H9001–/וַ–v

And Gideon seeth that He `is' a messenger of Jehovah, and Gideon saith, `Alas, Lord Jehovah! because that I have seen a messenger of Jehovah face to face!'

וַיַּ֣רְא (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Jehovah saith to him, `Peace to thee; fear not; thou dost not die.'

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Gideon buildeth there an altar to Jehovah, and calleth it Jehovah-Shalom, unto this day it `is' yet in Ophrah of the Abi-Ezrites.

וַיִּבֶן֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָא־ (וַ) va “and”

And it cometh to pass, on that night, that Jehovah saith to him, `Take the young ox which `is' to thy father, and the second bullock of seven years, and thou hast thrown down the altar of Baal which `is' to thy father, and the shrine which `is' by it thou dost cut down,

וַיְהִי֮ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְהָרַסְתָּ֗ (וְ) ve. “and”

and thou hast built an altar to Jehovah thy God on the top of this stronghold, by the arrangement, and hast taken the second bullock, and caused to ascend a burnt-offering with the wood of the shrine which thou cuttest down.'

וּבָנִ֨יתָ (וּ) u. “and”וְלָֽקַחְתָּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַעֲלִ֣יתָ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Gideon taketh ten men of his servants, and doth as Jehovah hath spoken unto him, and it cometh to pass, because he hath been afraid of the house of his father, and the men of the city, to do `it' by day, that he doth `it' by night.

וַיִּקַּ֨ח (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֕עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”וַיְהִ֡י (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֥עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

And the men of the city rise early in the morning, and lo, broken down hath been the altar of Baal, and the shrine which is by it hath been cut down, and the second bullock hath been offered on the altar which is built.

וַיַּשְׁכִּ֜ימוּ (וַ) va “and”

And they say one to another, `Who hath done this thing?' and they inquire and seek, and they say, `Gideon son of Joash hath done this thing.'

וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּדְרְשׁוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיְבַקְשׁ֔וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (וַ) va “and”

And the men of the city say unto Joash, `Bring out thy son, and he dieth, because he hath broken down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the shrine which `is' by it.'

וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Joash saith to all who have stood against him, `Ye, do ye plead for Baal? ye -- do ye save him? he who pleadeth for him is put to death during the morning; if he `is' a god he himself doth plead against him, because he hath broken down his altar.'

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And he calleth him, on that day, Jerubbaal, saying, `The Baal doth plead against him, because he hath broken down his altar.'

וַיִּקְרָא־ (וַ) va “and”

And all Midian and Amalek and the sons of the east have been gathered together, and pass over, and encamp in the valley of Jezreel,

וַיַּעַבְר֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

and the Spirit of Jehovah hath clothed Gideon, and he bloweth with a trumpet, and Abi-Ezer is called after him;

וַיִּתְקַע֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִזָּעֵ֥ק (וַ) va “and”

and messengers he hath sent into all Manasseh, and it also is called after him; and messengers he hath sent into Asher, and into Zebulun, and into Naphtali, and they come up to meet them.

וַיִזָּעֵ֥ק (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּעֲל֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And Gideon saith unto God, `If Thou art Saviour of Israel by my hand, as Thou hast spoken,

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

lo, I am placing the fleece of wool in the threshing-floor: if dew is on the fleece alone, and on all the earth drought -- then I have known that Thou dost save Israel by my hand, as Thou hast spoken;'

וְיָדַעְתִּ֗י (וְ) ve. “and”

and it is so, and he riseth early on the morrow, and presseth the fleece, and wringeth dew out of the fleece -- the fulness of the bowl, of water.

וַיְהִי־ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּשְׁכֵּם֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֖זַר (וַ) va “and”וַיִּ֤מֶץ (וַ) va “and”

And Gideon saith unto God, `Let not Thine anger burn against me, and I speak only this time; let me try, I pray Thee, only this time with the fleece -- let there be, I pray Thee, drought on the fleece alone, and on all the earth let there be dew.'

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And God doth so on that night, and there is drought on the fleece alone, and on all the earth there hath been dew.

וַיַּ֧עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”וַיְהִי־ (וַ) va “and”

And Jerubbaal (he `is' Gideon) riseth early, and all the people who `are' with him, and they encamp by the well of Harod, and the camp of Midian hath been on the south of him, on the height of Moreh, in the valley.

וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨ם (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And Jehovah saith unto Gideon, `Too many `are' the people who `are' with thee for My giving Midian into their hand, lest Israel beautify itself against Me, saying, My hand hath given salvation to me;

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

and now, call, I pray thee, in the ears of the people, saying, Whoso `is' afraid and trembling, let him turn back and go early from mount Gilead;' and there turn back of the people twenty and two thousand, and ten thousand have been left.

וַיָּ֣שָׁב (וַ) va “and”

And Jehovah saith unto Gideon, `Yet `are' the people too many; bring them down unto the water, and I refine it for thee there; and it hath been, he of whom I say unto thee, This doth go with thee -- he doth go with thee; and any of whom I say unto thee, This doth not go with thee -- he doth not go.'

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְהָיָ֡ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And he bringeth down the people unto the water, and Jehovah saith unto Gideon, `Every one who lappeth with his tongue of the water as the dog lappeth -- thou dost set him apart; also every one who boweth on his knees to drink.'

וַיּ֥וֹרֶד (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And the number of those lapping with their hand unto their mouth is three hundred men, and all the rest of the people have bowed down on their knees to drink water.

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”