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The people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD gave them into the hand of Mid'ian seven years.

בְּעֵינֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “in”בְּיַד־ (בְּ) be. “in”

And the hand of Mid'ian prevailed over Israel; and because of Mid'ian the people of Israel made for themselves the dens which are in the mountains, and the caves and the strongholds.

בֶּֽהָרִ֔ים (בֶּֽ) be. “[are] in the”

they would encamp against them and destroy the produce of the land, as far as the neighborhood of Gaza, and leave no sustenance in Israel, and no sheep or ox or ass.

בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (בְּ) be. “in”

For they would come up with their cattle and their tents, coming like locusts for number; both they and their camels could not be counted; so that they wasted the land as they came in.

בָאָ֖רֶץ (בָ) va. “in the”

and I said to you, 'I am the LORD your God; you shall not pay reverence to the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell.' But you have not given heed to my voice."

בְּאַרְצָ֑ם (בְּ) be. “in”בְּקוֹלִֽי׃ (בְּ) be. “to”

Now the angel of the LORD came and sat under the oak at Ophrah, which belonged to Jo'ash the Abiez'rite, as his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the wine press, to hide it from the Mid'ianites.

בְּעָפְרָ֔ה (בְּ) be. “[was] in”בַּגַּ֔ת (בַּ) ba. “in the”

And Gideon said to him, "Pray, sir, if the LORD is with us, why then has all this befallen us? And where are all his wonderful deeds which our fathers recounted to us, saying, 'Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt?' But now the LORD has cast us off, and given us into the hand of Mid'ian."

בְּכַף־ (בְּ) be. “in”

And the LORD turned to him and said, "Go in this might of yours and deliver Israel from the hand of Mid'ian; do not I send you?"

בְּכֹחֲךָ֣ (בְּ) be. “in”

And he said to him, "Pray, Lord, how can I deliver Israel? Behold, my clan is the weakest in Manas'seh, and I am the least in my family."

בַּמָּ֥ה (בַּ) ba. “<in>”בִּמְנַשֶּׁ֔ה (בִּ) bi “in”בְּבֵ֥ית (בְּ) be. “in”

And he said to him, "If now I have found favor with thee, then show me a sign that it is thou who speakest with me.

בְּעֵינֶ֑יךָ (בְּ) be. “in”

So Gideon went into his house and prepared a kid, and unleavened cakes from an ephah of flour; the meat he put in a basket, and the broth he put in a pot, and brought them to him under the oak and presented them.

בַּסַּ֔ל (בַּ) ba. “in the”בַּפָּר֑וּר (בַּ) ba. “in the”

Then the angel of the LORD reached out the tip of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the meat and the unleavened cakes; and there sprang up fire from the rock and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and the angel of the LORD vanished from his sight.

בְּיָד֔וֹ (בְּ) be. “[was] in”בַּבָּשָׂ֖ר (בַּ) ba. “<in> the”וּבַמַּצּ֑וֹת (בַ) va “<in> the”

Then Gideon built an altar there to the LORD, and called it, The LORD is peace. To this day it still stands at Ophrah, which belongs to the Abiez'rites.

בְּעָפְרָ֖ת (בְּ) be. “[is] in”

That night the LORD said to him, "Take your father's bull, the second bull seven years old, and pull down the altar of Ba'al which your father has, and cut down the Ashe'rah that is beside it;

בַּלַּ֣יְלָה (בַּ) ba. “in the”

and build an altar to the LORD your God on the top of the stronghold here, with stones laid in due order; then take the second bull, and offer it as a burnt offering with the wood of the Ashe'rah which you shall cut down."

בַּמַּֽעֲרָכָ֑ה (בַּ) ba. “in the”בַּעֲצֵ֥י (בַּ) ba. “with”

When the men of the town rose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Ba'al was broken down, and the Ashe'rah beside it was cut down, and the second bull was offered upon the altar which had been built.

בַּבֹּ֔קֶר (בַּ) ba. “in the”

Therefore on that day he was called Jerubba'al, that is to say, "Let Ba'al contend against him," because he pulled down his altar.

בַיּוֹם־ (בַ) va “on the”בּוֹ֙ (בּ) b “against <the>”

Then all the Mid'ianites and the Amal'ekites and the people of the East came together, and crossing the Jordan they encamped in the Valley of Jezreel.

בְּעֵ֥מֶק (בְּ) be. “in”

But the Spirit of the LORD took possession of Gideon; and he sounded the trumpet, and the Abiez'rites were called out to follow him.

בַּשּׁוֹפָ֔ר (בַּ) ba. “on the”

And he sent messengers throughout all Manas'seh; and they too were called out to follow him. And he sent messengers to Asher, Zeb'ulun, and Naph'tali; and they went up to meet them.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”בְּאָשֵׁ֤ר (בְּ) be. “in”וּבִזְבֻלוּן֙ (בִ) vi “in”וּבְנַפְתָּלִ֔י (בְ) ve. “in”

Then Gideon said to God, "If thou wilt deliver Israel by my hand, as thou hast said,

בְּיָדִ֛י (בְּ) be. “by”

behold, I am laying a fleece of wool on the threshing floor; if there is dew on the fleece alone, and it is dry on all the ground, then I shall know that thou wilt deliver Israel by my hand, as thou hast said."

בַּגֹּ֑רֶן (בַּ) ba. “on the”בְּיָדִ֛י (בְּ) be. “by”

Then Gideon said to God, "Let not thy anger burn against me, let me speak but this once; pray, let me make trial only this once with the fleece; pray, let it be dry only on the fleece, and on all the ground let there be dew."

בִּ֔י (בִּ֔) B “on <the>”בַּגִּזָּ֔ה (בַּ) ba. “by the”

And God did so that night; for it was dry on the fleece only, and on all the ground there was dew.

בַּלַּ֣יְלָה (בַּ) ba. “in the”

Then Jerubba'al (that is, Gideon) and all the people who were with him rose early and encamped beside the spring of Harod; and the camp of Mid'ian was north of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.

בָּעֵֽמֶק׃ (בָּ) ba. “in the”