Shō•pheitꞋ #13 — Central Israel: Foothills of YᵊhūdꞋâh, Shᵊpheil•âhꞋ and Pᵊli•shᵊt•inꞋ controlled areas during time of Shi•mᵊsh•ōnꞋ Bën-Mân•ōꞋakh.

The realization that he and his wife had an encounter with a ma•lâkhꞋ é‑‑ä frightened Mân•ōꞋakh, stirring his idolatrous superstitions: "We're gonna die because we saw ël•ōh•imꞋ!" he wailed.

But his ish•âhꞋ was more level-headed. "If é‑‑ä wished to kill us then His ma•lâkhꞋ wouldn't have accepted our grill-offering and the accompanying Mi•nᵊkh•âhꞋ; nor would He have shown us all of these things, nor told us these things."

So the ish•âhꞋ gave birth to a son, and called his name Shi•mᵊsh•ōnꞋ Bën-Mân•ōꞋakh. As the boy grew, é‑‑ä blessed him; and the RūꞋakh é‑‑ä animated him throughout the Dân Tribal Region, between Tzâ•rᵊâhꞋ and Ëshᵊtâ•ōlꞋ.

Tween-age Shi•mᵊsh•ōnꞋ Acculturates Among The Pᵊli•shᵊt•inꞋ Greek Foreign Rulers

Engages To Intermarry A Pᵊli•shᵊt•itꞋ From Ti•mᵊn•âhꞋ

The Ultimate Cost Of Epikoros: Acculturation

Shi•vᵊt•eiꞋ Yi•sᵊr•â•eilꞋ

One day, Shi•mᵊsh•ōnꞋ Bën-Mân•ōꞋakh trekked down from his home in NaꞋkhal SōꞋreiq, in the foothills of YᵊhūdꞋâh, to Ti•mᵊn•âhꞋ, in the Shᵊpheil•âhꞋ, where he saw a Pᵊli•shᵊt•itꞋ named DᵊlilꞋâh.

When he had trekked back up to his home in NaꞋkhal SōꞋreiq, in the foothills of YᵊhūdꞋâh, he told his father and mother, "I've found the ish•âhꞋ! She's a Pᵊli•shᵊt•itꞋ down in Ti•mᵊn•âhꞋ. So now, make the arrangements for her to be my ish•âhꞋ.

Horrified that their nâ•zirꞋ son, Shi•mᵊsh•ōnꞋ — who didn't even cut his hair, eat anything tâ•reiphꞋ or drink any alcoholic beverage — would acculturate to intermarry a Greek Pᵊli•shᵊt•itꞋ, his father and mother pleaded with him, trying to dissuade him. "Is there no ish•âhꞋ among all of the daughters of your brothers or among all of my am?" they inveighed. "Why do you insist on an ish•âhꞋ from among the idolatrous Greek Pᵊli•shᵊt•inꞋ foreign rulers?"

"Just arrange it," Shi•mᵊsh•ōnꞋ persisted. "I'm convinced that she's the right ish•âhꞋ for me."

Although his Dad and Mom didn't realize it, this was from é‑‑ä. For Shi•mᵊsh•ōnꞋ sought a pretext-inroad into the Pᵊli•shᵊt•inꞋ, to foment a conflict because, at that time, the Pᵊli•shᵊt•inꞋ were the rulers in Yi•sᵊr•â•eilꞋ.