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Judges 9:22-25

22AndAbimelechאֲבִימֶ֛לֶךְ'a.vi.Me.lekhH40was prince overIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478threeשָׁלֹ֥שׁsha.LoshH7969yearsשָׁנִֽים׃sha.NimH8141.

23AndGodאֱלֹהִים֙'E.lo.HimH430sentוַיִּשְׁלַ֤חvai.yish.LachH7971anevilרָעָ֔הra.'AhH7451spiritר֣וּחַRu.achH7307betweenH996Abimelechאֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ'a.vi.Me.lekhH40and themenבַּעֲלֵ֣יba.'a.LeiH1167ofShechemשְׁכֶ֑םshe.KhemH7927; and themenבַעֲלֵי־va.'a.lei-H1167ofShechemשְׁכֶ֖םshe.KhemH7927dealtוַיִּבְגְּד֥וּvai.yiv.ge.DuH898treacherouslyH898withAbimelechבַּאֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ׃ba.'a.vi.Me.lekhH40:

24that theviolenceחֲמַ֖סcha.MasH2555doneH3027to the threescore and tensonsבְּנֵֽי־be.nei-H1121ofJerubbaalיְרֻבָּ֑עַלye.ru.Ba.'alH3378mightcomeלָב֕וֹאla.Vo'H935, and that theirbloodוְדָמָ֗םve.da.MamH1818might belaidלָשׂ֞וּםla.SumH7760uponעַל־'al-H5921Abimelechאֲבִימֶ֤לֶךְ'a.vi.Me.lekhH40theirbrotherאֲחִיהֶם֙'a.chi.HemH251,whichאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834slewהָרַ֣גha.RagH2026them, anduponוְעַל֙ve.'AlH5921themenH1121ofShechemשְׁכֶ֔םshe.KhemH7927,whichאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834strengthenedחִזְּק֥וּchi.ze.KuH2388hishandsיָדָ֖יוya.DavH3027toslayלַהֲרֹ֥גla.ha.RogH2026hisbrethrenאֶחָֽיו׃'e.ChavH251.

25And themenבַעֲלֵ֨יva.'a.LeiH1167ofShechemשְׁכֶ֜םshe.KhemH7927setוַיָּשִׂ֣ימוּvai.ya.Si.muH7760liers inwaitמְאָרְבִ֗יםme.'a.re.VimH693for him on thetopsרָאשֵׁ֣יra.SheiH7218of themountainsהֶהָרִ֔יםhe.ha.RimH2022, and theyrobbedוַיִּגְזְל֗וּvai.yig.ze.LuH1497allכָּל־kol-H3605that camealongH5921thatwayבַּדָּ֑רֶךְba.Da.rekhH1870by them: and it wastoldוַיֻּגַּ֖דvai.yu.GadH5046Abimelechלַאֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ׃ פla.'a.vi.Me.lekhH40.

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