בַּיּ֣וֹם day bay·yō·wm בְנֵ֨י the Israelites ḇə·nê יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל . . . yiś·rā·’êl וַיַּשְׁחִיתוּ֩ slaughtered way·yaš·ḥî·ṯū עֶשְׂרִ֨ים 25,100 ‘eś·rîm וַחֲמִשָּׁ֥ה . . . wa·ḥă·miš·šāh אֶ֛לֶף . . . ’e·lep̄ וּמֵאָ֖ה . . . ū·mê·’āh אִ֑ישׁ vvv ’îš בְּבִנְיָמִן֙ Benjamites , bə·ḇin·yā·min כָּל־ all kāl- אֵ֖לֶּה . . . ’êl·leh שֹׁ֥לֵף armed šō·lêp̄ חָֽרֶב׃ with swords . ḥā·reḇ Judges 20:36 בְנֵֽי־ Then the Benjamites ḇə·nê- בִנְיָמִ֖ן . . . ḇin·yā·min וַיִּרְא֥וּ realized way·yir·’ū כִּ֣י - kî נִגָּ֑פוּ they had been defeated . nig·gā·p̄ū אִֽישׁ־ Now the men ’îš- יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל of Israel yiś·rā·’êl וַיִּתְּנ֨וּ had retreated way·yit·tə·nū מָקוֹם֙ . . . mā·qō·wm לְבִנְיָמִ֔ן before Benjamin lə·ḇin·yā·min כִּ֤י because kî בָֽטְחוּ֙ they were relying ḇā·ṭə·ḥū אֶל־ on ’el- הָ֣אֹרֵ֔ב the ambush hā·’ō·rêḇ אֲשֶׁר - ’ă·šer שָׂ֖מוּ they had set śā·mū אֶל־ against ’el- הַגִּבְעָֽה׃ Gibeah . hag·giḇ·‘āh Judges 20:37 וְהָאֹרֵ֣ב The men in ambush wə·hā·’ō·rêḇ וַֽיִּפְשְׁט֖וּ rushed way·yip̄·šə·ṭū הֵחִ֔ישׁוּ suddenly hê·ḥî·šū אֶל־ against ’el- הַגִּבְעָ֑ה Gibeah ; hag·giḇ·‘āh הָאֹרֵ֔ב they hā·’ō·rêḇ וַיִּמְשֹׁךְ֙ advanced way·yim·šōḵ וַיַּ֥ךְ and put way·yaḵ אֶת־ - ’eṯ- כָּל־ the whole kāl- הָעִ֖יר city hā·‘îr לְפִי־ vvv lə·p̄î- חָֽרֶב׃ to the sword . ḥā·reḇ Judges 20:38 לְאִ֥ישׁ The men lə·’îš יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל of Israel yiś·rā·’êl הָיָ֛ה had arranged hā·yāh וְהַמּוֹעֵ֗ד a signal wə·ham·mō·w·‘êḏ עִם־ with ‘im- הָאֹרֵ֑ב the men in ambush : hā·’ō·rêḇ לְהַעֲלוֹתָ֛ם When they sent up lə·ha·‘ă·lō·w·ṯām הֶ֕רֶב a great he·reḇ מַשְׂאַ֥ת cloud maś·’aṯ הֶעָשָׁ֖ן of smoke he·‘ā·šān מִן־ from min- הָעִֽיר׃ the city , hā·‘îr Judges 20:39 אִֽישׁ־ the men ’îš- יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל of Israel yiś·rā·’êl וַיַּהֲפֹ֥ךְ would turn way·ya·hă·p̄ōḵ בַּמִּלְחָמָ֑ה in the battle . bam·mil·ḥā·māh וּבִנְיָמִ֡ן When the Benjamites ū·ḇin·yā·min הֵחֵל֩ had begun hê·ḥêl לְהַכּ֨וֹת to strike them down , lə·hak·kō·wṯ חֲלָלִ֤ים killing ḥă·lā·lîm כִּשְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים about thirty kiš·lō·šîm אִ֔ישׁ . . . ’îš כִּ֣י . . . kî בְּאִֽישׁ־ men bə·’îš- יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ of Israel , yiś·rā·’êl אָמְר֔וּ they said , ’ā·mə·rū אַךְ֩ . . . ’aḵ הוּא֙ “ They are hū נִגּ֨וֹף defeated nig·gō·wp̄ נִגָּ֥ף . . . nig·gāp̄ לְפָנֵ֔ינוּ before us lə·p̄ā·nê·nū הָרִאשֹׁנָֽה׃ as in the first hā·ri·šō·nāh כַּמִּלְחָמָ֖ה battle . ” kam·mil·ḥā·māh Judges 20:40 וְהַמַּשְׂאֵ֗ת - wə·ham·maś·’êṯ עַמּ֣וּד But when the column ‘am·mūḏ עָשָׁ֑ן of smoke ‘ā·šān הֵחֵ֛לָּה began hê·ḥêl·lāh לַעֲל֥וֹת to go up la·‘ă·lō·wṯ מִן־ from min- הָעִ֖יר the city , hā·‘îr

