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Judges 8:24-27

24And Gideonגִּדְע֗וֹןgid.'onH1439saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto them, I would desireאֶשְׁאֲלָ֤ה'esh.'a.LahH7592a requestשְׁאֵלָ֔הshe.'e.LahH7596of you, that ye would giveוּתְנוּ־u.te.nu-H5414me every manאִ֖ישׁ'ishH376the earringsנֶ֣זֶםNe.zemH5141of his preyשְׁלָל֑וֹshe.la.LoH7998. (For they had goldenזָהָב֙za.HavH2091earringsנִזְמֵ֤יniz.MeiH5141, because they wereIshmaelitesיִשְׁמְעֵאלִ֖יםyish.me.'e.LimH3459.)

25And they answeredוַיֹּאמְר֖וּvai.yo.me.RuH559,We will willinglyנָת֣וֹןna.TonH5414giveנִתֵּ֑ןni.TenH5414them.And they spreadוַֽיִּפְרְשׂוּ֙vai.yif.re.SuH6566a garmentהַשִּׂמְלָ֔הha.sim.LahH8071,and did castוַיַּשְׁלִ֣יכוּvai.yash.Li.khuH7993therein every manאִ֖ישׁ'ishH376the earringsנֶ֥זֶםNe.zemH5141of his preyשְׁלָלֽוֹ׃she.la.LoH7998.

26And the weightמִשְׁקַ֞לmish.KalH4948of the goldenהַזָּהָב֙ha.za.HavH2091earringsנִזְמֵ֤יniz.MeiH5141that he requestedשָׁאָ֔לsha.'AlH7592was a thousandאֶ֥לֶף'E.lefH505and sevenוּשְׁבַע־u.she.va'-H7651hundredמֵא֖וֹתme.'otH3967shekelsof goldזָהָ֑בza.HavH2091;beside ornamentsהַשַּׂהֲרֹנִ֨יםha.sa.ha.ro.NimH7720,and collarsוְהַנְּטִפ֜וֹתve.ha.ne.ti.FotH5188,and purpleהָאַרְגָּמָ֗ןha.'ar.ga.ManH713raimentוּבִגְדֵ֣יu.vig.DeiH899that wason the kingsמַלְכֵ֣יmal.KheiH4428of Midianמִדְיָ֔ןmid.YanH4080,and beside the chainsהָ֣עֲנָק֔וֹתha.'a.na.KotH6060that wereabout their camels’גְמַלֵּיהֶֽם׃ge.ma.lei.HemH1581necksבְּצַוְּארֵ֥יbe.tza.ve.ReiH6677.

27And Gideonגִדְע֜וֹןgid.'onH1439madeוַיַּעַשׂ֩vai.ya.'AsH6213an ephodלְאֵפ֗וֹדle.'e.FodH646thereof, and putוַיַּצֵּ֨גvai.ya.TzegH3322it in his cityבְעִירוֹ֙ve.'i.RoH5892, evenin Ophrahבְּעָפְרָ֔הbe.'a.fe.RahH6084:and all Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֛לYis.ra.'ElH3478went thither a whoringוַיִּזְנ֧וּvai.yiz.NuH2181afterאַחֲרָ֖יו'a.cha.RavH310it: which thing became a snareלְמוֹקֵֽשׁ׃le.mo.KeshH4170unto Gideonלְגִדְע֥וֹןle.gid.'onH1439,and to his houseוּלְבֵית֖וֹu.le.vei.ToH1004.

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