H9002–/וְ–v

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

וּמִקְנֵיהֶ֨ם (וּ) u. “and”וְאָהֳלֵיהֶ֗ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְלָהֶ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְלִגְמַלֵּיהֶ֖ם (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וּמִיַּ֖ד (וּ) u. “and”

And I said to you, I am the LORD your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed my voice.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained to Joash the Abi-ezrite: and his son Gideon thrashed wheat by the wine-press, to hide it from the Midianites.

וְגִדְע֣וֹן (וְ) ve. “and”

And Gideon said to him, O my Lord, if the LORD is with us, why then hath all this befallen us? and where are all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.

וְיֵ֤שׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלָ֥מָּה (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַיֵּ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַתָּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he said to him, O my Lord, by what means shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.

וְאָנֹכִ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”

And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: 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.

וְגִדְע֣וֹן (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵיפַת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַמָּרַ֖ק (וְ) ve. “and”

And the angel of God said to him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַנַּח֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וּבַמַּצּ֑וֹת (וּ) u. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמַלְאַ֣ךְ (וּ) u. “and”

And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said to him, Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that is by it:

וּפַ֥ר (וּ) u. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had said to him: and so it was, because he feared his father's household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut down that was by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that was built.

וְהִנֵּ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָאֲשֵׁרָ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then the men of the city said to Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die: because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the grove that was by it.

וְיָמֹ֑ת (וְ) ve. “so”וְכִ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”

Then all the Midianites, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east were assembled, and went over, and encamped in the valley of Jezreel.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וַעֲמָלֵ֛ק (וַ) va. “and”וּבְנֵי־ (וּ) u. “and”

But the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was called after him.

וְר֣וּחַ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; who also was called after him: and he sent messengers to Asher, and to Zebulun, and to Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.

וּמַלְאָכִים֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּמַלְאָכִ֣ים (וּ) u. “and”וּבִזְבֻלוּן֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּבְנַפְתָּלִ֔י (וּ) u. “and”

Behold, I will put a fleece of wool on the floor; and if the dew shall be on the fleece only, and it shall be dry upon all the earth besides, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by my hand, as thou hast said.

וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Gideon said to God, Let not thy anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: Let me make trial, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew.

וַאֲדַבְּרָ֖ה (וַ) va. “and”וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.

וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Jerubbaal (who is Gideon) and all the people that were with him, rose early, and encamped beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמַחֲנֵ֤ה (וּ) u. “and”

Now therefore, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.

וְעַתָּ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְחָרֵ֔ד (וְ) ve. “and”וְיִצְפֹּ֖ר (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁנַ֙יִם֙ (וּ) u. “and”וַעֲשֶׂ֥רֶת (וַ) va. “and”

And the LORD said to Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down to the water, and I will try them for thee there; and it shall be, that of whom I say to thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say to thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go.

וְאֶצְרְפֶ֥נּוּ (וְ) ve. “so”וְכֹ֨ל (וְ) ve. “and”

So he brought down the people to the water: and the LORD said to Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink.

וְכֹ֛ל (וְ) ve. “and”

And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.

וְכֹל֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the LORD said to Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thy hand: and let all the other people go every man to his place.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”