H9001–/וַ–v

Gideon went up by the way of those who lived in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and struck the host; for the host was secure.

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

Zebah and Zalmunna fled; and he pursued after them; and he took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and confused all the host.

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

Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle from the ascent of Heres.

וַיָּ֛שָׁב (וַ) va “and”

He caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him: and he described for him the princes of Succoth, and the elders of it, seventy-seven men.

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

He came to the men of Succoth, and said, See Zebah and Zalmunna, concerning whom you did taunt me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your men who are weary?

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

He broke down the tower of Penuel, and killed the men of the city.

וַֽיַּהֲרֹ֖ג (וַֽ) va “and”

Then said he to Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom you killed at Tabor? They answered, As you are, so were they; each one resembled the children of a king.

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

He said, They were my brothers, the sons of my mother: as Yahweh lives, if you had saved them alive, I would not kill you.

וַיֹּאמַ֕ר (וַ) va “and”

He said to Jether his firstborn, Up, and kill them. But the youth didn't draw his sword; for he feared, because he was yet a youth.

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise you, and fall on us; for as the man is, so is his strength. Gideon arose, and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescents 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 to Gideon, Rule you over us, both you, and your son, and your son's son also; for you have saved us out of the hand of Midian.

וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

Gideon said to them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: Yahweh shall rule over you.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Gideon said to them, I would make a request of you, that you would give me every man the ear-rings of his spoil. (For they had golden ear-rings, because they were Ishmaelites.)

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

They answered, We will willingly give them. They spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the ear-rings of his spoil.

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

The weight of the golden ear-rings that he requested was one thousand and seven hundred [supplied: shekels] of gold, besides the crescents, and the pendants, and the purple clothing that was on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were about their camels' necks.

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”

Gideon made an ephod of it, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel played the prostitute after it there; and it became a snare to Gideon, and to his house.

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

So Midian was subdued before the children of Israel, and they lifted up their heads no more. The land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.

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

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

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

His concubine who was in Shechem, she also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.

וַיָּ֥שֶׂם (וַ) va “and”

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

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

It happened, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and played the prostitute after the Baals, and made Baal Berith their god.

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

Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his mother's brothers, and spoke with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying,

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

Please speak in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, that all the sons of Jerubbaal, who are seventy persons, rule over you, or that one rule over you? Remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.

וּזְכַרְתֶּ֕ם (וּ) u. “and”

His mother's brothers spoke 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”