H9001–/וַ–v

And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host; for the host was secure.

וַיַּ֣עַל (וַ) va “and”וַיַּךְ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host.

וַיָּנ֗וּסוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּרְדֹּ֖ף (וַ) va “and”וַיִּלְכֹּ֞ד (וַ) va “and”

And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun was up,

וַיָּ֛שָׁב (וַ) va “and”

And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him: and he described unto him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, even threescore and seventeen men.

וַיִּלְכָּד־ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁאָלֵ֑הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּכְתֹּ֨ב (וַ) va “and”

And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary?

וַיָּבֹא֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.

וַיִּקַּח֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣דַע (וַ) va “and”

And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.

וַֽיַּהֲרֹ֖ג (וַֽ) va “and”

Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, so were they; each one resembled the children of a king.

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַֽיֹּאמרוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: as the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.

וַיֹּאמַ֕ר (וַ) va “and”

And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth.

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us: for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took away the ornaments that were on their camels' necks.

וַיֹּ֜אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֣קָם (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּהֲרֹג֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּקַּח֙ (וַ) va “and”

Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian.

וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey.

וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּפְרְשׂוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּשְׁלִ֣יכוּ (וַ) va “and”

And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels' necks.

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”

And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.

וַיַּעַשׂ֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּצֵּ֨ג (וַ) va “and”וַיִּזְנ֧וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיְהִ֛י (וַ) va “and”

Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon.

וַיִּכָּנַ֣ע (וַ) va “and”וַתִּשְׁקֹ֥ט (וַ) va. “and”

And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.

וַיֵּ֛לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”

And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.

וַיָּ֥שֶׂם (וַ) va “and”

And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

וַיָּ֛מָת (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקָּבֵ֗ר (וַ) va “and”

And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baalberith their god.

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”וַיָּשׁ֙וּבוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּזְנ֖וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּשִׂ֧ימוּ (וַ) va “and”

And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying,

וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר (וַ) va “and”

Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.

וּזְכַרְתֶּ֕ם (וּ) u. “and”

And his mother's brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother.

וַיְדַבְּר֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֤ט (וַ) va “and”