H9001–/וַ–v

And Gideon goeth up the way of those who tabernacle in tents, on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smiteth the camp, and the camp was confident;

וַיַּ֣עַל (וַ) va “and”וַיַּךְ֙ (וַ) va “and”

and Zebab and Zalmunna flee, and he pursueth after them, and captureth the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and all the camp he hath caused to tremble.

וַיָּנ֗וּסוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּרְדֹּ֖ף (וַ) va “and”וַיִּלְכֹּ֞ד (וַ) va “and”

And Gideon son of Joash turneth back from the battle, at the going up of the sun,

וַיָּ֛שָׁב (וַ) va “and”

and captureth a young man of the men of Succoth, and asketh him, and he describeth unto him the heads of Succoth, and its elders -- seventy and seven men.

וַיִּלְכָּד־ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁאָלֵ֑הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּכְתֹּ֨ב (וַ) va “and”

And he cometh in unto the men of Succoth, and saith, `Lo Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye reproached me, saying, Is the hand of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy hand that we give to thy men who `are' wearied bread?'

וַיָּבֹא֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And he taketh the elders of the city, and the thorns of the wilderness, and the threshing instruments, and teacheth by them the men of Succoth,

וַיִּקַּח֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣דַע (וַ) va “and”

and the tower of Penuel he hath broken down, and slayeth the men of the city.

וַֽיַּהֲרֹ֖ג (וַֽ) va “and”

And he saith unto Zebah and unto Zalmunna, `How -- the men whom ye slew in Tabor?' and they say, `As thou -- so they, one -- as the form of the king's sons.'

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַֽיֹּאמרוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”

And he saith, `My brethren -- sons of my mother -- they; Jehovah liveth, if ye had kept them alive -- I had not slain you.'

וַיֹּאמַ֕ר (וַ) va “and”

And he saith to Jether his first-born, `Rise, slay them;' and the young man hath not drawn his sword, for he hath been afraid, for he `is' yet a youth.

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ (וַ) va “and”

And Zebah saith -- also Zalmunna -- `Rise thou, and fall upon us; for as the man -- his might;' and Gideon riseth, and slayeth Zebah and Zalmunna, and taketh their round ornaments which `are' on the necks of their camels.

וַיֹּ֜אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֣קָם (וַ) va “and”וַֽיַּהֲרֹג֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּקַּח֙ (וַ) va “and”

And the men of Israel say unto Gideon, `Rule over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, for thou hast saved us from the hand of Midian.'

וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Gideon saith unto them, `I do not rule over you, nor doth my son rule over you; Jehovah doth rule over you.'

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Gideon saith unto them, `Let me ask of you a petition, and give ye to me each the ring of his prey, for they have rings of gold, for they `are' Ishmaelites.'

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And they say, `We certainly give;' and they spread out the garment, and cast thither each the ring of his prey;

וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּפְרְשׂוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּשְׁלִ֣יכוּ (וַ) va “and”

and the weight of the rings of gold which he asked is a thousand and seven hundred `shekels' of gold, apart from the round ornaments, and the drops, and the purple garments, which `are' on the kings of Midian, and apart from the chains which `are' on the necks of their camels,

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”

and Gideon maketh it into an ephod, and setteth it up in his city, in Ophrah, and all Israel go a-whoring after it there, and it is to Gideon and to his house for a snare.

וַיַּעַשׂ֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּצֵּ֨ג (וַ) va “and”וַיִּזְנ֧וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיְהִ֛י (וַ) va “and”

And Midian is humbled before the sons of Israel, and have not added to lift up their head; and the land resteth forty years in the days of Gideon.

וַיִּכָּנַ֣ע (וַ) va “and”וַתִּשְׁקֹ֥ט (וַ) va. “and”

And Jerubbaal son of Joash goeth and dwelleth in his own house,

וַיֵּ֛לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”

and his concubine, who `is' in Shechem, hath born to him -- even she -- a son, and he appointeth his name Abimelech.

וַיָּ֥שֶׂם (וַ) va “and”

And Gideon son of Joash dieth, in a good old age, and is buried in the burying-place of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abi-Ezrite.

וַיָּ֛מָת (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקָּבֵ֗ר (וַ) va “and”

And it cometh to pass, when Gideon `is' dead, that the sons of Israel turn back and go a-whoring after the Baalim, and set over them Baal-Berith for a god;

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”וַיָּשׁ֙וּבוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּזְנ֖וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּשִׂ֧ימוּ (וַ) va “and”

and Abimelech son of Jerubbaal goeth to Shechem, unto his mother's brethren, and speaketh unto them, and unto all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying,

וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר (וַ) va “and”

`Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the masters of Shechem, Which `is' good for you -- the ruling over you of seventy men (all the sons of Jerubbaal), or the ruling over you of one man? -- and ye have remembered that I `am' your bone and your flesh.'

וּזְכַרְתֶּ֕ם (וּ) u. “and”

And his mother's brethren speak concerning him, in the ears of all the masters of Shechem, all these words, and their heart inclineth after Abimelech, for they said, `He `is' our brother;'

וַיְדַבְּר֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֤ט (וַ) va “and”