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Judges 6:1-5

1AndthechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֛לYis.ra.'ElH3478didthatwhichwasevilהָרַ֖עha.Ra'H7451inthesightofJehovah:andJehovahdeliveredthemintothehandבְּיַד־be.yad-H3027ofMidianמִדְיָ֖ןmid.YanH4080sevenשֶׁ֥בַעShe.va'H7651yearsשָׁנִֽים׃sha.NimH8141.

2Andthehandיַד־yad-H3027ofMidianמִדְיָ֖ןmid.YanH4080prevailedוַתָּ֥עָזva.Ta.'ozH5810againstIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478;andbecauseofMidianמִדְיָ֜ןmid.YanH4080thechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElH3478madeH6213themthedenswhichareinthemountainsבֶּֽהָרִ֔יםbe.ha.RimH2022,andthecavesH4631,andthestrongholdsהַמְּצָדֽוֹת׃ha.me.tza.DotH4679.

3AndsoitwasH1961,whenIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478hadsownH2232,thattheMidianitescameup,andtheAmalekites,andthechildrenoftheeastקֶ֖דֶםKe.demH6924;theycameupagainstthem;

4andtheyencampedוַיַּחֲנ֣וּvai.ya.cha.NuH2583againstthem,anddestroyedוַיַּשְׁחִ֙יתוּ֙vai.yash.Chi.tuH7843theincreaseoftheearthH776,tillthoucomeH935untoGazaעַזָּ֑ה'a.ZahH5804,andleftH7604nosustenanceמִֽחְיָה֙mich.YahH4241inIsraelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לbe.Yis.ra.'ElH3478,neithersheepוְשֶׂ֥הve.SehH7716,noroxוָשׁ֖וֹרva.ShorH7794,norass.

5FortheycameH935upwiththeircattleandtheirtentsוְאָהֳלֵיהֶ֗םve.'o.ho.lei.HemH168;theycameH935inaslocustsאַרְבֶּה֙'ar.BehH697formultitudeלָרֹ֔בla.RoH7230; boththeyandtheircamelsוְלִגְמַלֵּיהֶ֖םve.lig.ma.lei.HemH1581werewithoutnumberמִסְפָּ֑רmis.ParH4557:andtheycameH935intothelandבָאָ֖רֶץva.'A.retzH776todestroyלְשַׁחֲתָֽהּ׃le.sha.cha.TahH7843it.

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