliezer.	3e	4B	11
בְּנֵ֥י גֵרְשׁ֖וֹם שְׁבוּאֵ֥ל הָרֹֽאשׁ	16		The children of Gershom, Shebuel, the first.	3e	3g	9
וַיִּֽהְי֥וּ בְנֵי־אֱלִיעֶ֖זֶר רְחַבְיָ֣ה הָרֹ֑אשׁ וְלֹא־הָיָ֤ה לֶאֱלִיעֶ֙זֶר֙ בָּנִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֔ים וּבְנֵ֥י רְחַבְיָ֖ה רָב֥וּ לְמָֽעְלָה	17		And the children of Eliezer were Rexabyah, the first, and Eliezer had no other sons, but the children of Rexabyah were multiplied upward.	3e	4C	13 23
בְּנֵ֥י יִצְהָ֖ר שְׁלֹמִ֥ית הָרֹֽאשׁ	18		The children of Yitshar, Shelomit, the first.	3e	3g	9
בְּנֵ֖י חֶבְר֑וֹן יְרִיָּ֤הוּ הָרֹאשׁ֙ אֲמַרְיָ֣ה הַשֵּׁנִ֔י יַחֲזִיאֵל֙ הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֔י וִֽיקַמְעָ֖ם הָרְבִיעִֽי	19		The children of Hebron, Yeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Yoqmeam the fourth.	3e	4C	4 25
בְּנֵ֖י עֻזִּיאֵ֑ל מִיכָ֣ה הָרֹ֔אשׁ וְיִשִּׁיָּ֖ה הַשֵּׁנִֽי	20		The children of Uzziel, Micah the first, and Yeshiah the second.	3e	4B	5 11
בְּנֵ֤י מְרָרִי֙ מַחְלִ֣י וּמוּשִׁ֔י בְּנֵ֥י מַחְלִ֖י אֶלְעָזָ֥ר וְקִֽישׁ	21		The children of Merari, Maxali, and Mushi. The children of Maxali, Eleazar and Kish.	3e	4C	19
וַיָּ֙מָת֙ אֶלְעָזָ֔ר וְלֹא־הָ֥יוּ ל֛וֹ בָּנִ֖ים כִּ֣י אִם־בָּנ֑וֹת וַיִּשָּׂא֥וּם בְּנֵי־קִ֖ישׁ אֲחֵיהֶֽם	22		And Eleazar died and there were no sons for him but daughters, and the sons of Kish, their kin, lifted them up.	3d	4B	16 10
בְּנֵ֣י מוּשִׁ֗י מַחְלִ֥י וְעֵ֛דֶר וִירֵמ֖וֹת שְׁלֹשָֽׁה	23		The children of Mushi, Maxali, and Eider, and Yarmut, three.	3d	4B	15
אֵ֣לֶּה בְנֵֽי־לֵוִי֩ לְבֵ֨ית אֲבֹתֵיהֶ֜ם רָאשֵׁ֧י הָאָב֣וֹת לִפְקוּדֵיהֶ֗ם בְּמִסְפַּ֤ר שֵׁמוֹת֙ לְגֻלְגְּלֹתָ֔ם עֹשֵׂה֙ הַמְּלָאכָ֔ה לַעֲבֹדַ֖ת בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה מִבֶּ֛ן עֶשְׂרִ֥ים שָׁנָ֖ה וָמָֽעְלָה	24	B	These are the children of Levi, for the house of their ancestors, the heads of the ancestors of their conscripts, in the count of names per individual, the deeds of lines of work for the service of the house of Yahweh, from twenty years and upward.	3c	4C	42 9
כִּ֚י אָמַ֣ר דָּוִ֔יד הֵנִ֛יחַ יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לְעַמּ֑וֹ וַיִּשְׁכֹּ֥ן בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם עַד־לְעוֹלָֽם	25	C	For David said, Yahweh the God of Israel has given rest to his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem endlessly for ever.	3d	4C	19 11
וְגַ֖ם לַלְוִיִּ֑ם אֵין־לָשֵׂ֧את אֶת־הַמִּשְׁכָּ֛ן וְאֶת־כָּל־כֵּלָ֖יו לַעֲבֹדָתֽוֹ	26		And also to the Levites, without having to bear the dwelling-place and all its vessels for its service.	3c	4A	5 17
כִּ֣י בְדִבְרֵ֤י דָוִיד֙ הָאַ֣חֲרֹנִ֔ים הֵ֖מָּה מִסְפַּ֣ר בְּנֵי־לֵוִ֑י מִבֶּ֛ן עֶשְׂרִ֥ים שָׁנָ֖ה וּלְמָֽעְלָה	27	B	For with the last words of David, they who were counted of the children of Levi, were from twenty years and upward.	3d	4C	18 9
כִּ֣י מַעֲמָדָ֞ם לְיַד־בְּנֵ֣י אַהֲרֹ֗ן לַעֲבֹדַת֙ בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֔ה עַל־הַחֲצֵרוֹת֙ וְעַל־הַלְּשָׁכ֔וֹת וְעַֽל־טָהֳרַ֖ת לְכָל־קֹ֑דֶשׁ וּמַֽעֲשֵׂ֔ה עֲבֹדַ֖ת בֵּ֥ית הָאֱלֹהִֽים	28	B	For their standing was for the hand of the children of Aaron, for the service of the house of Yahweh, over the courts, and over the chambers, and over the cleansing, for all the holy, and the undertaking of the service of the house of God.	3e	4B	38 12
וּלְלֶ֨חֶם הַֽמַּעֲרֶ֜כֶת וּלְסֹ֤לֶת לְמִנְחָה֙ וְלִרְקִיקֵ֣י הַמַּצּ֔וֹת וְלַֽמַּחֲבַ֖ת וְלַמֻּרְבָּ֑כֶת וּלְכָל־מְשׂוּרָ֖ה וּמִדָּֽה	29		Both for the bread of the arrangement, and for the fine flour for a gift, for the wafers of the unleavened bread, and for the pan, and for the frying, and for all influence and measure.	3e	4C	31 8
וְלַעֲמֹד֙ בַּבֹּ֣קֶר בַּבֹּ֔קֶר לְהֹד֥וֹת וּלְהַלֵּ֖ל לַיהוָ֑ה וְכֵ֖ן לָעָֽרֶב	30		And to stand from morning to morning to give thanks to render praise to Yahweh, and so of the evening.	3e	4B	18 5
וּלְכֹ֨ל הַעֲל֤וֹת עֹלוֹת֙ לַיהוָ֔ה לַשַּׁבָּת֔וֹת לֶחֳדָשִׁ֖ים וְלַמֹּעֲדִ֑ים בְּמִסְפָּ֨ר כְּמִשְׁפָּ֧ט עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם תָּמִ֖יד לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָֽה	31		And for all offered up for burnt offerings to Yahweh, on the Sabbaths, for the new moons, and for the appointed times, by count according to the judgment over them, continually before Yahweh.	3c	4C	22 15
וְשָׁמְר֞וּ אֶת־מִשְׁמֶ֣רֶת אֹֽהֶל־מוֹעֵ֗ד וְאֵת֙ מִשְׁמֶ֣רֶת הַקֹּ֔דֶשׁ וּמִשְׁמֶ֕רֶת בְּנֵ֥י אַהֲרֹ֖ן אֲחֵיהֶ֑ם לַעֲבֹדַ֖ת בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה	32		And they would keep the watch of the tent of engagement, and the watch of the sanctuary, and the watch of the children of Aaron, their kin, for the service of the house of Yahweh.	3e	4B	31 7

Fourteen other verses (below) have the same musical shape as verse 1. I wonder if the composer was considering any one of them? I think where a musical phrase is common, such a connection is unlikely. The pattern to the rest (atnah) occurs 617 times. The pattern of the return to the tonic (silluq) occurs 1325 times. Rather too common for deliberate imitation.

Interesting to note both the two verses about the families of Levi are in this list.

Exodus 2.21 "And Moses was humoured to settle with the man,
so he gave Zipporah his daughter to Moses."
Exodus 6.19 "And the children of Merari, Maxali and Mushi.
These are the families of Levi of their successions."
Exodus 31.3 "And I have filled him with the spirit of God,
in wisdom, and with understanding, and in knowledge, and in all lines of work,"
Exodus 35.31 "And the spirit of God filled him,
in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all lines of work,"
Exodus 40.25 "And he trimmed the lamps in the presence of Yahweh,
as Yahweh commanded Moses."
Exodus 40.27 "And he burned incense on it, incense of sweet spices,
as Yahweh commanded Moses."
Leviticus 14.15 "And the priest will take from the log of oil,
and infuse onto the palm of the priest's left hand."
Numbers 15.27 "And if one of you sins by going astray,
then let such bring near a yearling she-goat for a sin offering."
Numbers 30.1 "And Moses talked to the children of Israel,
according to everything that Yahweh commanded Moses."
Joshua 15.32 "And Lvaot and Shilchim and Ain and Rimmon.
Total cities twenty-nine and their courts."
2 Samuel 5.10 "So David went on walking and becoming great,
and Yahweh the God of hosts was with him."
Jeremiah 5.8 Horses plump from lust they were,
each neighing to the woman of his associate.
Ezra 7.8 And he entered Jerusalem in the fifth new moon.
This was the seventh year of the king.
1 Chronicles 6.4 "The children of Merari, Maxali and Mushi,
and these are the families of Levi for their ancestors."

Ezekiel 26

The image of the fishing net (verse 5) is striking. It is the same stem חרם as the ban, utter destruction. The stretch comes with the use of the image in Matthew 8:47 as a parable of the kingdom of heaven. I am frankly astonished at the homonym. The passage in my Hebrew NT uses כמר, dragnet, which also has other very different glosses including craving or fever!

I don't think free association, pun, or double entendre should work this way. But here you have some images of the net that are far from positive, and the parable is not entirely positive either. Nevertheless, metaphor is acceptable, sword = word (verse 6) is a non-violent interruption of violence.

This is where we could go when this project is over, the mind of Jesus and the potential associations in the NT based on word relationships with the OT via Hebrew rather than via Greek. This was after all my original intention, to understand the relationship of father and child as depicted in the epistle to the Hebrews. Still some distance to cover.

Their seems little doubt that this extended lament continues the thread evident right through to Revelation of the tension between commerce and community. One can see it in modern politics as people bring out their local national interests at the expense of their own integrity. What does it profit to gain the whole world and lose integrity?  I saw a long thread on Facebook the other day lambasting socialism, while not realizing that our society is based on agreed cooperation in the truth. And the truth is we are mutually interdependent. And we are dependent on all sorts of people we may not like and who are not like us. Time for a greater love. Mind you, there is deception on every street corner. You only have to sit at a garage sale to find this out.

[Just noted this exploration of Ezekiel in current reception history.]

Ezekiel 26		Fn		Min	Max	Syll
וַיְהִ֛י בְּעַשְׁתֵּֽי־עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה שָׁנָ֖ה בְּאֶחָ֣ד לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ הָיָ֥ה דְבַר־יְהוָ֖ה אֵלַ֥י לֵאמֹֽר	1		And it happened in the eleventh year on the first of the month, it happened that Yahweh spoke to me, saying,	3d	4B	15 10
בֶּן־אָדָ֗ם יַ֠עַן אֲשֶׁר־אָ֨מְרָה צֹּ֤ר עַל־יְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ הֶאָ֔ח נִשְׁבְּרָ֛ה דַּלְת֥וֹת הָעַמִּ֖ים נָסֵ֣בָּה אֵלָ֑י אִמָּלְאָ֖ה הָחֳרָֽבָה	2		Child of humanity, in that Tyre has said against Jerusalem, Aha, broken are the gateways of the peoples. She is turned around to me. I will be filled. She is deserted.	3d	4C	30 7
לָכֵ֗ן כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה הִנְנִ֥י עָלַ֖יִךְ צֹ֑ר וְהַעֲלֵיתִ֤י עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ גּוֹיִ֣ם רַבִּ֔ים כְּהַעֲל֥וֹת הַיָּ֖ם לְגַלָּֽיו	3		Therefore thus says my Lord Yahweh, Behold me against you, Tyre. And I will have many nations brought up over you, as the sea causes its waves to be brought up.	3e	4C	16 21
וְשִׁחֲת֞וּ חֹמ֣וֹת צֹ֗ר וְהָֽרְסוּ֙ מִגְדָּלֶ֔יהָ וְסִֽחֵיתִ֥י עֲפָרָ֖הּ מִמֶּ֑נָּה וְנָתַתִּ֥י אוֹתָ֖הּ לִצְחִ֥יחַ סָֽלַע	4		And they will destroy the walls of Tyre, and they will overthrow her towers, and I will file her dust from her, and I will make her into a dazzling cliff.	3e	4B	24 11
מִשְׁטַ֨ח חֲרָמִ֤ים תִּֽהְיֶה֙ בְּת֣וֹךְ הַיָּ֔ם כִּ֚י אֲנִ֣י דִבַּ֔רְתִּי נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֑ה וְהָיְתָ֥ה לְבַ֖ז לַגּוֹיִֽם	5		For the unfolding of fishing nets you will be, in the midst of the sea, for I myself have spoken, an oracle of my Lord Yahweh. And it will be for the nations to despoil.	3e	4C	24 8
וּבְנוֹתֶ֙יהָ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה בַּחֶ֖רֶב תֵּהָרַ֑גְנָה וְיָדְע֖וּ כִּי־אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה	6		And her daughters who are in the field, by the sword will be slain, and they will know that I am Yahweh.	3e	4B	16 7
כִּ֣י כֹ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה הִנְנִ֧י מֵבִ֣יא אֶל־צֹ֗ר נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֧ר מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֛ל מִצָּפ֖וֹן מֶ֣לֶךְ מְלָכִ֑ים בְּס֛וּס וּבְרֶ֥כֶב וּבְפָרָשִׁ֖ים וְקָהָ֥ל וְעַם־רָֽב	7	B	For thus says my Lord Yahweh, Behold me, I will bring into Tyre, Nebukadretsar king of Babel, from the north, king of sovereigns, with horse and with chariot and with cavalry, and a congregation, and people abundant.	3c	4C	32 15
בְּנוֹתַ֥יִךְ בַּשָּׂדֶ֖ה בַּחֶ֣רֶב יַהֲרֹ֑ג וְנָתַ֨ן עָלַ֜יִךְ דָּיֵ֗ק וְשָׁפַ֤ךְ עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ סֹֽלְלָ֔ה וְהֵקִ֥ים עָלַ֖יִךְ צִנָּֽה	8		Your daughters in the field by the sword he will slay, and he will position against you a siege-wall, and pour out against you a ramp, and he will raise up against you a grappling hook.	3e	4C	13 24
וּמְחִ֣י קָֽבָלּ֔וֹ יִתֵּ֖ן בְּחֹֽמוֹתָ֑יִךְ וּמִ֨גְדְּלֹתַ֔יִךְ יִתֹּ֖ץ בְּחַרְבוֹתָֽיו	9		And engines right in front, he will position against your walls. And your towers, he will break down with daggers.	3e	4B	12 12
מִשִּׁפְעַ֥ת סוּסָ֖יו יְכַסֵּ֣ךְ אֲבָקָ֑ם מִקּוֹל֩ פָּרַ֨שׁ וְגַלְגַּ֜ל וָרֶ֗כֶב תִּרְעַ֙שְׁנָה֙ חֽוֹמוֹתַ֔יִךְ בְּבֹאוֹ֙ בִּשְׁעָרַ֔יִךְ כִּמְבוֹאֵ֖י עִ֥יר מְבֻקָּעָֽה	10		From the profusion of his horses, their powder will cover you. From the rumbling cavalier, and whirlwind, and chariot, your walls will quake, when he enters into your gates, as one would enter into a city split in two.	3e	4B	11 31
בְּפַרְס֣וֹת סוּסָ֔יו יִרְמֹ֖ס אֶת־כָּל־חֽוּצוֹתָ֑יִךְ עַמֵּךְ֙ בַּחֶ֣רֶב יַהֲרֹ֔ג וּמַצְּב֥וֹת עֻזֵּ֖ךְ לָאָ֥רֶץ תֵּרֵֽד	11		With the hoofs of his horses, he will trample all your streets. Your people by the sword he will slay, and the monuments of your strength, to earth will descend.	3e	4B	13 18
וְשָׁלְל֣וּ חֵילֵ֗ךְ וּבָֽזְזוּ֙ רְכֻלָּתֵ֔ךְ וְהָֽרְסוּ֙ חוֹמוֹתַ֔יִךְ וּבָתֵּ֥י חֶמְדָּתֵ֖ךְ יִתֹּ֑צוּ וַאֲבָנַ֤יִךְ וְעֵצַ֙יִךְ֙ וַֽעֲפָרֵ֔ךְ בְּת֥וֹךְ מַ֖יִם יָשִֽׂימוּ	12		And they will spoil your wealth, and loot your merchants, and they will overthrow your walls, and your attractive houses they will break down. And they will put your stones, and your timber, and your dust, in the midst of the water.	3e	4C	28 19
וְהִשְׁבַּתִּ֖י הֲמ֣וֹן שִׁירָ֑יִךְ וְק֣וֹל כִּנּוֹרַ֔יִךְ לֹ֥א יִשָּׁמַ֖ע עֽוֹד	13		And I will eradicate the tumult of your songs, and the voice of your harps will be heard no more.	3e	4B	9 11
וּנְתַתִּ֞יךְ לִצְחִ֣יחַ סֶ֗לַע מִשְׁטַ֤ח חֲרָמִים֙ תִּֽהְיֶ֔ה לֹ֥א תִבָּנֶ֖ה ע֑וֹד כִּ֣י אֲנִ֤י יְהוָה֙ דִּבַּ֔רְתִּי נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִֽה	14		And I will make you into a dazzling cliff. For the unfolding of fishing nets, you will be. You will not be built any more, For I am Yahweh. I have spoken. An oracle of my Lord Yahweh.	3e	4C	20 15
כֹּ֥ה אָמַ֛ר אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהוִ֖ה לְצ֑וֹר הֲלֹ֣א ׀ מִקּ֣וֹל מַפַּלְתֵּ֗ךְ בֶּאֱנֹ֨ק חָלָ֜ל בֵּהָ֤רֵֽג הֶ֙רֶג֙ בְּתוֹכֵ֔ךְ יִרְעֲשׁ֖וּ הָאִיִּֽים	15	f	Thus says my Lord Yahweh for Tyre, From the rumbling of your fall, in the groaning of profanity, when the slain are slain in your midst, will the islands not quake?	3d	4C	10 26
וְֽיָרְד֞וּ מֵעַ֣ל כִּסְאוֹתָ֗ם כֹּ֚ל נְשִׂיאֵ֣י הַיָּ֔ם וְהֵסִ֙ירוּ֙ אֶת־מְעִ֣ילֵיהֶ֔ם וְאֶת־בִּגְדֵ֥י רִקְמָתָ֖ם יִפְשֹׁ֑טוּ חֲרָד֤וֹת ׀ יִלְבָּ֙שׁוּ֙ עַל־הָאָ֣רֶץ יֵשֵׁ֔בוּ וְחָֽרְדוּ֙ לִרְגָעִ֔ים וְשָׁמְמ֖וּ עָלָֽיִךְ	16		And all the principals of the sea will come down from their thrones, and they will put aside their exterior cloak, and their embroidered garments they will strip. Apprehension, they will be clothed in. On the earth they will sit, and they will be apprehensive at every moment, and will be appalled over you.	3e	4C	33 25
וְנָשְׂא֨וּ עָלַ֤יִךְ קִינָה֙ וְאָ֣מְרוּ לָ֔ךְ אֵ֣יךְ אָבַ֔דְתְּ נוֹשֶׁ֖בֶת מִיַּמִּ֑ים הָעִ֣יר הַהֻלָּ֗לָה אֲשֶׁר֩ הָיְתָ֨ה חֲזָקָ֤ה בַיָּם֙ הִ֣יא וְיֹשְׁבֶ֔יהָ אֲשֶׁר־נָתְנ֥וּ חִתִּיתָ֖ם לְכָל־יוֹשְׁבֶֽיהָ	17		And they will lift up over you a dirge, and will say to you, How you are perished that was inhabited by sailors, the city so praised, that was courageous by sea, she and her inhabitants, that gave their dismay to all its inhabitants.	3e	4C	22 32
עַתָּה֙ יֶחְרְד֣וּ הָֽאִיִּ֔ן י֖וֹם מַפַּלְתֵּ֑ךְ וְנִבְהֲל֛וּ הָאִיִּ֥ים אֲשֶׁר־בַּיָּ֖ם מִצֵּאתֵֽךְ	18		Now the islands are apprehensive the day of your fall, and the islands will be vexed that are in the sea at your going out.	3d	4B	12 14
כִּ֣י כֹ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה בְּתִתִּ֤י אֹתָךְ֙ עִ֣יר נֶחֱרֶ֔בֶת כֶּעָרִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹֽא־נוֹשָׁ֑בוּ בְּהַעֲל֤וֹת עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ אֶת־תְּה֔וֹם וְכִסּ֖וּךְ הַמַּ֥יִם הָרַבִּֽים	19	B	For thus says my Lord Yahweh, when I consign you as a deserted city, as the cities that are not inhabited, when I bring up over you an abyss, and cover you with many waters,	3e	4C	27 18
וְהוֹרַדְתִּיךְ֩ אֶת־י֨וֹרְדֵי ב֜וֹר אֶל־עַ֣ם עוֹלָ֗ם וְ֠הוֹשַׁבְתִּיךְ בְּאֶ֨רֶץ תַּחְתִּיּ֜וֹת כָּחֳרָב֤וֹת מֵֽעוֹלָם֙ אֶת־י֣וֹרְדֵי ב֔וֹר לְמַ֖עַן לֹ֣א תֵשֵׁ֑בִי וְנָתַתִּ֥י צְבִ֖י בְּאֶ֥רֶץ חַיִּֽים	20		When I bring you down with those going down into a pit, to a people of eras past, and settle you in the land of the low, as the deserts from eras past, with those going down into a pit, so that not you are inhabited, then I will give status in the land of the living.	3e	4C	40 11
בַּלָּה֥וֹת אֶתְּנֵ֖ךְ וְאֵינֵ֑ךְ וּֽתְבֻקְשִׁ֗י וְלֹֽא־תִמָּצְאִ֥י עוֹד֙ לְעוֹלָ֔ם נְאֻ֖ם אֲדֹנָ֥י יְהֹוִֽה	21		I will make you fade, and you will not be. Though you are sought, yet you will not be found any more forever, an oracle of my Lord Yahweh.	3e	4A	8 19

The extended statement in verses 19-20 should be a translation exercise. What a mouthful! JB reverts to prose from their poetic indentation. (If one sings the music, does the text become poetry?) Music follows with my choices of possible glosses for verses 20-21 below. But use your own discretion. I am attempting to use my domain-subdomain filters and they are a very loose imposition on the data at the moment. Or take your favorite translation and map it to the stems. See what the committees did. And what does this mean? Who are the islands? Is Ezekiel anti-trade as if he were in favour of economic nationalism? (Not a chance.) Is Tyre an image of something more?




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I think my automated posts to Facebook at 4 am every morning are going to stop on June 6. This feature was provided by Networked blogs and now they want not to do it anymore. Some of my friends will be delighted since they get too many posts about my 'reading' project. I will probably share my links manually to FB and Twitter. Any other locations (Google+ will continue) are outside my knowledge. I do have accounts at Tumblr and Wordpress but I don't use them much.

Does anyone have some good ideas about promoting content on social media platforms? Happy to hear from you.

Always happy to hear from you. I still comment on blogs occasionally but it is almost as rare as the dodo bird.

About eclectic reconstruction of texts, there is a good article in 4 parts here. Those of you who read about my own music and concordant English reading of the Hebrew will see where I have not gone in my search for texts. I simply look at what I am given. The search for earlier texts is itself a fascinating study, but not my goal.

Jeremiah 12

This short chapter has been full of thorns. I knew but had forgotten a synonym I could not resolve into two separate words since pluck is short of synonyms in English. And here was yet a third Hebrew stem wanting to use pluck. נתשׁ is a word that occurs 13 times in Jeremiah and also occurs once each in a number of other books.  At least that is how it looks in my data to date. In the Psalms, its sense seems to be blot out, but in Jeremiah, it seems also to have a more limited sense of pluck out. I decided pluck out was a reading into the text of unwarranted anger, and that the simple deport was adequate. I saw then that deport would fit in some if not all of the singular uses in other books.

One of the problems of beginning with poetry is that the poetic is glossed first. Possibly this was a simple word before it was used figuratively.

These questions slow me down... But when I resolve the conflict, something clicks into place perhaps just a little more snugly. In this case blot out is sometimes too strong and deport is more appropriate. Fortunately I was able rescue the gloss deport, by replacing my careless use of deportation for גלה with its dominant gloss, exile.

One just cannot paint every piece of the puzzle the same colour. But which colour goes with which piece? I am questioning every careless synonym. And I already had a compromise for pluck. I have not been able to fix that yet. What are the nuanced distinctions between נסח and קטף? The former is given the Latin evelli, and extirpate will do quite nicely. Though regrettably, it changes a psalm and so affects previously published books. O well, such must be the case.

Watch for unannounced changes in speaker. Where are they and who is speaking?

Jeremiah 12		Fn		Min	Max	Syll
צַדִּ֤יק אַתָּה֙ יְהוָ֔ה כִּ֥י אָרִ֖יב אֵלֶ֑יךָ אַ֤ךְ מִשְׁפָּטִים֙ אֲדַבֵּ֣ר אוֹתָ֔ךְ מַדּ֗וּעַ דֶּ֤רֶךְ רְשָׁעִים֙ צָלֵ֔חָה שָׁל֖וּ כָּל־בֹּ֥גְדֵי בָֽגֶד	1		A righteous one you are, Yahweh, but I will strive against you. Surely to judgment I will speak with you. Why does the way of the wicked thrive? They are all at ease, those treacherous in treachery.	3e	4C	12 27
נְטַעְתָּם֙ גַּם־שֹׁרָ֔שׁוּ יֵלְכ֖וּ גַּם־עָ֣שׂוּ פֶ֑רִי קָר֤וֹב אַתָּה֙ בְּפִיהֶ֔ם וְרָח֖וֹק מִכִּלְיוֹתֵיהֶֽם	2		You have planted them. They even take root. They proceed. They even are fruitful. You are near in their mouths, and distant from their vital centres.	3e	4C	14 15
וְאַתָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ יְדַעְתָּ֔נִי תִּרְאֵ֕נִי וּבָחַנְתָּ֥ לִבִּ֖י אִתָּ֑ךְ הַתִּקֵם֙ כְּצֹ֣אן לְטִבְחָ֔ה וְהַקְדִּשֵׁ֖ם לְי֥וֹם הֲרֵגָֽה	3		But you Yahweh, you know me, you have seen me, and my heart is encamped with you. Detach them like a flock for slaughter, and sanctify them for the day of slaying.	3e	4C	20 17
עַד־מָתַי֙ תֶּאֱבַ֣ל הָאָ֔רֶץ וְעֵ֥שֶׂב כָּל־הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה יִיבָ֑שׁ מֵרָעַ֣ת יֹֽשְׁבֵי־בָ֗הּ סָפְתָ֤ה בְהֵמוֹת֙ וָע֔וֹף כִּ֣י אָמְר֔וּ לֹ֥א יִרְאֶ֖ה אֶת־אַחֲרִיתֵֽנוּ	4		How long will the land lament and the herb of every field dry up from the evil of her inhabitants? Snatched are the beasts and the fowl, for they say, He will not see our aftermath.	3e	4C	18 25
כִּ֣י אֶת־רַגְלִ֥ים ׀ רַ֙צְתָּה֙ וַיַּלְא֔וּךָ וְאֵ֥יךְ תְּתַֽחֲרֶ֖ה אֶת־הַסּוּסִ֑ים וּבְאֶ֤רֶץ שָׁלוֹם֙ אַתָּ֣ה בוֹטֵ֔חַ וְאֵ֥יךְ תַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה בִּגְא֥וֹן הַיַּרְדֵּֽן	5	B	If with those on foot you have raced, and they have fatigued you, then how you will be burned with the horses. And in the land of peace, you trust, then how will you do in the pride of the Jordan?	3e	4C	20 20
כִּ֧י גַם־אַחֶ֣יךָ וּבֵית־אָבִ֗יךָ גַּם־הֵ֙מָּה֙ בָּ֣גְדוּ בָ֔ךְ גַּם־הֵ֛מָּה קָרְא֥וּ אַחֲרֶ֖יךָ מָלֵ֑א אַל־תַּאֲמֵ֣ן בָּ֔ם כִּֽי־יְדַבְּר֥וּ אֵלֶ֖יךָ טוֹבֽוֹת	6	c	For even your kin and your father's house, even they themselves are treacherous with you, even they themselves have called after you a fullness. You will not believe them though they speak to you good things.	3c	4B	27 14
עָזַ֙בְתִּי֙ אֶת־בֵּיתִ֔י נָטַ֖שְׁתִּי אֶת־נַחֲלָתִ֑י נָתַ֛תִּי אֶת־יְדִד֥וּת נַפְשִׁ֖י בְּכַ֥ף אֹיְבֶֽיהָ	7		I have forsaken my house. I have abandoned my own inheritance. I have given the beloved of my integrity into the palm of my enemies.	3d	4A	14 14
הָיְתָה־לִּ֥י נַחֲלָתִ֖י כְּאַרְיֵ֣ה בַיָּ֑עַר נָתְנָ֥ה עָלַ֛י בְּקוֹלָ֖הּ עַל־כֵּ֥ן שְׂנֵאתִֽיהָ	8		My own inheritance has become for me like a lion in the forest. It has given its voice against me, so I have hated it.	3d	4B	13 13
הַעַ֨יִט צָב֤וּעַ נַחֲלָתִי֙ לִ֔י הַעַ֖יִט סָבִ֣יב עָלֶ֑יהָ לְכ֗וּ אִסְפ֛וּ כָּל־חַיַּ֥ת הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה הֵתָ֥יוּ לְאָכְלָֽה	9		The speckled bird of prey is my own inheritance for me. The bird of prey surrounding are upon her. Come gather, every living thing of the field, to devour her.	3d	4C	19 16
רֹעִ֤ים רַבִּים֙ שִֽׁחֲת֣וּ כַרְמִ֔י בֹּסְס֖וּ אֶת־חֶלְקָתִ֑י נָֽתְנ֛וּ אֶת־חֶלְקַ֥ת חֶמְדָּתִ֖י לְמִדְבַּ֥ר שְׁמָמָֽה	10		Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard. They have trodden down my share. They have consigned my attractive part as a desolate wilderness.	3d	4C	15 14
שָׂמָהּ֙ לִשְׁמָמָ֔ה אָבְלָ֥ה עָלַ֖י שְׁמֵמָ֑ה נָשַׁ֙מָּה֙ כָּל־הָאָ֔רֶץ כִּ֛י אֵ֥ין אִ֖ישׁ שָׂ֥ם עַל־לֵֽב	11		He set her as a desolation. She laments against me, desolate. Desolate is all the land, for there is no one to set it to heart.	3d	4A	12 13
עַֽל־כָּל־שְׁפָיִ֣ם בַּמִּדְבָּ֗ר בָּ֚אוּ שֹֽׁדְדִ֔ים כִּ֣י חֶ֤רֶב לַֽיהוָה֙ אֹֽכְלָ֔ה מִקְצֵה־אֶ֖רֶץ וְעַד־קְצֵ֣ה הָאָ֑רֶץ אֵ֥ין שָׁל֖וֹם לְכָל־בָּשָֽׂר	12		Over all protruding places in the wilderness, devastators go, for the sword of Yahweh has devoured from one extremity of land and to the other extremity of the land. There is no peace for any flesh.	3e	4C	30 7
זָרְע֤וּ חִטִּים֙ וְקֹצִ֣ים קָצָ֔רוּ נֶחְל֖וּ לֹ֣א יוֹעִ֑לוּ וּבֹ֙שׁוּ֙ מִתְּבוּאֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם מֵחֲר֖וֹן אַף־יְהוָֽה	13		They have sown wheat, but brambles they will reap. They have made themselves sick for no use, and they will be ashamed from your income, from the fierce anger of Yahweh.	3e	4C	16 14
כֹּ֣ה ׀ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה עַל־כָּל־שְׁכֵנַי֙ הָֽרָעִ֔ים הַנֹּֽגְעִים֙ בַּֽנַּחֲלָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־הִנְחַ֥לְתִּי אֶת־עַמִּ֖י אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל הִנְנִ֤י נֹֽתְשָׁם֙ מֵעַ֣ל אַדְמָתָ֔ם וְאֶת־בֵּ֥ית יְהוּדָ֖ה אֶתּ֥וֹשׁ מִתּוֹכָֽם	14	B	Thus says Yahweh, Over all my evil neighbours who have touched the inheritance that I have given as inheritance my people, Israel, note me well, I will deport them from their ground, but the house of Judah, I will deport from their midst.	3e	4C	32 20
וְהָיָ֗ה אַֽחֲרֵי֙ נָתְשִׁ֣י אוֹתָ֔ם אָשׁ֖וּב וְרִֽחַמְתִּ֑ים וַהֲשִׁבֹתִ֛ים אִ֥ישׁ לְנַחֲלָת֖וֹ וְאִ֥ישׁ לְאַרְצֽוֹ	15		And it will happen after I have deported them, I will return, and I will have compassion on them. And I will return them each to its inheritance, and each to its land.	3d	4B	16 16
וְהָיָ֡ה אִם־לָמֹ֣ד יִלְמְדוּ֩ אֶת־דַּֽרְכֵ֨י עַמִּ֜י לְהִשָּׁבֵ֤עַ בִּשְׁמִי֙ חַי־יְהוָ֔ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר לִמְּדוּ֙ אֶת־עַמִּ֔י לְהִשָּׁבֵ֖עַ בַּבָּ֑עַל וְנִבְנ֖וּ בְּת֥וֹךְ עַמִּֽי	16		And it will be that if they will be taught the ways of my people, to swear in my name, Yahweh lives, as they taught my people to swear in Baal, then they will be built in the midst of my people.	3e	4C	41 7
וְאִ֖ם לֹ֣א יִשְׁמָ֑עוּ וְנָ֨תַשְׁתִּ֜י אֶת־הַגּ֥וֹי הַה֛וּא נָת֥וֹשׁ וְאַבֵּ֖ד נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה	17		And if they do not hear, I will deport that nation, deport and eliminate, an oracle of Yahweh.	3d	4B	6 19

Psalm 81

Alternate Psalm for Pentecost 2 (Trinity 1) Regular psalm is 139.

Psalms 81		Fn		Min	Max	Syll
לַמְנַצֵּ֬חַ ׀ עַֽל־הַגִּתִּ֬ית לְאָסָֽף	1		For the leader on musing, of Asaph.	3e	3e	11
הַ֭רְנִינוּ לֵאלֹהִ֣ים עוּזֵּ֑נוּ הָ֝רִ֗יעוּ לֵאלֹהֵ֥י יַעֲקֹֽב	2	g	Shout for joy to God our strength. Raise a shout to the God of Jacob.	3e	4B	9 9
שְֽׂאוּ־זִ֭מְרָה וּתְנוּ־תֹ֑ף כִּנּ֖וֹר נָעִ֣ים עִם־נָֽבֶל	3		Lift up a psalm and play a tambourine, a pleasant harp with lute.	3e	4B	7 7
תִּקְע֣וּ בַחֹ֣דֶשׁ שׁוֹפָ֑ר בַּ֝כֵּ֗סֶה לְי֣וֹם חַגֵּֽנוּ	4		Sound a shophar in the new moon, in the full moon on the day of our festive sacrifice.	3e	4B	7 8
כִּ֤י חֹ֣ק לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל ה֑וּא מִ֝שְׁפָּ֗ט לֵאלֹהֵ֥י יַעֲקֹֽב	5	C	For a statute to Israel this is, a judgment of the God of Jacob.	3e	4C	7 8
עֵ֤דוּת ׀ בִּֽיה֘וֹסֵ֤ף שָׂמ֗וֹ בְּ֭צֵאתוֹ עַל־אֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם שְׂפַ֖ת לֹא־יָדַ֣עְתִּי אֶשְׁמָֽע	6	C	A testimony in Joseph he set up when he went out over the land of Egypt. A language I did not know, I hear.	3e	4C	16 7
הֲסִיר֣וֹתִי מִסֵּ֣בֶל שִׁכְמ֑וֹ כַּ֝פָּ֗יו מִדּ֥וּד תַּעֲבֹֽרְנָה	7		I put aside his backside from a burden. His palms passed through from infatuation.	3e	4B	9 8
בַּצָּרָ֥ה קָרָ֗אתָ וָאֲחַ֫לְּצֶ֥ךָּ אֶ֭עֶנְךָ בְּסֵ֣תֶר רַ֑עַם אֶבְחָֽנְךָ֨ עַל־מֵ֖י מְרִיבָ֣ה סֶֽלָה	8		In trouble you called and I rescued you. I answered you in the secrecy of thunder. I tested you over the waters of Meribah. Selah.	3e	4B	11 8 10
שְׁמַ֣ע עַ֭מִּי וְאָעִ֣ידָה בָּ֑ךְ יִ֝שְׂרָאֵ֗ל אִם־תִּֽשְׁמַֽע־לִֽי	9		Hear my people and I will testify in you, Israel if you will hear me.	3e	4B	9 7
לֹֽא־יִהְיֶ֣ה בְ֭ךָ אֵ֣ל זָ֑ר וְלֹ֥א תִ֝שְׁתַּחֲוֶ֗ה לְאֵ֣ל נֵכָֽר	10		There will not be among you a strange god, and you will not worship an alien god.	3e	4B	7 10
אָנֹכִ֨י ׀ יְה֘וָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ הַֽ֭מַּעַלְךָ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם הַרְחֶב־פִּ֝֗יךָ וַאֲמַלְאֵֽהוּ	11		I, Yahweh your God, brought you up from the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide and I will fill it.	3e	4C	19 9
וְלֹא־שָׁמַ֣ע עַמִּ֣י לְקוֹלִ֑י וְ֝יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל לֹא־אָ֥בָה לִֽי	12		But my people did not hear my voice, and Israel did not consent to me.	3e	4B	8 7
וָֽ֭אֲשַׁלְּחֵהוּ בִּשְׁרִיר֣וּת לִבָּ֑ם יֵ֝לְכ֗וּ בְּֽמוֹעֲצוֹתֵיהֶֽם	13	g	So I sent them out in the stubbornness of their heart, and they walk in their own conspiracies.	3e	4B	10 8
ל֗וּ עַ֭מִּי שֹׁמֵ֣עַֽ לִ֑י יִ֝שְׂרָאֵ֗ל בִּדְרָכַ֥י יְהַלֵּֽכוּ	14	~	If only my people heard me, Israel in my ways would walk.	3e	4B	7 10
כִּ֭מְעַט אוֹיְבֵיהֶ֣ם אַכְנִ֑יעַ וְעַ֥ל צָ֝רֵיהֶ֗ם אָשִׁ֥יב יָדִֽי	15	g	In short order I would bring their enemies to heel, and over their troubles I would turn my hand.	3e	4B	8 9
מְשַׂנְאֵ֣י יְ֭הוָה יְכַֽחֲשׁוּ־ל֑וֹ וִיהִ֖י עִתָּ֣ם לְעוֹלָֽם	16		Those hating Yahweh would cringe under him, and their time would be forever.	3e	4B	9 7
וַֽ֭יַּאֲכִילֵהוּ מֵחֵ֣לֶב חִטָּ֑ה וּ֝מִצּ֗וּר דְּבַ֣שׁ אַשְׂבִּיעֶֽךָ	17	g	I would feed them from the choicest wheat, and from the honeyed rock I would satisfy you.	3e	4B	11 9

2 Samuel 21

There are a few tongue-twisters here. I also wrestled a little with the giants. I don't remember why I did not use the gloss giant. For רפאים I have used shades or titans. Shades for the metaphorical usage in parallel with the dead. There is a note here on Deuteronomy 3. I can see why folks like Deane had enough material for doctorates on giants.

re Goliath, compare the parallel, 1 Chronicles 20:5.

2 Samuel 21		Fn		Min	Max	Syll
וַיְהִ֣י רָעָב֩ בִּימֵ֨י דָוִ֜ד שָׁלֹ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֗ים שָׁנָה֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י שָׁנָ֔ה וַיְבַקֵּ֥שׁ דָּוִ֖ד אֶת־פְּנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָ֗ה אֶל־שָׁאוּל֙ וְאֶל־בֵּ֣ית הַדָּמִ֔ים עַל־אֲשֶׁר־הֵמִ֖ית אֶת־הַגִּבְעֹנִֽים	1		And there was a famine in the days of David, three years, year after year, and David sought out the face of Yahweh. And Yahweh said, To Saul and to the house of blood, in that he had put to death the Gibeonites.	3e	4B	29 24
וַיִּקְרָ֥א הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ לַגִּבְעֹנִ֖ים וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵיהֶ֑ם וְהַגִּבְעֹנִ֞ים לֹ֣א מִבְּנֵ֧י יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל הֵ֗מָּה כִּ֚י אִם־מִיֶּ֣תֶר הָאֱמֹרִ֔י וּבְנֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ נִשְׁבְּע֣וּ לָהֶ֔ם וַיְבַקֵּ֤שׁ שָׁאוּל֙ לְהַכֹּתָ֔ם בְּקַנֹּאת֥וֹ לִבְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וִיהוּדָֽה	2		So the king called the Gibeonites, and he said to them, (and the Gibeonites, they were not from the children of Israel but rather from the remains of the Amorite, and the children of Israel had sworn to them, and Saul sought out to strike them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah),	3c	4C	16 53
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר דָּוִד֙ אֶל־הַגִּבְעֹנִ֔ים מָ֥ה אֶעֱשֶׂ֖ה לָכֶ֑ם וּבַמָּ֣ה אֲכַפֵּ֔ר וּבָרְכ֖וּ אֶת־נַחֲלַ֥ת יְהוָֽה	3		And David said to the Gibeonites, What will I do for you? And with what will I make a cover-price, that you may bless the inheritance of Yahweh?	3e	4C	16 15
וַיֹּ֧אמְרוּ ל֣וֹ הַגִּבְעֹנִ֗ים אֵֽין־לָ֜נוּ כֶּ֤סֶף וְזָהָב֙ עִם־שָׁא֣וּל וְעִם־בֵּית֔וֹ וְאֵֽין־לָ֥נוּ אִ֖ישׁ לְהָמִ֣ית בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיֹּ֛אמֶר מָֽה־אַתֶּ֥ם אֹמְרִ֖ים אֶעֱשֶׂ֥ה לָכֶֽם	4		And the Gibeonites said to him, Not for us silver and gold, whether from Saul or from his house, and not for us to execute anyone in Israel. And he said, What do you say I should do for you?	3c	4C	35 13
וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ אֶל־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ הָאִישׁ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר כִּלָּ֔נוּ וַאֲשֶׁ֖ר דִּמָּה־לָ֑נוּ נִשְׁמַ֕דְנוּ מֵֽהִתְיַצֵּ֖ב בְּכָל־גְּבֻ֥ל יִשְׂרָאֵֽל	5		And they said to the king, The person who consumed us, and who muted us, exterminating us from being stationed in any of the borders of Israel,	3e	4B	21 14
יֻתַּן־לָ֜נוּ שִׁבְעָ֤ה אֲנָשִׁים֙ מִבָּנָ֔יו וְהוֹקַֽעֲנוּם֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה בְּגִבְעַ֥ת שָׁא֖וּל בְּחִ֣יר יְהוָ֑ה וַיֹּ֥אמֶר הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ אֲנִ֥י אֶתֵּֽן	6		Let seven men be given to us from among his children, and we will display them to Yahweh in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of Yahweh. And the king said, I myself will give.	3e	4C	28 10
וַיַּחְמֹ֣ל הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ עַל־מְפִי־בֹ֖שֶׁת בֶּן־יְהוֹנָתָ֣ן בֶּן־שָׁא֑וּל עַל־שְׁבֻעַ֤ת יְהוָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בֵּֽינֹתָ֔ם בֵּ֣ין דָּוִ֔ד וּבֵ֖ין יְהוֹנָתָ֥ן בֶּן־שָׁאֽוּל	7		But the king pitied Mephiboshet, child of Jonathan, child of Saul, concerning an oath of Yahweh that was between them, between David and Jonathan, child of Saul.	3e	4C	18 23
וַיִּקַּ֣ח הַמֶּ֡לֶךְ אֶת־שְׁ֠נֵי בְּנֵ֨י רִצְפָּ֤ה בַת־אַיָּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יָלְדָ֣ה לְשָׁא֔וּל אֶת־אַרְמֹנִ֖י וְאֶת־מְפִבֹ֑שֶׁת וְאֶת־חֲמֵ֗שֶׁת בְּנֵי֙ מִיכַ֣ל בַּת־שָׁא֔וּל אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָלְדָ֛ה לְעַדְרִיאֵ֥ל בֶּן־בַּרְזִלַּ֖י הַמְּחֹלָתִֽי	8		And the king took two of the sons of Ritspah, the daughter of Ayah, which she gave birth to for Saul, Armoni and Mephiboshet, and the five sons of Michal, the daughter of Saul, which she gave birth to for Adriel, child of Barzillai the Meholathite.	3d	4C	33 28
וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֞ם בְּיַ֣ד הַגִּבְעֹנִ֗ים וַיֹּקִיעֻ֤ם בָּהָר֙ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה וַיִּפְּל֥וּ שְׁבַעְתָּ֖ם יָ֑חַד וְהֵ֨מָּה הֻמְת֜וּ בִּימֵ֤י קָצִיר֙ בָּרִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔ים בִּתְחִלַּ֖ת קְצִ֥יר שְׂעֹרִֽים	9		And he gave them into the hand of the Gibeonites, and they displayed them on the hill in the presence of Yahweh. And they fell, the seven, as one. And they were put to death in the days of the harvest, at the beginning, at the commencement of the barley harvest.	3e	4C	27 21
וַתִּקַּ֣ח רִצְפָּה֩ בַת־אַיָּ֨ה אֶת־הַשַּׂ֜ק וַתַּטֵּ֨הוּ לָ֤הּ אֶל־הַצּוּר֙ מִתְּחִלַּ֣ת קָצִ֔יר עַ֛ד נִתַּךְ־מַ֥יִם עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם מִן־הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם וְלֹֽא־נָתְנָה֩ ע֨וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֜יִם לָנ֤וּחַ עֲלֵיהֶם֙ יוֹמָ֔ם וְאֶת־חַיַּ֥ת הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה לָֽיְלָה	10		And Ritspah the daughter of Ayah took sackcloth and stretched it out for herself on the rock, from the start of the harvest till water was poured forth on them from the heavens, and no fowl of the heavens was permitted to rest on them by day, nor the animals of the field by night.	3d	4C	36 25
וַיֻּגַּ֖ד לְדָוִ֑ד אֵ֧ת אֲשֶׁר־עָשְׂתָ֛ה רִצְפָּ֥ה בַת־אַיָּ֖ה פִּלֶ֥גֶשׁ שָׁאֽוּל	11		And it was told David, what Ritspah, the daughter of Ayah, the courtesan of Saul had done.	3c	4A	6 15
וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ דָּוִ֗ד וַיִּקַּ֞ח אֶת־עַצְמ֤וֹת שָׁאוּל֙ וְאֶת־עַצְמוֹת֙ יְהוֹנָתָ֣ן בְּנ֔וֹ מֵאֵ֕ת בַּעֲלֵ֖י יָבֵ֣ישׁ גִּלְעָ֑ד אֲשֶׁר֩ גָּנְב֨וּ אֹתָ֜ם מֵרְחֹ֣ב בֵּֽית־שַׁ֗ן אֲשֶׁ֨ר תְּלָא֥וּם שָׁ֙מָּה֙ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים בְּי֨וֹם הַכּ֧וֹת פְּלִשְׁתִּ֛ים אֶת־שָׁא֖וּל בַּגִּלְבֹּֽעַ	12		And David went and he took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son, from the superiors of Jabesh Gilead, who had stolen them from the plaza of the house of Shean where the Philistines had hanged them, on the day the Philistines struck Saul in Gilboa.	3c	4C	32 34
וַיַּ֤עַל מִשָּׁם֙ אֶת־עַצְמ֣וֹת שָׁא֔וּל וְאֶת־עַצְמ֖וֹת יְהוֹנָתָ֣ן בְּנ֑וֹ וַיַּ֣אַסְפ֔וּ אֶת־עַצְמ֖וֹת הַמּוּקָעִֽים	13		And he brought up from there the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son, and gathered the bones of those who were displayed.	3e	4C	20 11
וַיִּקְבְּר֣וּ אֶת־עַצְמוֹת־שָׁא֣וּל וִיהוֹנָֽתָן־בְּ֠נוֹ בְּאֶ֨רֶץ בִּנְיָמִ֜ן בְּצֵלָ֗ע בְּקֶ֙בֶר֙ קִ֣ישׁ אָבִ֔יו וַֽיַּעֲשׂ֔וּ כֹּ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֖ה הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וַיֵּעָתֵ֧ר אֱלֹהִ֛ים לָאָ֖רֶץ אַֽחֲרֵי־כֵֽן	14		And they entombed the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the land of Benjamin, in Halt, in the tomb of Kish his father, and they did all that the king commanded, and God was petitioned for the land, after such things.	3c	4B	42 14
וַתְּהִי־ע֧וֹד מִלְחָמָ֛ה לַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיֵּ֨רֶד דָּוִ֜ד וַעֲבָדָ֥יו עִמּ֛וֹ וַיִּלָּחֲמ֥וּ אֶת־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים וַיָּ֥עַף דָּוִֽד	15		And there was more war for the Philistines with Israel, and David went down and his servants with him, and they fought the Philistines, and David was tired.	3c	4A	13 25
וְיִשְׁבִּ֨י בְּנֹ֜ב אֲשֶׁ֣ר ׀ בִּילִידֵ֣י הָרָפָ֗ה וּמִשְׁקַ֤ל קֵינוֹ֙ שְׁלֹ֤שׁ מֵאוֹת֙ מִשְׁקַ֣ל נְחֹ֔שֶׁת וְה֖וּא חָג֣וּר חֲדָשָׁ֑ה וַיֹּ֖אמֶר לְהַכּ֥וֹת אֶת־דָּוִֽד	16		And the one sitting at Nob, who was in the successions of the titan, and the weight of his pike, three hundred shekels of brass, and he was newly attired, and he said he would strike David.	3e	4C	34 9
וַיַּֽעֲזָר־לוֹ֙ אֲבִישַׁ֣י בֶּן־צְרוּיָ֔ה וַיַּ֥ךְ אֶת־הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖י וַיְמִיתֵ֑הוּ אָ֣ז נִשְׁבְּעוּ֩ אַנְשֵׁי־דָוִ֨ד ל֜וֹ לֵאמֹ֗ר לֹא־תֵצֵ֨א ע֤וֹד אִתָּ֙נוּ֙ לַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה וְלֹ֥א תְכַבֶּ֖ה אֶת־נֵ֥ר יִשְׂרָאֵֽל	17		But Abishai, child of Tseruyah, was help to him, and he struck the Philistine and rendered him lifeless. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, You will not go out any more with us to battle, that the lamp of Israel not be quenched.	3e	4C	22 30
וַֽיְהִי֙ אַֽחֲרֵי־כֵ֔ן וַתְּהִי־ע֧וֹד הַמִּלְחָמָ֛ה בְּג֖וֹב עִם־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים אָ֣ז הִכָּ֗ה סִבְּכַי֙ הַחֻ֣שָׁתִ֔י אֶת־סַ֕ף אֲשֶׁ֖ר בִּילִדֵ֥י הָרָפָֽה	18		And it was after such that there was the further battle in Gob with the Philistines. Then Thicket the Xushty struck Threshold, who was in the successions of the titan.	3c	4B	19 19
וַתְּהִי־ע֧וֹד הַמִּלְחָמָ֛ה בְּג֖וֹב עִם־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים וַיַּ֡ךְ אֶלְחָנָן֩ בֶּן־יַעְרֵ֨י אֹרְגִ֜ים בֵּ֣ית הַלַּחְמִ֗י אֵ֚ת גָּלְיָ֣ת הַגִּתִּ֔י וְעֵ֣ץ חֲנִית֔וֹ כִּמְנ֖וֹר אֹרְגִֽים	19		And there was yet again the battle in Gob with the Philistines, and Elxanan, child of the forests of the weaver of Bethlehem, struck Goliath the Gittite, and the timber of his spear was like a weaver's beam.	3c	4C	13 29
וַתְּהִי־ע֥וֹד מִלְחָמָ֖ה בְּגַ֑ת וַיְהִ֣י ׀ אִ֣ישׁ מָד֗וֹן וְאֶצְבְּעֹ֣ת יָדָיו֩ וְאֶצְבְּעֹ֨ת רַגְלָ֜יו שֵׁ֣שׁ וָשֵׁ֗שׁ עֶשְׂרִ֤ים וְאַרְבַּע֙ מִסְפָּ֔ר וְגַם־ה֖וּא יֻלַּ֥ד לְהָרָפָֽה	20		Then there was more war in Gath. And there was a man of dissension, and the fingers of his hands, and the toes of his feet, were six and six, twenty four the count. And he also was born of the titan.	3e	4C	8 36
וַיְחָרֵ֖ף אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיַּכֵּ֙הוּ֙ יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ן בֶּן־שִׁמְעָ֖ה אֲחִ֥י דָוִֽד	21		And he reproached Israel. And Jonathan child of Shema the brother of David struck him.	3e	4B	7 15
אֶת־אַרְבַּ֥עַת אֵ֛לֶּה יֻלְּד֥וּ לְהָרָפָ֖ה בְּגַ֑ת וַיִּפְּל֥וּ בְיַד־דָּוִ֖ד וּבְיַ֥ד עֲבָדָֽיו	22		These four were born to the titan in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.	3d	4A	14 12

Judges 18

This section of the Bible, like many, has no example of good behaviour among the chosen people. Do not go and do likewise. This continues the story of Micah.

Judges 18		Fn		Min	Max	Syll
בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵ֔ם אֵ֥ין מֶ֖לֶךְ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וּבַיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵ֗ם שֵׁ֣בֶט הַדָּנִ֞י מְבַקֶּשׁ־ל֤וֹ נַֽחֲלָה֙ לָשֶׁ֔בֶת כִּי֩ לֹֽא־נָ֨פְלָה לּ֜וֹ עַד־הַיּ֥וֹם הַה֛וּא בְּתוֹךְ־שִׁבְטֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּנַחֲלָֽה	1		In those days there was no king in Israel. And in those days, the sceptre of the Danites sought for itself to settle an inheritance. For until that day the inheritance had not fallen to it among the sceptres of Israel.	3d	4C	12 42
וַיִּשְׁלְח֣וּ בְנֵי־דָ֣ן ׀ מִֽמִּשְׁפַּחְתָּ֡ם חֲמִשָּׁ֣ה אֲנָשִׁ֣ים מִקְצוֹתָם֩ אֲנָשִׁ֨ים בְּנֵי־חַ֜יִל מִצָּרְעָ֣ה וּמֵֽאֶשְׁתָּאֹ֗ל לְרַגֵּ֤ל אֶת־הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ וּלְחָקְרָ֔הּ וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֲלֵהֶ֔ם לְכ֖וּ חִקְר֣וּ אֶת־הָאָ֑רֶץ וַיָּבֹ֤אוּ הַר־אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙ עַד־בֵּ֣ית מִיכָ֔ה וַיָּלִ֖ינוּ שָֽׁם	2		And the children of Dan sent from their family, five persons from their shores, persons of children of ability, from Tsora and from Eshtaol, to survey the land and to examine it, and they said to them, Go. Examine the land. And they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and they lodged there.	3e	4C	58 15
הֵ֚מָּה עִם־בֵּ֣ית מִיכָ֔ה וְהֵ֣מָּה הִכִּ֔ירוּ אֶת־ק֥וֹל הַנַּ֖עַר הַלֵּוִ֑י וַיָּס֣וּרוּ שָׁ֗ם וַיֹּ֤אמְרוּ לוֹ֙ מִֽי־הֱבִיאֲךָ֣ הֲלֹ֔ם וּמָֽה־אַתָּ֥ה עֹשֶׂ֛ה בָּזֶ֖ה וּמַה־לְּךָ֥ פֹֽה	3	C	They were with the house of Micah, and they recognized the voice of the Levite lad, and they turned aside there and they said to him, Who brought you here? And what you are doing in this? And what do you have here?	3d	4C	20 28
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֔ם כָּזֹ֣ה וְכָזֶ֔ה עָ֥שָׂה לִ֖י מִיכָ֑ה וַיִּשְׂכְּרֵ֕נִי וָאֱהִי־ל֖וֹ לְכֹהֵֽן	4		And he said to them, As this and as this, Micah has done for me, And he has hired me, and I am his priest.	3e	4B	16 11
וַיֹּ֥אמְרוּ ל֖וֹ שְׁאַל־נָ֣א בֵאלֹהִ֑ים וְנֵ֣דְעָ֔ה הֲתַצְלִ֣יחַ דַּרְכֵּ֔נוּ אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲנַ֖חְנוּ הֹלְכִ֥ים עָלֶֽיהָ	5		And they said to him, Ask, if you will, in God, that we may know which way for us will be prosperous, that we may go in it.	3e	4B	10 20
וַיֹּ֧אמֶר לָהֶ֛ם הַכֹּהֵ֖ן לְכ֣וּ לְשָׁל֑וֹם נֹ֣כַח יְהוָ֔ה דַּרְכְּכֶ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר תֵּֽלְכוּ־בָֽהּ	6		And the priest said to them, Go in peace. Straightforward of Yahweh is your way that you are going in.	3c	4B	13 12
וַיֵּלְכוּ֙ חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת הָאֲנָשִׁ֔ים וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ לָ֑יְשָׁה וַיִּרְא֣וּ אֶת־הָעָ֣ם אֲשֶׁר־בְּקִרְבָּ֣הּ יוֹשֶֽׁבֶת־לָ֠בֶטַח כְּמִשְׁפַּ֨ט צִדֹנִ֜ים שֹׁקֵ֣ט ׀ וּבֹטֵ֗חַ וְאֵין־מַכְלִ֨ים דָּבָ֤ר בָּאָ֙רֶץ֙ יוֹרֵ֣שׁ עֶ֔צֶר וּרְחֹקִ֥ים הֵ֙מָּה֙ מִצִּ֣דֹנִ֔ים וְדָבָ֥ר אֵין־לָהֶ֖ם עִם־אָדָֽם	7		And the five persons went and they came to Laish. And they saw the people that were within her, settled, trusting, according to the framework of Sidonians, quiet and trusting. And there was no humiliating matter in the land. Dispossession could be coerced. Distant they were from Sidon, and they were without interaction with humanity.	3e	4C	15 60
וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ אֶל־אֲחֵיהֶ֔ם צָרְעָ֖ה וְאֶשְׁתָּאֹ֑ל וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ לָהֶ֛ם אֲחֵיהֶ֖ם מָ֥ה אַתֶּֽם	8		And they came to their kin, to Tsora and Eshtaol, and their kin said to them, What is with you?	3d	4A	13 11
וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ ק֚וּמָה וְנַעֲלֶ֣ה עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם כִּ֤י רָאִ֙ינוּ֙ אֶת־הָאָ֔רֶץ וְהִנֵּ֥ה טוֹבָ֖ה מְאֹ֑ד וְאַתֶּ֣ם מַחְשִׁ֔ים אַל־תֵּעָ֣צְל֔וּ לָלֶ֥כֶת לָבֹ֖א לָרֶ֥שֶׁת אֶת־הָאָֽרֶץ	9		And they said, Arise. Let us go up over them, for we have seen the land, and behold it is very good. But you, are you becalmed? Do not be slothful to go, to enter, to possess the land.	3e	4C	27 21
כְּבֹאֲכֶ֞ם תָּבֹ֣אוּ ׀ אֶל־עַ֣ם בֹּטֵ֗חַ וְהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ רַחֲבַ֣ת יָדַ֔יִם כִּֽי־נְתָנָ֥הּ אֱלֹהִ֖ים בְּיֶדְכֶ֑ם מָקוֹם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֵֽין־שָׁ֣ם מַחְס֔וֹר כָּל־דָּבָ֖ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּאָֽרֶץ	10		When you come, you come to a trusting people, and the land is broad of means, for God has given her into your hand, a place where there is no lack of every thing that is in the earth.	3e	4B	29 16
וַיִּסְע֤וּ מִשָּׁם֙ מִמִּשְׁפַּ֣חַת הַדָּנִ֔י מִצָּרְעָ֖ה וּמֵאֶשְׁתָּאֹ֑ל שֵֽׁשׁ־מֵא֣וֹת אִ֔ישׁ חָג֖וּר כְּלֵ֥י מִלְחָמָֽה	11		And they migrated from there, from the family of Dan, from Tsora and from Eshtaol, six hundred, each attired with instruments of battle.	3e	4C	20 11
וַֽיַּעֲל֗וּ וַֽיַּחֲנ֛וּ בְּקִרְיַ֥ת יְעָרִ֖ים בִּֽיהוּדָ֑ה עַל־כֵּ֡ן קָרְאוּ֩ לַמָּק֨וֹם הַה֜וּא מַחֲנֵה־דָ֗ן עַ֚ד הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֔ה הִנֵּ֕ה אַחֲרֵ֖י קִרְיַ֥ת יְעָרִֽים	12		And they came up to and encamped in the town of Yearim in Judah. Therefore they call that place the camp of Dan to this day. Behold, it is behind the town of Yearim.	3d	4C	17 28
וַיַּעַבְר֥וּ מִשָּׁ֖ם הַר־אֶפְרָ֑יִם וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ עַד־בֵּ֥ית מִיכָֽה	13		And they crossed over mount Ephraim from there, and they came to the house of Micah.	3e	4A	10 7
וַֽיַּעֲנ֞וּ חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים הַהֹלְכִים֮ לְרַגֵּל֮ אֶת־הָאָ֣רֶץ לַיִשׁ֒ וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ אֶל־אֲחֵיהֶ֔ם הַיְדַעְתֶּ֗ם כִּ֠י יֵ֣שׁ בַּבָּתִּ֤ים הָאֵ֙לֶּה֙ אֵפ֣וֹד וּתְרָפִ֔ים וּפֶ֖סֶל וּמַסֵּכָ֑ה וְעַתָּ֖ה דְּע֥וּ מַֽה־תַּעֲשֽׂוּ	14		And the five persons who went to survey the land of Laish answered, and they said to their kin, Do you know that there is in those houses an ephod, and healing images, and a graven image, and a molten image, so now make known what you will do.	3e	4C	53 9
וַיָּס֣וּרוּ שָׁ֔מָּה וַיָּבֹ֛אוּ אֶל־בֵּֽית־הַנַּ֥עַר הַלֵּוִ֖י בֵּ֣ית מִיכָ֑ה וַיִּשְׁאֲלוּ־ל֖וֹ לְשָׁלֽוֹם	15		And they turned aside there, and they came to the house of the lad, the Levite, the house of Micah, and asked him for peace.	3d	4B	20 7
וְשֵׁשׁ־מֵא֣וֹת אִ֗ישׁ חֲגוּרִים֙ כְּלֵ֣י מִלְחַמְתָּ֔ם נִצָּבִ֖ים פֶּ֣תַח הַשָּׁ֑עַר אֲשֶׁ֖ר מִבְּנֵי־דָֽן	16		And six hundred, each attired with instruments of their battle, stood firm at the door of the gate, (who were from the children of Dan).	3e	4B	21 5
וַֽיַּעֲל֞וּ חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים הַהֹלְכִים֮ לְרַגֵּ֣ל אֶת־הָאָרֶץ֒ בָּ֣אוּ שָׁ֔מָּה לָקְח֗וּ אֶת־הַפֶּ֙סֶל֙ וְאֶת־הָ֣אֵפ֔וֹד וְאֶת־הַתְּרָפִ֖ים וְאֶת־הַמַּסֵּכָ֑ה וְהַכֹּהֵ֗ן נִצָּב֙ פֶּ֣תַח הַשַּׁ֔עַר וְשֵׁשׁ־מֵא֣וֹת הָאִ֔ישׁ הֶחָג֖וּר כְּלֵ֥י הַמִּלְחָמָֽה	17		And the five persons who went to survey the land went up, entered there, took the graven image and the ephod and the healing images and the molten image. And the priest standing firm at the door of the gate, and the six hundred, each attired with the instruments of the battle.	3e	4B	47 26
וְאֵ֗לֶּה בָּ֚אוּ בֵּ֣ית מִיכָ֔ה וַיִּקְחוּ֙ אֶת־פֶּ֣סֶל הָאֵפ֔וֹד וְאֶת־הַתְּרָפִ֖ים וְאֶת־הַמַּסֵּכָ֑ה וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם֙ הַכֹּהֵ֔ן מָ֥ה אַתֶּ֖ם עֹשִֽׂים	18		And these came to the house of Micah, and they took graven image, the ephod, and the healing images, and and the molten image, and the priest said to them, What you are doing?	3e	4C	28 14
וַיֹּאמְרוּ֩ ל֨וֹ הַחֲרֵ֜שׁ שִֽׂים־יָדְךָ֤ עַל־פִּ֙יךָ֙ וְלֵ֣ךְ עִמָּ֔נוּ וֶֽהְיֵה־לָ֖נוּ לְאָ֣ב וּלְכֹהֵ֑ן הֲט֣וֹב ׀ הֱיוֹתְךָ֣ כֹהֵ֗ן לְבֵית֙ אִ֣ישׁ אֶחָ֔ד א֚וֹ הֱיוֹתְךָ֣ כֹהֵ֔ן לְשֵׁ֥בֶט וּלְמִשְׁפָּחָ֖ה בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל	19		And they said to him, Silence. Set your hand over your mouth, and go with us, and be for us father and priest. Is it better for you to be a priest of the house of one man, or for you to be a priest for a sceptre and for a family in Israel?	3e	4C	27 29
וַיִּיטַב֙ לֵ֣ב הַכֹּהֵ֔ן וַיִּקַּח֙ אֶת־הָ֣אֵפ֔וֹד וְאֶת־הַתְּרָפִ֖ים וְאֶת־הַפָּ֑סֶל וַיָּבֹ֖א בְּקֶ֥רֶב הָעָֽם	20		And the heart of the priest was merry and he took the ephod, and the healing images, and the graven image, and went within the people.	3e	4B	24 8
וַיִּפְנ֖וּ וַיֵּלֵ֑כוּ וַיָּשִׂ֨ימוּ אֶת־הַטַּ֧ף וְאֶת־הַמִּקְנֶ֛ה וְאֶת־הַכְּבוּדָּ֖ה לִפְנֵיהֶֽם	21		And they faced about, and they went, and they put the little ones, and the livestock, and the glory before them.	3c	4A	7 20
הֵ֥מָּה הִרְחִ֖יקוּ מִבֵּ֣ית מִיכָ֑ה וְהָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר בַּבָּתִּים֙ אֲשֶׁר֙ עִם־בֵּ֣ית מִיכָ֔ה נִֽזְעֲק֔וּ וַיַּדְבִּ֖יקוּ אֶת־בְּנֵי־דָֽן	22	f	They had distanced themselves from the house of Micah, and the men that were in the houses that were beside the house of Micah appealed, and followed the children of Dan closely.	3e	4C	9 27
וַֽיִּקְרְאוּ֙ אֶל־בְּנֵי־דָ֔ן וַיַּסֵּ֖בּוּ פְּנֵיהֶ֑ם וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ לְמִיכָ֔ה מַה־לְּךָ֖ כִּ֥י נִזְעָֽקְתָּ	23		And they called out to the children of Dan, and they turned round their faces, and they said to Micah, What is it to you that you appeal?	3e	4B	15 13
וַיֹּ֡אמֶר אֶת־אֱלֹהַי֩ אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂ֨יתִי לְקַחְתֶּ֧ם וְֽאֶת־הַכֹּהֵ֛ן וַתֵּלְכ֖וּ וּמַה־לִּ֣י ע֑וֹד וּמַה־זֶּ֛ה תֹּאמְר֥וּ אֵלַ֖י מַה־לָּֽךְ	24		And he said, My gods that I have made, you have taken, and the priest, and you walk away, and what is mine any more? And What is this? you say to me, What is it to you?	3c	4B	27 9
וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ אֵלָיו֙ בְּנֵי־דָ֔ן אַל־תַּשְׁמַ֥ע קוֹלְךָ֖ עִמָּ֑נוּ פֶּֽן־יִפְגְּע֣וּ בָכֶ֗ם אֲנָשִׁים֙ מָ֣רֵי נֶ֔פֶשׁ וְאָסַפְתָּ֥ה נַפְשְׁךָ֖ וְנֶ֥פֶשׁ בֵּיתֶֽךָ	25		And the children of Dan said to him, Let not your voice be heard with us, lest provocative persons come across you, and your very self be gathered, and those of your household.	3e	4C	16 26
וַיֵּלְכ֥וּ בְנֵי־דָ֖ן לְדַרְכָּ֑ם וַיַּ֣רְא מִיכָ֗ה כִּי־חֲזָקִ֥ים הֵ֙מָּה֙ מִמֶּ֔נּוּ וַיִּ֖פֶן וַיָּ֥שָׁב אֶל־בֵּיתֽוֹ	26		And the children of Dan went their way. And Micah saw that they were resolute compared to him, and he faced about and returned to his house.	3e	4B	9 21
וְהֵ֨מָּה לָקְח֜וּ אֵ֧ת אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֣ה מִיכָ֗ה וְֽאֶת־הַכֹּהֵן֮ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָיָה־לוֹ֒ וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ עַל־לַ֗יִשׁ עַל־עַם֙ שֹׁקֵ֣ט וּבֹטֵ֔חַ וַיַּכּ֥וּ אוֹתָ֖ם לְפִי־חָ֑רֶב וְאֶת־הָעִ֖יר שָׂרְפ֥וּ בָאֵֽשׁ	27		And they took what Micah had done and the priest that was his, and they came against Laish, against a people quiet and trusting, and they struck them with the edge of the sword, and the city, they incinerated in the fire.	3c	4B	44 8
וְאֵ֨ין מַצִּ֜יל כִּ֧י רְֽחוֹקָה־הִ֣יא מִצִּיד֗וֹן וְדָבָ֤ר אֵין־לָהֶם֙ עִם־אָדָ֔ם וְהִ֕יא בָּעֵ֖מֶק אֲשֶׁ֣ר לְבֵית־רְח֑וֹב וַיִּבְנ֥וּ אֶת־הָעִ֖יר וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּ בָֽהּ	28		And there was none to deliver, for it was far from Sidon, and they were without interaction with humanity, and it was in the valley that is of the house of Rexob. And they built the city and they settled in it.	3c	4C	32 10
וַיִּקְרְא֤וּ שֵׁם־הָעִיר֙ דָּ֔ן בְּשֵׁם֙ דָּ֣ן אֲבִיהֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר יוּלַּ֖ד לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְאוּלָ֛ם לַ֥יִשׁ שֵׁם־הָעִ֖יר לָרִאשֹׁנָֽה	29		So they called the name of the city Dan, in the name of Dan their father, that was born to Israel. However, Laish was the name of the city at first.	3d	4C	22 12
וַיָּקִ֧ימוּ לָהֶ֛ם בְּנֵי־דָ֖ן אֶת־הַפָּ֑סֶל וִ֠יהוֹנָתָן בֶּן־גֵּרְשֹׁ֨ם בֶּן־מְנַשֶּׁ֜ה ה֣וּא וּבָנָ֗יו הָי֤וּ כֹהֲנִים֙ לְשֵׁ֣בֶט הַדָּנִ֔י עַד־י֖וֹם גְּל֥וֹת הָאָֽרֶץ	30		And the children of Dan placed for themselves the graven image, and Jonathan child of Gershom, child of Manasseh, he and his children were priests for the sceptre of the Danites until the day of the exile of the land.	3c	4C	13 33
וַיָּשִׂ֣ימוּ לָהֶ֔ם אֶת־פֶּ֥סֶל מִיכָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֑ה כָּל־יְמֵ֛י הֱי֥וֹת בֵּית־הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים בְּשִׁלֹֽה	31		And they set up for themselves the graven image of Micah that he had made, all the days that the house of God was in Shiloh.	3d	4B	15 13