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1 Chronicles 12:8-15

8And of the Gaditesהַגָּדִ֡יha.ga.DiH1425there separatedנִבְדְּל֣וּniv.de.LuH914themselves unto Davidדָּוִיד֩da.VidH1732into the holdלַמְצַ֨דlam.TzadH4679to the wildernessמִדְבָּ֜רָהmid.Ba.rahH4057menגִּבֹּרֵ֣יgi.bo.ReiH1368of mightהַחַ֗יִלha.Cha.yilH2428, andmenאַנְשֵׁ֤י'an.SheiH582of warצָבָא֙tza.Va'H6635fitfor the battleלַמִּלְחָמָ֔הla.mil.cha.MahH4421,that could handleעֹרְכֵ֥י'o.re.KheiH6186shieldצִנָּ֖הtzi.NahH6793and bucklerוָרֹ֑מַחva.Ro.machH7420,whose facesוּפְנֵ֤יu.fe.NeiH6440were likethe facesפְּנֵיהֶ֔םpe.nei.HemH6440of lionsאַרְיֵה֙'ar.YehH738, and wereas swiftלְמַהֵֽר׃ סle.ma.HerH4116as the roesוְכִצְבָאיִ֥םve.khitz.va.YimH6643upon the mountainsהֶהָרִ֖יםhe.ha.RimH2022;

9Ezerעֵ֖זֶר'E.zerH5829the firstהָרֹ֑אשׁha.RoshH7218,Obadiahעֹבַדְיָה֙'oad.YahH5662the secondהַשֵּׁנִ֔יha.she.NiH8145,Eliabאֱלִיאָ֖ב'e.li.'AvH446the thirdהַשְּׁלִשִֽׁי׃ha.she.li.ShiH7992,

10Mishmannahמִשְׁמַנָּה֙mish.ma.NahH4925the fourthהָרְבִיעִ֔יha.re.vi.'IH7243,Jeremiahיִרְמְיָ֖הyir.me.YahH3414the fifthהַחֲמִשִֽׁי׃ha.cha.mi.ShiH2549,

11Attaiעַתַּי֙'a.TaiH6262the sixthהַשִּׁשִּׁ֔יha.shi.ShiH8345,Elielאֱלִיאֵ֖ל'e.li.'ElH447the seventhהַשְּׁבִעִֽי׃ha.she.vi.'IH7637,

12JohananH3110the eighthהַשְּׁמִינִ֔יha.she.mi.NiH8066,Elzabadאֶלְזָבָ֖ד'el.za.VadH443the ninthהַתְּשִׁיעִֽי׃ha.te.shi.'IH8671,

13Jeremiahיִרְמְיָ֙הוּ֙yir.me.Ya.huH3414the tenthהָעֲשִׂירִ֔י סha.'a.si.RiH6224,Machbanaiמַכְבַּנַּ֖יmakh.ba.NaiH4344the eleventhעַשְׁתֵּ֥י עָשָֽׂר׃'ash.Tei 'a.SarH6240 H6249.

14These wereof the sonsמִבְּנֵי־mi.be.nei-H1121of Gadגָ֖דgadH1410,captainsרָאשֵׁ֣יra.SheiH7218of the armyהַצָּבָ֑אha.tza.Va'H6635:oneאֶחָ֤ד'e.ChadH259of the leastהַקָּטָ֔ןha.ka.TanH6996wasover an hundredלְמֵאָה֙le.me.'AhH3967,and the greatestוְהַגָּד֖וֹלve.ha.ga.DolH1419over a thousandלְאָֽלֶף׃le.'A.lefH505.

15These arethey that went overעָבְר֤וּ'a.ve.RuH5674Jordanהַיַּרְדֵּן֙hai.yar.DenH3383in the firstהָרִאשׁ֔וֹןha.ri.ShonH7223monthבַּחֹ֣דֶשׁba.Cho.deshH2320,when it had overflownמְמַלֵּ֖אme.ma.Le'H4390all his banksגְּדוֹתָ֑יוgi.d.yo.tavH1428 H1415;and they put to flightוַיַּבְרִ֙יחוּ֙vai.yav.Ri.chuH1272all themof the valleysהָ֣עֲמָקִ֔יםha.'a.ma.KimH6010, bothtoward the eastלַמִּזְרָ֖חla.miz.RachH4217,and toward the westוְלַֽמַּעֲרָֽב׃ סve.La.ma.'a.RavH4628.

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