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And the children of Israel did evil in the eyes of the Lord; and the Lord gave them up into the hand of Midian for seven years.

בְּעֵינֵ֣י (בְּ) be. “in”בְּיַד־ (בְּ) be. “in”

And Midian was stronger than Israel; and because of the Midianites, the children of Israel made holes for themselves in the mountains, and hollows in the rocks, and strong places.

בֶּֽהָרִ֔ים (בֶּֽ) be. “[are] in the”

And put their army in position against them; and they took all the produce of the earth as far as Gaza, till there was no food in Israel, or any sheep or oxen or asses.

בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (בְּ) be. “in”

For they came up regularly with their oxen and their tents; they came like the locusts in number; they and their camels were without number; and they came into the land for its destruction.

בָאָ֖רֶץ (בָ) va. “in the”

And I said to you, I am the Lord your God; you are not to give worship to the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living, but you did not give ear to my voice.

בְּאַרְצָ֑ם (בְּ) be. “in”בְּקוֹלִֽי׃ (בְּ) be. “to”

Now the angel of the Lord came and took his seat under the oak-tree in Ophrah, in the field of Joash the Abiezrite; and his son Gideon was crushing grain in the place where the grapes were crushed, so that the Midianites might not see it.

בְּעָפְרָ֔ה (בְּ) be. “[was] in”בַּגַּ֔ת (בַּ) ba. “in the”

Then Gideon said to him, O my lord, if the Lord is with us why has all this come on us? And where are all his works of power, of which our fathers have given us word, saying, Did not the Lord take us out of Egypt? But now he has given us up, handing us o

בְּכַף־ (בְּ) be. “in”

And the Lord, turning to him, said, Go in the strength you have and be Israel's saviour from Midian: have I not sent you?

בְּכֹחֲךָ֣ (בְּ) be. “in”

And he said to him, O Lord, how may I be the saviour of Israel? See, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.

בַּמָּ֥ה (בַּ) ba. “<in>”בִּמְנַשֶּׁ֔ה (בִּ) bi “in”בְּבֵ֥ית (בְּ) be. “in”

So he said to him, If now I have grace in your eyes, then give me a sign that it is you who are talking to me.

בְּעֵינֶ֑יךָ (בְּ) be. “in”

Then Gideon went in and made ready a young goat, and with an ephah of meal he made unleavened cakes: he put the meat in a basket and the soup in which it had been cooked he put in a pot, and he took it out to him under the oak-tree and gave it to him the

בַּסַּ֔ל (בַּ) ba. “in the”בַּפָּר֑וּר (בַּ) ba. “in the”

Then the angel of the Lord put out the stick which was in his hand, touching the meat and the cakes with the end of it; and a flame came up out of the rock, burning up the meat and the cakes: and the angel of the Lord was seen no longer.

בְּיָד֔וֹ (בְּ) be. “[was] in”בַּבָּשָׂ֖ר (בַּ) ba. “<in> the”וּבַמַּצּ֑וֹת (בַ) va “<in> the”

Then Gideon made an altar there to the Lord, and gave it the name Yahweh-shalom; to this day it is in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

בְּעָפְרָ֖ת (בְּ) be. “[is] in”

The same night the Lord said to him, Take ten men of your servants and an ox seven years old, and after pulling down the altar of Baal which is your father's, and cutting down the holy tree by its side,

בַּלַּ֣יְלָה (בַּ) ba. “in the”

Make an altar to the Lord your God on the top of this rock, in the ordered way and take the ox and make a burned offering with the wood of the holy tree which has been cut down.

בַּמַּֽעֲרָכָ֑ה (בַּ) ba. “in the”בַּעֲצֵ֥י (בַּ) ba. “with”

And the men of the town got up early in the morning, and they saw the altar of Baal broken down, and the holy tree which was by it cut down, and the ox offered on the altar which had been put up there.

בַּבֹּ֔קֶר (בַּ) ba. “in the”

So that day he gave him the name of Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal take up his cause against him because his altar has been broken down.

בַיּוֹם־ (בַ) va “on the”בּוֹ֙ (בּ) b “against <the>”

Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the east, banding themselves together, went over and put up their tents in the valley of Jezreel.

בְּעֵ֥מֶק (בְּ) be. “in”

But the spirit of the Lord came on Gideon; and at the sound of his horn all Abiezer came together after him.

בַּשּׁוֹפָ֔ר (בַּ) ba. “on the”

And he sent through all Manasseh, and they came after him; and he sent to Asher and Zebulun and Naphtali, and they came up and were joined to the others.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”בְּאָשֵׁ֤ר (בְּ) be. “in”וּבִזְבֻלוּן֙ (בִ) vi “in”וּבְנַפְתָּלִ֔י (בְ) ve. “in”

Then Gideon said to God, If you are going to give Israel salvation by my hand, as you have said,

בְּיָדִ֛י (בְּ) be. “by”

See, I will put the wool of a sheep on the grain-floor; if there is dew on the wool only, while all the earth is dry, then I will be certain that it is your purpose to give Israel salvation by my hand as you have said.

בַּגֹּ֑רֶן (בַּ) ba. “on the”בְּיָדִ֛י (בְּ) be. “by”

Then Gideon said to God, Do not be moved to wrath against me if I say only this: let me make one more test with the wool; let the wool now be dry, while the earth is covered with dew.

בִּ֔י (בִּ֔) B “on <the>”בַּגִּזָּ֔ה (בַּ) ba. “by the”

And that night God did so; for the wool was dry, and there was dew on all the earth round it.

בַּלַּ֣יְלָה (בַּ) ba. “in the”

Then Jerubbaal, that is, Gideon, and all the people with him, got up early and put up their tents by the side of the water-spring of Harod; the tents of Midian were on the north side of him, under the hill of Moreh in the valley.

בָּעֵֽמֶק׃ (בָּ) ba. “in the”