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Judges 8:18-21

18Thensaidוַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559he untoZebahזֶ֙בַח֙ze.vachH2078andZalmunnaצַלְמֻנָּ֔עtzal.mu.Na'H6759,WhatH834manner ofmenH376were theywhomH834yeslewהֲרַגְתֶּ֖םha.rag.TemH2026atTaborבְּתָב֑וֹרbe.ta.VorH8396? And theyansweredוַֽיֹּאמרוּ֙vai.yo.me.RuH559, As thou art,soH834were they;eachH376one resembled thechildrenבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121of akingהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ha.Me.lekhH4428.

19And hesaidוַיֹּאמַ֕רvai.yo.MarH559, They were mybrethrenאַחַ֥י'a.ChaiH251, thesonsבְּנֵֽי־be.nei-H1121of mymotherאִמִּ֖י'i.MiH517: as theLORDיְהוָ֗הYah.wehH3068liveth,ifל֚וּluH3863ye had saved themaliveחַי־chai-H2416, I wouldnotH3808slayהָרַ֖גְתִּיha.Rag.tiH2026youH3808.

20And hesaidוַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merH559untoJetherלְיֶ֣תֶרle.Ye.terH3500hisfirstbornבְּכוֹר֔וֹbe.kho.RoH1060,Upק֖וּםkumH6965, andslayהֲרֹ֣גha.RogH2026them. But theyouthהַנַּ֤עַרha.Na.'arH5288drewשָׁלַ֨ףsha.LafH8025notוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808hisswordחַרְבּוֹ֙char.BoH2719: for hefearedיָרֵ֔אya.Re'H3372,becauseH3588he was yet ayouthנָֽעַר׃Na.'arH5288.

21ThenZebahזֶ֣בַחZe.vachH2078andZalmunnaוְצַלְמֻנָּ֗עve.tzal.mu.Na'H6759saidוַיֹּ֜אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Riseק֤וּםkumH6965thou, andfallוּפְגַע־u.fe.ga'-H6293uponH6293usכִּ֥יkiH3588: for as themanכָאִ֖ישׁkha.'IshH376is,soH3947is hisstrengthגְּבוּרָת֑וֹge.vu.ra.ToH1369. AndGideonגִּדְע֗וֹןgid.'onH1439aroseוַיָּ֣קָםvai.Ya.komH6965, andslewוַֽיַּהֲרֹג֙vai.ya.ha.RogH2026Zebahזֶ֣בַחZe.vachH2078andZalmunnaצַלְמֻנָּ֔עtzal.mu.Na'H6759, andtookH3947the crescents that were on theircamels’גְמַלֵּיהֶֽם׃ge.ma.lei.HemH1581necksבְּצַוְּארֵ֥יbe.tza.ve.ReiH6677.

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