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Judges 8:18-21

18Then saidוַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559he unto Zebahזֶ֙בַח֙ze.vachH2078and Zalmunnaצַלְמֻנָּ֔עtzal.mu.Na'H6759,Whatאֵיפֹה֙'ei.FohH375manner of menהָאֲנָשִׁ֔יםha.'a.na.ShimH582were theywhom ye slewהֲרַגְתֶּ֖םha.rag.TemH2026at Taborבְּתָב֑וֹרbe.ta.VorH8396?And they answeredוַֽיֹּאמרוּ֙vai.yo.me.RuH559,As thouH3644art, so werethey; each oneאֶחָ֕ד'e.ChadH259resembledכְּתֹ֖אַרke.To.'arH8389the childrenבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121of a kingהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhH4428.

19And he saidוַיֹּאמַ֕רvai.yo.MarH559, They weremy brethrenאַחַ֥י'a.ChaiH251, eventhe sonsבְּנֵֽי־be.nei-H1121of my motherאִמִּ֖י'i.MiH517: asYhwhיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068livethחַי־chai-H2416,ifל֚וּluH3863ye had saved them aliveהַחֲיִתֶ֣םha.cha.yi.TemH2421,I would not slayהָרַ֖גְתִּיha.Rag.tiH2026you.

20And he saidוַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merH559unto Jetherלְיֶ֣תֶרle.Ye.terH3500his firstbornבְּכוֹר֔וֹbe.kho.RoH1060,Upק֖וּםkumH6965, andslayהֲרֹ֣גha.RogH2026them. But the youthהַנַּ֤עַרha.Na.'arH5288drewשָׁלַ֨ףsha.LafH8025not his swordחַרְבּוֹ֙char.BoH2719:for he fearedיָרֵ֔אya.Re'H3372, because he wasyet a youthנָֽעַר׃Na.'arH5288.

21Then Zebahזֶ֣בַחZe.vachH2078and Zalmunnaוְצַלְמֻנָּ֗עve.tzal.mu.Na'H6759saidוַיֹּ֜אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Riseק֤וּםkumH6965thou, and fallוּפְגַע־u.fe.ga'-H6293upon us: for as the manכָאִ֖ישׁkha.'IshH376is, so ishis strengthגְּבוּרָת֑וֹge.vu.ra.ToH1369.And Gideonגִּדְע֗וֹןgid.'onH1439aroseוַיָּ֣קָםvai.Ya.komH6965,and slewוַֽיַּהֲרֹג֙vai.ya.ha.RogH2026Zebahזֶ֣בַחZe.vachH2078and Zalmunnaצַלְמֻנָּ֔עtzal.mu.Na'H6759,and took awayוַיִּקַּח֙vai.yi.KachH3947the ornamentsהַשַּׂ֣הֲרֹנִ֔יםha.Sa.ha.ro.NimH7720that wereon their camels’גְמַלֵּיהֶֽם׃ge.ma.lei.HemH1581necksבְּצַוְּארֵ֥יbe.tza.ve.ReiH6677.

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