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And the townsmen of Shechem put secret watchers on the tops of the mountains, and they made attacks on all who went by on the road and took their goods; and word of this came to Abimelech.

בַּדָּ֑רֶךְ (בַּ) ba. “on the”

Then Gaal, the son of Ebed, came with his brothers, and went over to Shechem; and the men of Shechem put their faith in him.

בִּשְׁכֶ֑ם (בִּ) bi “in”ב֖וֹ (ב֖) v “in <the>”

If only I had authority over this people! I would put Abimelech out of the way, and I would say to Abimelech, Make your army strong, and come out.

בְּיָדִ֔י (בְּ) be. “in”

And he sent to Abimelech at Arumah, saying, See, Gaal, the son of Ebed, and his brothers have come to Shechem, and they are working up the town against you.

בְּתָרְמָ֣ה (בְּ) be. “in”

So now, get up by night, you and your people, and keep watch in the field secretly;

בַּשָּׂדֶֽה׃ (בַּ) ba. “in the”

And in the morning, when the sun is up, get up early and make a rush on the town; and when he and his people come out against you, do to them whatever you have a chance to do.

בַבֹּ֙קֶר֙ (בַ) va. “in the”

Then Zebul said to him, Now where is your loud talk when you said, Who is Abimelech that we are to be his servants? Is this not the people whom you were rating so low? Go out now, and make war on them.

בּ֔וֹ (בּ֔) b “<in> <the>”בּֽוֹ׃ (בּֽ) b “against <the>”

So Gaal went out at the head of the townsmen of Shechem and made war on Abimelech.

בַּאֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ׃ (בַּ) ba. “against”

Then Abimelech went back to Arumah; and Zebul sent Gaal and his brothers away and would not let them go on living in Shechem.

בָּארוּמָ֑ה (בָּ) ba. “at <the>”בִּשְׁכֶֽם׃ (בִּ) bi “at”

And he took his people, separating them into three bands, and was waiting secretly in the field; and when he saw the people coming out of the town, he went up and made an attack on them.

בַּשָּׂדֶ֑ה (בַּ) ba. “in the”

And Abimelech with his band made a rush, and took up their position at the doorway into the town; and the other two bands made a rush on all those who were in the fields, and overcame them.

בַּשָּׂדֶ֖ה (בַּ) ba. “[were] in the”

And all that day Abimelech was fighting against the town; and he took it, and put to death the people who were in it, and had the town pulled down and covered with salt.

בָּעִ֗יר (בָּ) ba. “against the”בָּ֖הּ (בָּ֖) ba “[was] in <the>”

Then Abimelech went up to Mount Zalmon, with all his people; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand and, cutting down branches of trees, took them and put them on his back. And he said to the people who were with him, Be quick and do as you have seen me d

בְּיָד֗וֹ (בְּ) be. “in”

So all the people got branches, every man cutting down a branch, and they went with Abimelech at their head and, massing the branches against the inner room, put fire to the room over them; so all those who were in the tower of Shechem, about a thousand

בָּאֵ֑שׁ (בָּ) ba. “with <the>”

Then Abimelech went to Thebez, and put his army in position against Thebez and took it.

בְּתֵבֵ֖ץ (בְּ) be. “at”

But in the middle of the town there was a strong tower, to which all the men and women of the town went in flight and, shutting themselves in, went up to the roof of the tower.

בְתוֹךְ־ (בְ) ve. “in”

And Abimelech came to the tower and made an attack on it, and got near to the door of the tower for the purpose of firing it.

בּ֑וֹ (בּ֑) b “against <the>”בָאֵֽשׁ׃ (בָ) va. “with <the>”

And God sent back on to the heads of the men of Shechem all the evil they had done, and the curse of Jotham, the son of Jerubbaal, came on them.

בְּרֹאשָׁ֑ם (בְּ) be. “on”

Now after Abimelech, Tola, the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar, became the saviour of Israel; he was living in Shamir in the hill-country of Ephraim.

בְּשָׁמִ֖יר (בְּ) be. “in”בְּהַ֥ר (בְּ) be. “in”

He was judge over Israel for twenty-three years; and at his death his body was put to rest in the earth in Shamir.

בְּשָׁמִֽיר׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

And he had thirty sons, who went on thirty young asses; and they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which are named Havvoth-Jair to this day.

בְּאֶ֥רֶץ (בְּ) be. “[are] in”

And at the death of Jair his body was put to rest in the earth in Kamon.

בְּקָמֽוֹן׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

And again the children of Israel did evil in the eyes of the Lord, worshipping the Baals and Astartes, and the gods of Aram and the gods of Zidon and the gods of Moab and the gods of the children of Ammon and the gods of the Philistines; they gave up the

בְּעֵינֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “in”

And the wrath of the Lord was burning against Israel, and he gave them up into the hands of the Philistines and into the hands of the children of Ammon.

בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (בְּ) be. “on”בְּיַד־ (בְּ) be. “in”וּבְיַ֖ד (בְ) ve. “in”

And that year the children of Israel were crushed under their yoke; for eighteen years all the children of Israel on the other side of Jordan, in the land of the Amorites which is in Gilead, were cruelly crushed down.

בַּשָּׁנָ֖ה (בַּ) ba. “in the”בְּעֵ֣בֶר (בְּ) be. “[were] on”בְּאֶ֥רֶץ (בְּ) be. “in”בַּגִּלְעָֽד׃ (בַּ) ba. “[is] in <the>”