H9001–/וַ–v

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.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְנָתַתִּ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”

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.

וַיִּקְח֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

The same night the Lord said to him, Up! go down now against their army, for I have given them into your hands.

וַֽיְהִי֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

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.

וְשָֽׁמַעְתָּ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיָרַדְתָּ֖ (וְ) ve. “and”וַיֵּ֤רֶד (וַ) va “and”

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

וַיָּבֹ֣א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֜אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֣א (וַ) va “and”וַיַּכֵּ֧הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפֹּ֛ל (וַ) va “and”וַיַּהַפְכֵ֥הוּ (וַ) va “and”וְנָפַ֥ל (וְ) ve. “and”

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.

וַיַּ֨עַן (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

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.

וַיְהִי֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁתָּ֑חוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֙שָׁב֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then separating the three hundred men into three bands, he gave every man a horn, and a vessel in which was a flaming branch.

וַיַּ֛חַץ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתֵּ֨ן (וַ) va “and”

And he said to them, Keep your eyes on me, and do what I do; when I come to the outer line of tents, whatever I do, you are to do the same.

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

At the sound of my horn, and the horns of those who are with me, let your horns be sounded all round the tents, and say, For the Lord and for Gideon.

וְתָקַעְתִּי֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּתְקַעְתֶּ֨ם (וּ) u. “and”וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם (וַ) va. “and”

So Gideon and the three hundred men who were with him came to the outer line of tents, at the start of the middle watch, when the watchmen had only then taken their stations; and the horns were sounded and the vessels broken.

וַיָּבֹ֣א (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּתְקְעוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

So the three bands all gave a loud note on their horns, and when the vessels had been broken, they took the flaming branches in their left hands, and the horns in their right hands ready for blowing, crying out, For the Lord and for Gideon.

וַֽ֠יִּתְקְעוּ (וַֽ֠) Va “and”וַיִּשְׁבְּר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּחֲזִ֤יקוּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּקְרְא֔וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

Then they made a line round the tents, every man in his place; and all the army, awaking from sleep, came running out, and with loud cries went in flight.

וַיַּֽעַמְדוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֧רָץ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּרִ֖יעוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּנֽוּסוּ׃ (וַ) va “and”

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

וַֽיִּתְקְעוּ֮ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיָּ֣שֶׂם (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֨נָס (וַ) va “and”

And the men of Israel came together from Naphtali and from Asher and all Manasseh, and went after Midian.

וַיִּצָּעֵ֧ק (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּרְדְּפ֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

Then Gideon sent through all the hill-country of Ephraim saying, Come down against Midian, and keep the ways across Jordan before they come. So all the men of Ephraim, massing themselves together, kept the ways across Jordan.

וַיִּצָּעֵ֞ק (וַ) va “and”וַיִּלְכְּד֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And they took the two chiefs of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and they put Oreb to death at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they put to death at the place of the grape-crushing in Zeeb, and they went after Midian; but the heads of Oreb and Zeeb they took across Jord

וַֽיִּלְכְּד֡וּ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּהַרְג֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּרְדְּפ֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And the men of Ephraim came and said to him, Why did you not send for us when you went to war against Midian? And they said sharp and angry words to him.

וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיְרִיב֥וּן (וַ) va “and”

And he said to them, What have I done in comparison with you? Is not that which Ephraim took up after the grape-cutting better than all the grapes which Abiezer got in from the grape-cutting?

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then Gideon came to Jordan and went over it with his three hundred, overcome with weariness and in need of food.

וַיָּבֹ֥א (וַ) va “and”

And he said to the men of Succoth, Give bread cakes to my people, for they are overcome with weariness, and I am going on after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

But the chiefs of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna even now in your hand that we are to give bread to your army?

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

Then Gideon said, Because of this, when the Lord has given Zebah and Zalmunna into my hands, I will have you stretched on a bed of thorns of the waste land and on sharp stems, and have you crushed as grain is crushed on a grain-floor.

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

So he went up from there to Penuel and made the same request to the men of Penuel; but they gave him the same answer as the men of Succoth had given.

וַיַּ֤עַל (וַ) va “and”וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר (וַ) va “and”וַיַּעֲנ֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

So he said to the men of Penuel, When I come back in peace, I will have this tower broken down.

וַיֹּ֛אמֶר (וַ) va “and”