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But the fig-tree said to them, Am I to give up my sweet taste and my good fruit and go waving over the trees?

לָהֶם֙ (לָ) la. “to <the>”לָנ֖וּעַ (לָ) la. “to”

Then the trees said to the vine, You come and be king over us.

לַגָּ֑פֶן (לַ) la. “to the”

But the vine said to them, Am I to give up my wine, which makes glad God and men, to go waving over the trees?

לָהֶם֙ (לָ) la. “to <the>”לָנ֖וּעַ (לָ) la. “to”

And the thorn said to the trees, If it is truly your desire to make me your king, then come and put your faith in my shade; and if not, may fire come out of the thorn, burning up the cedars of Lebanon.

לְמֶ֙לֶךְ֙ (לְ) le. “to”

So now, if you have done truly and uprightly in making Abimelech king, and if you have done well to Jerubbaal and his house in reward for the work of his hands;

לֽוֹ׃ (לֽ) l “to <the>”

So that punishment for the violent attack made on the seventy sons of Jerubbaal, and for their blood, might come on Abimelech, their brother, who put them to death, and on the townsmen of Shechem who gave him their help in putting his brothers to death.

לָב֕וֹא (לָ) la. “to”לָשׂ֞וּם (לָ) la. “to”לַהֲרֹ֥ג (לַ) la. “to”

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.

לוֹ֩ (ל) l “to <the>”לַאֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ׃ (לַ) la. “to”

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.

לַאֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ (לַ) la. “of”

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.

לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

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.

לּ֔וֹ (לּ֔) l “to <the>”

And Gaal said again, See! people are coming down from the middle of the land, and one band is coming by way of the oak-tree of the Seers.

לְדַבֵּר֒ (לְ) le. “to”

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

לִפְנֵ֖י (לִ) li “<to>”

Now the day after, the people went out into the fields; and news of it came to Abimelech.

לַאֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ׃ (לַ) la. “to”

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.

לִשְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה (לִ) li “into”

And word was given to Abimelech that all the men of the tower of Shechem were there together.

לַאֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ (לַ) la. “to”

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.

לְשָׂרְפ֥וֹ (לְ) le. “to”

Then quickly crying out to his body-servant, he said to him, Take out your sword and put an end to me straight away, so that men may not say of me, His death was the work of a woman. So the young man put his sword through him, causing his death.

לוֹ֙ (ל) l “to <the>”לִ֖י (לִ֖) l “of <the>”

And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they went away, every man to his place.

לִמְקֹמֽוֹ׃ (לִ) li “to”

In this way Abimelech was rewarded by God for the evil he had done to his father in putting his seventy brothers to death;

לְאָבִ֔יו (לְ) le. “to”לַהֲרֹ֖ג (לַ) la. “by”

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.

לְהוֹשִׁ֣יעַ (לְ) le. “to”

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.

ל֞וֹ (ל֞) l “to <the>”לָהֶ֑ם (לָ) la. “[belonged] to <the>”לָהֶ֞ם (לָ) la. “<to> <the>”

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

לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת (לַ) la. “to”

And the children of Ammon went over Jordan, to make war against Judah and Benjamin and the house of Ephraim; and Israel was in great trouble.

לְהִלָּחֵ֛ם (לְ) le. “to”לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (לְ) le. “to”

Then the children of Israel, crying out to the Lord, said, Great is our sin against you, for we have given up our God and have been servants to the Baals.

לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לָ֔ךְ (לָ֔) La “to <the>”

But, for all this, you have given me up and have been servants to other gods: so I will be your saviour no longer.

לָכֵ֥ן (לָ) la. “<to>”לְהוֹשִׁ֥יעַ (לְ) le. “to”