H9001–/וַ–v

Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,

וַתָּ֣שַׁר (וַ) va. “and”

She put her hand to the tent-pin, Her right hand to the workmen's hammer; With the hammer she struck Sisera, she struck through his head; Yes, she pierced and struck through his temples.

וְהָלְמָ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּמָחֲצָ֥ה (וּ) u. “and”וְחָלְפָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Through the window she looked forth, and cried, The mother of Sisera [ergänzt: cried] through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why do the wheels of his chariots wait?

וַתְּיַבֵּ֛ב (וַ) va. “and”

So let all your enemies perish, Yahweh: But let those who love him be as the sun when he goes forth in his might. The land had rest forty years.

וַתִּשְׁקֹ֥ט (וַ) va. “and”

The children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh: and Yahweh delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.

וַיַּעֲשׂ֧וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתְּנֵ֧ם (וַ) va “and”

The hand of Midian prevailed against Israel; and because of Midian the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and the caves, and the strongholds.

וַתָּ֥עָז (וַ) va. “and”

So it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east; they came up against them;

וְהָיָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְעָלָ֨ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְעָל֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”

and they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, until you come to Gaza, and left no sustenance in Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor donkey.

וַיַּחֲנ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּשְׁחִ֙יתוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

For they came up with their cattle and their tents; they came in as locusts for multitude; both they and their camels were without number: and they came into the land to destroy it.

וּבָ֤אוּ (וּ) vu. “and”וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ (וַ) va “and”

Israel was brought very low because of Midian; and the children of Israel cried to Yahweh.

וַיִּדַּ֧ל (וַ) va “and”וַיִּזְעֲק֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

It happened, when the children of Israel cried to Yahweh because of Midian,

וַיְהִ֕י (וַ) va “and”

that Yahweh sent a prophet to the children of Israel: and he said to them, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage;

וַיִּשְׁלַ֧ח (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וָאֹצִ֥יא (וָ) va. “and”

and I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all who oppressed you, and drove them out from before you, and gave you their land;

וָאַצִּ֤ל (וָ) va. “and”וָאֲגָרֵ֤שׁ (וָ) va. “and”וָאֶתְּנָ֥ה (וָ) va. “and”

and I said to you, I am Yahweh your God; you shall not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But you have not listened to my voice.

וָאֹמְרָ֣ה (וָ) va. “and”

The angel of Yahweh came, and sat under the oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained to Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.

וַיָּבֹ֞א (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֙שֶׁב֙ (וַ) va “and”

The angel of Yahweh appeared to him, and said to him, Yahweh is with you, you mighty man of valor.

וַיֵּרָ֥א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Gideon said to him, Oh, my lord, if Yahweh is with us, why then has all this happened to us? and where are all his wondrous works which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not Yahweh bring us up from Egypt? but now Yahweh has cast us off, and delivered us into the hand of Midian.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֖נוּ (וַֽ) va “and”

Yahweh looked at him, and said, Go in this your might, and save Israel from the hand of Midian: have not I sent you?

וַיִּ֤פֶן (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְהוֹשַׁעְתָּ֥ (וְ) ve. “and”

He said to him, Oh, Lord, with which shall I save Israel? behold, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Yahweh said to him, Surely I will be with you, and you shall strike the Midianites as one man.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְהִכִּיתָ֥ (וְ) ve. “and”

He said to him, If now I have found favor in your sight, then show me a sign that it is you who talk with me.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְעָשִׂ֤יתָ (וְ) ve. “and”

Please don't go away, until I come to you, and bring out my present, and lay it before you. He said, I will wait until you come again.

וְהֹֽצֵאתִי֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִנַּחְתִּ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”וַיֹּאמַ֕ר (וַ) va “and”

Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of meal: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out to him under the oak, and presented it.

וַיַּ֤עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”וַיּוֹצֵ֥א (וַ) va “and”וַיַּגַּֽשׁ׃ (וַ) va “and”

The angel of God said to him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them on this rock, and pour out the broth. He did so.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֖עַשׂ (וַ) va “and”

Then the angel of Yahweh put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there went up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and the angel of Yahweh departed out of his sight.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֞ח (וַ) va “and”וַיִּגַּ֥ע (וַ) va “and”וַתַּ֨עַל (וַ) va. “and”וַתֹּ֤אכַל (וַ) va. “and”