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Judges 8:18-31

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.

22Then the menאִֽישׁ־'ish-H376of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478saidוַיֹּאמְר֤וּvai.yo.me.RuH559unto Gideonגִּדְע֔וֹןgid.'onH1439,Ruleמְשָׁל־me.shol-H4910thou over us, both thou, and thy sonבִּנְךָ֖bin.KhaH1121,and thy son’sבֶּן־ben-H1121sonבְּנֶ֑ךָbe.Ne.khaH1121also: for thou hast deliveredהוֹשַׁעְתָּ֖נוּho.sha'.Ta.nuH3467us from the handמִיַּ֥דmi.YadH3027of Midianמִדְיָֽן׃mid.YanH4080.

23And Gideonגִּדְע֔וֹןgid.'onH1439saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto them, I will not ruleאֶמְשֹׁ֤ל'em.SholH4910over you, neither shall my sonבְּנִ֖יbe.NiH1121ruleיִמְשֹׁ֥לyim.SholH4910over you: Yhwhיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068shall ruleיִמְשֹׁ֥לyim.SholH4910over you.

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.

28Thus was Midianמִדְיָ֗ןmid.YanH4080subduedוַיִּכָּנַ֣עvai.yi.ka.Na'H3665beforeלִפְנֵי֙lif.NeiH6440the childrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,so that they lifted upלָשֵׂ֣אתla.SetH5375their headsרֹאשָׁ֑םro.ShamH7218no moreיָסְפ֖וּya.se.FuH3254.And the countryהָאָ֛רֶץha.'A.retzH776was in quietnessוַתִּשְׁקֹ֥טva.tish.KotH8252fortyאַרְבָּעִ֥ים'ar.ba.'ImH705yearsשָׁנָ֖הsha.NahH8141in the daysבִּימֵ֥יbi.MeiH3117of Gideonגִדְעֽוֹן׃ פgid.'onH1439.

29And Jerubbaalיְרֻבַּ֥עַלye.ru.Ba.'alH3378the sonבֶּן־ben-H1121of Joashיוֹאָ֖שׁyo.'AshH3101wentH3212and dweltוַיֵּ֥שֶׁבvai.Ye.shevH3427in his own houseבְּבֵיתֽוֹ׃be.vei.ToH1004.

30And Gideonוּלְגִדְע֗וֹןu.le.gid.'onH1439had threescore and tenשִׁבְעִ֣יםshiv.'ImH7657sonsבָּנִ֔יםba.NimH1121of his bodyיְרֵכ֑וֹye.re.KhoH3409begottenיֹצְאֵ֖יyo.tze.'EiH3318:for he had manyרַבּ֖וֹתra.BotH7227wivesנָשִׁ֥יםna.ShimH802.

31And his concubineוּפִֽילַגְשׁוֹ֙u.fi.lag.ShoH6370that wasin Shechemבִּשְׁכֶ֔םbish.KhemH7927,she also bareיָֽלְדָה־Yal.dah-H3205him a sonבֵּ֑ןBenH1121,whose nameשְׁמ֖וֹshe.MoH8034he calledוַיָּ֥שֶׂםvai.Ya.semH7760Abimelechאֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ׃'a.vi.Me.lekhH40.

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