H9002–/וְ–v

He came to the men of Succoth, and said, See Zebah and Zalmunna, concerning whom you did taunt me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your men who are weary?

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

He broke down the tower of Penuel, and killed the men of the city.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then said he to Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom you killed at Tabor? They answered, As you are, so were they; each one resembled the children of a king.

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

He said to Jether his firstborn, Up, and kill them. But the youth didn't draw his sword; for he feared, because he was yet a youth.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise you, and fall on us; for as the man is, so is his strength. Gideon arose, and killed 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”

Gideon said to them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: Yahweh shall rule over you.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Gideon said to them, I would make a request of you, that you 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”

The weight of the golden ear-rings that he requested was one thousand and seven hundred [ergänzt: shekels] of gold, besides the crescents, and the pendants, and the purple clothing that was on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were about their camels' necks.

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

Gideon made an ephod of it, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel played the prostitute after it there; and it became a snare to 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. The land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

Gideon had seventy sons conceived from his body; for he had many wives.

וּלְגִדְע֗וֹן (וּ) u. “and”

His concubine who was in Shechem, she also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.

וּפִֽילַגְשׁוֹ֙ (וּ) u. “and”

The children of Israel didn't remember Yahweh their God, who had delivered them out of the hand of all their enemies on every side;

וְלֹ֤א (וְ) ve. “and”

neither shown they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, [ergänzt: who is] Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shown to Israel.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Please speak in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, that all the sons of Jerubbaal, who are seventy persons, rule over you, or that one rule over you? Remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.

וּבְשַׂרְכֶ֖ם (וּ) u. “and”

They gave him seventy [ergänzt: pieces] of silver out of the house of Baal Berith, with which Abimelech hired vain and light fellows, who followed him.

וּפֹ֣חֲזִ֔ים (וּ) u. “and”

All the men of Shechem assembled themselves together, and all the house of Millo, and went and made Abimelech king, by the oak of the pillar that was in Shechem.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

When they told it to Jotham, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said to them, Listen to me, you men of Shechem, that God may listen to you.

וְיִשְׁמַ֥ע (וְ) ve. “so”

But the olive tree said to them, Should I leave my fatness, with which by me they honor God and man, and go to wave back and forth over the trees?

וַאֲנָשִׁ֑ים (וַ) va. “and”

But the fig tree said to them, Should I leave my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to wave back and forth over the trees?

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

The vine said to them, Should I leave my new wine, which cheers God and man, and go to wave back and forth over the trees?

וַאֲנָשִׁ֑ים (וַ) va. “and”

The bramble said to the trees, If in truth you anoint me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade; 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 you have dealt truly and righteously, in that you have made Abimelech king, and if you have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done to 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”