H0853–אֵת–et

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?'"

אוֹתִ֜י (אוֹתִ֜) 'o.T “<obj.>”

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.

אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”וְאֶת־ (אֶת) 'Et “<obj.>”וְאֶת־ (אֶת) 'Et “<obj.>”אֵ֖ת 'et “<obj.>”

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

וְאֶת־ (אֶת) 'Et “<obj.>”אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”

And he said, "They were my brothers, the sons of my mother; as the LORD lives, if you had saved them alive, I would not slay you."

אוֹתָ֔ם (אוֹתָ֔) 'o.Ta “<obj.>”אֶתְכֶֽם׃ (אֶתְ) 'et. “<obj.>”

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.

אוֹתָ֑ם (אוֹתָ֑) 'o.Ta “<obj.>”

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.

אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”וְאֶת־ (אֶת) 'Et “<obj.>”אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”

And they answered, "We will willingly give them." And they spread a garment, and every man cast in it the earrings of his spoil.

אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”

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.

אוֹת֨וֹ (אוֹת֨) 'o.T “<obj.>”אוֹת֤וֹ (אוֹת֤) 'o.T “<obj.>”

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

אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”

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;

אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”אוֹתָ֛ם (אוֹתָ֛) 'o.Ta “<obj.>”

And his mother's kinsmen spoke all these words on his behalf in the ears of all the men of Shechem; and their hearts inclined to follow Abim'elech, for they said, "He is our brother."

אֵ֥ת 'et “<obj.>”

And he went to his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brothers the sons of Jerubba'al, seventy men, upon one stone; but Jotham the youngest son of Jerubba'al was left, for he hid himself.

אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”

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.

אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”

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?'

אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”

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

אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”וְאֶת־ (אֶת) 'Et “<obj.>”

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

אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”

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.'

אֹתִ֤י (אֹתִ֤) 'o.T “<obj.>”אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”

"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--

אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”

for my father fought for you, and risked his life, and rescued you from the hand of Mid'ian;

אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”אֶתְכֶ֖ם (אֶתְ) 'et. “<obj.>”

and you have risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, seventy men on one stone, and have made Abim'elech, the son of his maidservant, king over the citizens of Shechem, because he is your kinsman--

אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”

but if not, let fire come out from Abim'elech, and devour the citizens of Shechem, and Beth-millo; and let fire come out from the citizens of Shechem, and from Beth-millo, and devour Abim'elech."

אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”וְאֶת־ (אֶת) 'Et “<obj.>”אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”

that the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerubba'al might come and their blood be laid upon Abim'elech their brother, who slew them, and upon the men of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to slay his brothers.

אוֹתָ֔ם (אוֹתָ֔) 'o.Ta “<obj.>”אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”

And the men of Shechem put men in ambush against him on the mountain tops, and they robbed all who passed by them along that way; and it was told Abim'elech.

אֵ֛ת 'et “<obj.>”

And they went out into the field, and gathered the grapes from their vineyards and trod them, and held festival, and went into the house of their god, and ate and drank and reviled Abim'elech.

אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”

And Ga'al the son of Ebed said, "Who is Abim'elech, and who are we of Shechem, that we should serve him? Did not the son of Jerubba'al and Zebul his officer serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem? Why then should we serve him?

אֶת־ 'et- “<obj.>”