H9002–/וְ–v

And he came to the men of Succoth, and said, "Behold Zebah and Zalmun'na, about whom you taunted me, saying, 'Are Zebah and Zalmun'na already in your hand, that we should give bread to your men who are faint?'"

וְצַלְמֻנָּ֑ע (וְ) ve. “and”וְצַלְמֻנָּ֤ע (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he broke down the tower of Penu'el, and slew the men of the city.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then he said to Zebah and Zalmun'na, "Where are the men whom you slew at Tabor?" They answered, "As you are, so were they, every one of them; they resembled the sons of a king."

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he said to Jether his first-born, "Rise, and slay them." But the youth did not draw his sword; for he was afraid, because he was still a youth.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Zebah and Zalmun'na said, "Rise yourself, and fall upon us; for as the man is, so is his strength." And Gideon arose and slew Zebah and Zalmun'na; and he took the crescents that were on the necks of their camels.

וְצַלְמֻנָּ֗ע (וְ) ve. “and”וּפְגַע־ (וּ) u. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Gideon said to them, "I will not rule over you, and my son will not rule over you; the LORD will rule over you."

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Gideon said to them, "Let me make a request of you; give me every man of you the earrings of his spoil." (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ish'maelites.)

וּתְנוּ־ (וּ) u. “and”

And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was one thousand seven hundred shekels of gold; besides the crescents and the pendants and the purple garments worn by the kings of Mid'ian, and besides the collars that were about the necks of their camels.

וּשְׁבַע־ (וּ) u. “and”וְהַנְּטִפ֜וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”וּבִגְדֵ֣י (וּ) u. “and”וּלְבַד֙ (וּ) u. “and”

And Gideon made an ephod of it and put it in his city, in Ophrah; and all Israel played the harlot after it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and to his family.

וּלְבֵית֖וֹ (וּ) u. “and”

So Mid'ian was subdued before the people of Israel, and they lifted up their heads no more. And the land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

Now Gideon had seventy sons, his own offspring, for he had many wives.

וּלְגִדְע֗וֹן (וּ) u. “and”

And his concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he called his name Abim'elech.

וּפִֽילַגְשׁוֹ֙ (וּ) u. “and”

And the people of Israel did not remember the LORD their God, who had rescued them from the hand of all their enemies on every side;

וְלֹ֤א (וְ) ve. “and”

and they did not show kindness to the family of Jerubba'al (that is, Gideon) in return for all the good that he had done to Israel.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now Abim'elech the son of Jerubba'al went to Shechem to his mother's kinsmen and said to them and to the whole clan of his mother's family,

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

"Say in the ears of all the citizens of Shechem, 'Which is better for you, that all seventy of the sons of Jerubba'al rule over you, or that one rule over you?' Remember also that I am your bone and your flesh."

וּבְשַׂרְכֶ֖ם (וּ) u. “and”

And they gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Ba'al-be'rith with which Abim'elech hired worthless and reckless fellows, who followed him.

וּפֹ֣חֲזִ֔ים (וּ) u. “and”

And all the citizens of Shechem came together, and all Beth-millo, and they went and made Abim'elech king, by the oak of the pillar at Shechem.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

When it was told to Jotham, he went and stood on the top of Mount Ger'izim, and cried aloud and said to them, "Listen to me, you men of Shechem, that God may listen to you.

וְיִשְׁמַ֥ע (וְ) ve. “so”

But the olive tree said to them, 'Shall I leave my fatness, by which gods and men are honored, and go to sway over the trees?'

וַאֲנָשִׁ֑ים (וַ) va. “and”

But the fig tree said to them, 'Shall I leave my sweetness and my good fruit, and go to sway over the trees?'

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

But the vine said to them, 'Shall I leave my wine which cheers gods and men, and go to sway over the trees?'

וַאֲנָשִׁ֑ים (וַ) va. “and”

And the bramble said to the trees, 'If in good faith you are anointing me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade; but if not, let fire come out of the bramble and devour the cedars of Lebanon.'

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְתֹאכַ֖ל (וְ) ve. “and”

"Now therefore, if you acted in good faith and honor when you made Abim'elech king, and if you have dealt well with Jerubba'al and his house, and have done to him as his deeds deserved--

וְעַתָּ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְתָמִים֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”