Hakim-hakim 6:4

6:4 They invaded the land ¹  and devoured ²  its crops ³  all the way to Gaza. They left nothing for the Israelites to eat, ⁴  and they took away ⁵  the sheep, oxen, and donkeys.

Hakim-hakim 9:44

9:44 Abimelech and his units ⁶  attacked and blocked ⁷  the entrance to the city’s gate. Two units then attacked all the people in the field and struck them down.

Hakim-hakim 11:34

11:34 When Jephthah came home to Mizpah, there was his daughter hurrying out ⁸  to meet him, dancing to the rhythm of tambourines. ⁹  She was his only child; except for her he had no son or daughter.

Hakim-hakim 19:2

19:2 However, she ¹⁰  got angry at him ¹¹  and went home ¹²  to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. When she had been there four months,

[6:4]  ¹ tn Heb “They encamped against them.”

[6:4]  ² tn Heb “destroyed.”

[6:4]  ³ tn Heb “the crops of the land.”

[6:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “They left no sustenance in Israel.”

[6:4]  ⁵ tn The words “they took away” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[9:44]  ⁶ tn Or possibly, “the unit that was with him.”

[9:44]  ⁷ tn Heb “stood [at].”

[11:34]  ⁸ tn Heb “Look! His daughter was coming out.”

[11:34]  ⁹ tn Heb “with tambourines and dancing.”

[19:2]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and his concubine.” The pronoun (“she”) has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[19:2]  ¹¹ tn Or “was unfaithful to him.” Many have understood the Hebrew verb וַתִּזְנֶה (vattizneh) as being from זָנָה (zanah, “to be a prostitute”), but it may be derived from a root meaning “to be angry; to hate” attested in Akkadian (see HALOT 275 s.v. II זנה).

[19:2]  ¹² tn Heb “went from him.”