H9023–הוּ–hu

And they said to one another, Who has done this thing? And after searching with care, they said, Gideon, the son of Joash, has done this thing.

רֵעֵ֔הוּ (הוּ) hu “his”

But Joash said to all those who were attacking him, Will you take up the cause of Baal? will you be his saviour? Let anyone who will take up his cause be put to death while it is still morning: if he is a god, let him take up his cause himself because of

מִזְבְּחֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

So that day he gave him the name of Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal take up his cause against him because his altar has been broken down.

מִזְבְּחֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

So he took the people down to the water; and the Lord said to Gideon, Put on one side by themselves all those drinking up the water with their tongues like a dog; and in the same way, all those who go down on their knees to the water while drinking.

בִּלְשׁוֹנ֨וֹ (וֹ) o “his”בִּרְכָּ֖יו (ו) v “his”

And the Lord said to Gideon, By those three hundred who were drinking with their tongues I will give you salvation and give the Midianites into your hands; let the rest of the people go away, every man to his place.

לִמְקֹמֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

So they took the vessels of the people, and their horns from their hands, and he sent them away, every man to his tent, keeping only the three hundred; and the tents of Midian were lower down in the valley.

לְאֹֽהָלָ֔יו (ו) v “his”

And after hearing what they are saying, you will get strength to go down against the army. So he went down with his servant Purah to the outer line of the tents of the armed men.

נַעֲר֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

When Gideon came there, a man was giving his friend an account of his dream, saying, See, I had a dream about a cake of barley bread which, falling into the tents of Midian, came on to the tent, overturning it so that it was stretched out flat on the ear

לְרֵעֵ֖הוּ (הוּ) hu “his”

And his friend in answer said, This is certainly the sword of Gideon, the son of Joash, the men of Israel: into their hands God has given up all the army of Midian.

רֵעֵ֤הוּ (הוּ) hu “his”בְּיָד֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

Then Gideon, hearing the story of the dream and the sense in which they took it, gave worship; then he went back to the tents of Israel, and said, Up! for the Lord has given the army of Midian into your hands.

שִׁבְר֖וֹ (וֹ) o “its”

And the three hundred gave a loud note on their horns, and every man's sword was turned by the Lord against his brother all through the army; and the army went in flight as far as Beth-shittah in the direction of Zeredah, to the edge of Abel-meholah by T

בְּרֵעֵ֖הוּ (הוּ) hu “his”

Then he said to Jether, his oldest son, Up! Put them to death. But the boy did not take out his sword, fearing because he was still a boy.

בְּכוֹר֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”חַרְבּוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “his”

Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Up! Put an end to us yourself: for you have a man's strength. Then Gideon got up and put Zebah and Zalmunna to death and took the ornaments which were on their camels' necks.

גְּבוּרָת֑וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

Then Gideon said to them, I have a request to make to you; let every man give me the ear-rings he has taken. (For they had gold ear-rings, because they were Ishmaelites.)

שְׁלָל֑וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And they gave answer, We will gladly give them. So they put down a robe, every man dropping into it the ear-rings he had taken.

שְׁלָלֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

And Gideon made an ephod from them and put it up in his town Ophrah; and all Israel went after it there and were false to the Lord; and it became a cause of sin to Gideon and his house.

בְעִירוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “his”וּלְבֵית֖וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And Jerubbaal, the son of Joash, went back to his house and was living there.

בְּבֵיתֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

Gideon had seventy sons, the offspring of his body; for he had a number of wives.

יְרֵכ֑וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And the servant-wife he had in Shechem had a son by him, to whom he gave the name Abimelech.

וּפִֽילַגְשׁוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “his”שְׁמ֖וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And Gideon, the son of Joash, came to his end when he was very old, and his body was put in the resting-place of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

אָבִ֔יו (ו) v “his”

Now Abimelech, the son of Jerubbaal, went to Shechem to his mother's family, and said to them and to all the family of his mother's father,

אִמּ֑וֹ (וֹ) o “his”אִמּ֖וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

So his mother's family said all this about him in the ears of all the townsmen of Shechem: and their hearts were turned to Abimelech, for they said, He is our brother.

אִמּ֜וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

Then he went to his father's house at Ophrah, and put his brothers, the seventy sons of Jerubbaal, to death on the same stone; however, Jotham, the youngest, kept himself safe by going away to a secret place.

אָבִיו֙ (ו֙) v “his”אֶחָ֧יו (ו) v “his”

Now Jotham, on hearing of it, went to the top of Mount Gerizim, and crying out with a loud voice said to them, Give ear to me, you townsmen of Shechem, so that God may give ear to you.

קוֹל֖וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

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;

בֵּית֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”יָדָ֖יו (ו) v “his”