H9002–/וְ–v

And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said: 'Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, concerning whom ye did taunt me, saying: Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy power, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary?'

וְצַלְמֻנָּ֑ע (וְ) ve. “and”וְצַלְמֻנָּ֤ע (וְ) ve. “and”

And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.

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

And he broke down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna: 'Where are the men whom ye slew at Tabor?' And they answered: 'As thou art, so were they; of one form with the children of a king.'

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he said unto Jether his first-born: 'Up, and slay them.' But the youth drew not his sword; for he feared, because he was yet a youth.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Zebah and Zalmunna said: 'Rise thou, and fall upon us; for as the man is, so is his strength.' And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescents that were on their camels' necks.

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

And Gideon said unto them: 'I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you; the LORD shall rule over you.'

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Gideon said unto them: 'I would make a request of you, that ye would give me every man the ear-rings of his spoil.' --For they had golden ear-rings, because they were Ishmaelites.

וּתְנוּ־ (וּ) u. “and”

And the weight of the golden ear-rings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside the crescents, and the pendants, and the purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels'

וּשְׁבַע־ (וּ) u. “and”וְהַנְּטִפ֜וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”וּבִגְדֵ֣י (וּ) u. “and”וּלְבַד֙ (וּ) u. “and”

And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah; and all Israel went astray after it there; and it became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.

וּלְבֵית֖וֹ (וּ) u. “and”

So Midian was subdued before the children of Israel, and they lifted up their heads no more. And the land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten; for he had many wives.

וּלְגִדְע֗וֹן (וּ) u. “and”

And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bore him a son, and he called his name Abimelech.

וּפִֽילַגְשׁוֹ֙ (וּ) u. “and”

And the children of Israel remembered not the LORD their God, who had delivered them out of the hand of all their enemies on every side;

וְלֹ֤א (וְ) ve. “and”

neither showed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shown unto Israel.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother's brethren, and spoke with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying:

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

'Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem: Which is better for you, that all the sons of Jerubbaal, who are threescore and ten persons, rule over you, or that one rule over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.'

וּבְשַׂרְכֶ֖ם (וּ) u. “and”

And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light fellows, who followed him.

וּפֹ֣חֲזִ֔ים (וּ) u. “and”

And all the men of Shechem assembled themselves together, and all Beth-millo, and went and made Abimelech king, by the terebinth of the pillar that was in Shechem.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them: 'Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.

וְיִשְׁמַ֥ע (וְ) ve. “so”

But the olive-tree said unto them: Should I leave my fatness, seeing that by me they honour God and man, and go to hold sway over the trees?

וַאֲנָשִׁ֑ים (וַ) va. “and”

But the fig-tree said unto them: Should I leave my sweetness, and my good fruitage, and go to hold sway over the trees?

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the vine said unto them: Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to hold sway over the trees?

וַאֲנָשִׁ֑ים (וַ) va. “and”

And the bramble said unto the trees: If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shadow; and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְתֹאכַ֖ל (וְ) ve. “and”

Now therefore, if ye have dealt truly and uprightly, in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done unto him according to the deserving of his hands--

וְעַתָּ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְתָמִים֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”