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Judges 8:24-33

24AndGideonגִּדְע֗וֹןgid.'onH1439saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto them, I would desire arequestאֶשְׁאֲלָ֤ה'esh.'a.LahH7592ofyouכִּֽי־ki-H3588, that ye wouldgiveוּתְנוּ־u.te.nu-H5414meאֲלֵהֶ֜ם'a.le.HemH413everyH376manH376theearringsנֶ֣זֶםNe.zemH5141of hisspoilשְׁלָל֑וֹshe.la.LoH7998. (For they hadgoldenזָהָב֙za.HavH2091earringsנִזְמֵ֤יniz.MeiH5141,becauseכִּ֥יkiH3588they wereIshmaelitesיִשְׁמְעֵאלִ֖יםyish.me.'e.LimH3459.)

25And theyansweredוַיֹּאמְר֖וּvai.yo.me.RuH559,Weשָׁ֔מָּהSha.mahH8033will willinglygiveH5414them. And theyspreadוַֽיִּפְרְשׂוּ֙vai.yif.re.SuH6566agarmentהַשִּׂמְלָ֔הha.sim.LahH8071, anddidH376castוַיַּשְׁלִ֣יכוּvai.yash.Li.khuH7993thereineveryH376manH376theearringsנֶ֥זֶםNe.zemH5141of hisspoilשְׁלָלֽוֹ׃she.la.LoH7998.

26And theweightמִשְׁקַ֞לmish.KalH4948of thegoldenהַזָּהָב֙ha.za.HavH2091earringsנִזְמֵ֤יniz.MeiH5141that herequestedשָׁאָ֔לsha.'AlH7592was athousandאֶ֥לֶף'E.lefH505andsevenוּשְׁבַע־u.she.va'-H7651hundredמֵא֖וֹתme.'otH3967shekelsH4948ofgoldזָהָ֑בza.HavH2091;besideH5921the crescents, and thependantsוְהַנְּטִפ֜וֹתve.ha.ne.ti.FotH5188, and thepurpleהָאַרְגָּמָ֗ןha.'ar.ga.ManH713raiment that was on thekingsמַלְכֵ֣יmal.KheiH4428ofMidianמִדְיָ֔ןmid.YanH4080, andbesideH5921the chains that wereaboutוַיְהִ֗יvay.HiH1961theircamels’גְמַלֵּיהֶֽם׃ge.ma.lei.HemH1581necksבְּצַוְּארֵ֥יbe.tza.ve.ReiH6677.

27AndGideonגִדְע֜וֹןgid.'onH1439madeוַיַּעַשׂ֩vai.ya.'AsH6213anephodלְאֵפ֗וֹדle.'e.FodH646thereof, andputוַיַּצֵּ֨גvai.ya.TzegH3322it in hiscityבְעִירוֹ֙ve.'i.RoH5892,evenH853inOphrahבְּעָפְרָ֔הbe.'a.fe.RahH6084: andallכָֽל־khol-H3605Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֛לYis.ra.'ElH3478wentH1961a whoringafterאַחֲרָ֖יו'a.cha.RavH310it there: and itbecameH1961asnareלְמוֹקֵֽשׁ׃le.mo.KeshH4170untoGideonלְגִדְע֥וֹןle.gid.'onH1439, and to hishouseוּלְבֵית֖וֹu.le.vei.ToH1004.

28SoH3808Midianמִדְיָ֗ןmid.YanH4080wassubduedוַיִּכָּנַ֣עvai.yi.ka.Na'H3665beforeלִפְנֵי֙lif.NeiH6440thechildrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478, and theyliftedלָשֵׂ֣אתla.SetH5375upH5375theirheadsרֹאשָׁ֑םro.ShamH7218noH3808moreיָסְפ֖וּya.se.FuH3254. And thelandהָאָ֛רֶץha.'A.retzH776hadrestוַתִּשְׁקֹ֥טva.tish.KotH8252fortyאַרְבָּעִ֥ים'ar.ba.'ImH705yearsשָׁנָ֖הsha.NahH8141in thedaysבִּימֵ֥יbi.MeiH3117ofGideonגִדְעֽוֹן׃ פgid.'onH1439.

29AndJerubbaalיְרֻבַּ֥עַלye.ru.Ba.'alH3378thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofJoashיוֹאָ֖שׁyo.'AshH3101wentH1004anddweltוַיֵּ֥שֶׁבvai.Ye.shevH3427in his ownhouseבְּבֵיתֽוֹ׃be.vei.ToH1004.

30AndGideonוּלְגִדְע֗וֹןu.le.gid.'onH1439had threescore and tensonsבָּנִ֔יםba.NimH1121of his body begotten: for he hadmanyרַבּ֖וֹתra.BotH7227wivesנָשִׁ֥יםna.ShimH802.

31And hisconcubineוּפִֽילַגְשׁוֹ֙u.fi.lag.ShoH6370that was inShechemבִּשְׁכֶ֔םbish.KhemH7927,sheהִ֖יאhi'H1931also bare him asonבֵּ֑ןBenH1121, and hecalledH8034hisnameשְׁמ֖וֹshe.MoH8034Abimelechאֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ׃'a.vi.Me.lekhH40.

32AndGideonגִּדְע֥וֹןgid.'onH1439thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofJoashיוֹאָ֖שׁyo.'AshH3101diedוַיָּ֛מָתvai.Ya.motH4191in agoodטוֹבָ֑הto.VahH2896oldH1121ageH1121, and wasburiedוַיִּקָּבֵ֗רvai.yi.ka.VerH6912in the sepulchre ofJoashיוֹאָ֣שׁyo.'AshH3101hisfatherאָבִ֔יו'a.VivH1, inOphrahבְּעָפְרָ֖הbe.'a.fe.RahH6084of theAbiezritesH33.

33And itcameH1961topassH1961, as soon asGideonגִּדְע֔וֹןgid.'onH1439wasdeadמֵ֣תmetH4191, that thechildrenבְּנֵ֣יbe.NeiH1121ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478turnedוַיָּשׁ֙וּבוּ֙vai.ya.Shu.vuH7725againH7725, andwentH7725a whoringafterאַחֲרֵ֣י'a.cha.ReiH310the Baalim, andmadeוַיָּשִׂ֧ימוּvai.ya.Si.muH7760Baal-berithH1170theirgodלֵאלֹהִֽים׃le.lo.HimH430.

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