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The LORD said to Gideon, "The people with you are too many for me to give the Mid'ianites into their hand, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, 'My own hand has delivered me.'

בְּיָדָ֑ם (בְּ) be. “in”

Now therefore proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, 'Whoever is fearful and trembling, let him return home.'" And Gideon tested them; twenty-two thousand returned, and ten thousand remained.

בְּאָזְנֵ֤י (בְּ) be. “in”

So he brought the people down to the water; and the LORD said to Gideon, "Every one that laps the water with his tongue, as a dog laps, you shall set by himself; likewise every one that kneels down to drink."

בִּלְשׁוֹנ֨וֹ (בִּ) bi “with”

And the number of those that lapped, putting their hands to their mouths, was three hundred men; but all the rest of the people knelt down to drink water.

בְּיָדָם֙ (בְּ) be. “with”

And the LORD said to Gideon, "With the three hundred men that lapped I will deliver you, and give the Mid'ianites into your hand; and let all the others go every man to his home."

בִּשְׁלֹשׁ֩ (בִּ) bi “by”בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ (בְּ) be. “in”

So he took the jars of the people from their hands, and their trumpets; and he sent all the rest of Israel every man to his tent, but retained the three hundred men; and the camp of Mid'ian was below him in the valley.

בְּיָדָ֜ם (בְּ) be. “in”וּבִשְׁלֹשׁ־ (בִ) vi “on”בָּעֵֽמֶק׃ (בָּ) ba. “in the”

That same night the LORD said to him, "Arise, go down against the camp; for I have given it into your hand.

בַּלַּ֣יְלָה (בַּ) ba. “in the”בַּֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה (בַּֽ) ba. “in the”בְּיָדֶֽךָ׃ (בְּ) be. “in”

and you shall hear what they say, and afterward your hands shall be strengthened to go down against the camp." Then he went down with Purah his servant to the outposts of the armed men that were in the camp.

בַּֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה (בַּֽ) ba. “in the”בַּֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃ (בַּֽ) Ba. “[were] in the”

And the Mid'ianites and the Amal'ekites and all the people of the East lay along the valley like locusts for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand which is upon the seashore for multitude.

בָּעֵ֔מֶק (בָּ) ba. “in the”

When Gideon came, behold, a man was telling a dream to his comrade; and he said, "Behold, I dreamed a dream; and lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the camp of Mid'ian, and came to the tent, and struck it so that it fell, and turned it upside down, so that the tent lay flat."

בְּמַחֲנֵ֣ה (בְּ) be. “in”

And his comrade answered, "This is no other than the sword of Gideon the son of Jo'ash, a man of Israel; into his hand God has given Mid'ian and all the host."

בְּיָד֔וֹ (בְּ) be. “in”

When Gideon heard the telling of the dream and its interpretation, he worshiped; and he returned to the camp of Israel, and said, "Arise; for the LORD has given the host of Mid'ian into your hand."

בְּיֶדְכֶ֖ם (בְּ) be. “in”

And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and put trumpets into the hands of all of them and empty jars, with torches inside the jars.

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

And he said to them, "Look at me, and do likewise; when I come to the outskirts of the camp, do as I do.

בִּקְצֵ֣ה (בִּ) bi “in”

When I blow the trumpet, I and all who are with me, then blow the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and shout, 'For the LORD and for Gideon.'"

בַּשּׁוֹפָ֔ר (בַּ) ba. “on the”בַּשּׁוֹפָר֜וֹת (בַּ) ba. “on the”

So Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, when they had just set the watch; and they blew the trumpets and smashed the jars that were in their hands.

בִּקְצֵ֣ה (בִּ) bi “in”בַּשּׁ֣וֹפָר֔וֹת (בַּ) ba. “on the”בְּיָדָֽם׃ (בְּ) be. “[were] in”

And the three companies blew the trumpets and broke the jars, holding in their left hands the torches, and in their right hands the trumpets to blow; and they cried, "A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!"

בַּשּֽׁוֹפָרוֹת֮ (בַּ) ba. “on the”בְיַד־ (בְ) ve. “in”בַּלַּפִּדִ֔ים (בַּ) ba. “on the”וּבְיַ֨ד־ (בְ) ve. “in”

When they blew the three hundred trumpets, the LORD set every man's sword against his fellow and against all the army; and the army fled as far as Beth-shit'tah toward Zer'erah, as far as the border of A'bel-meho'lah, by Tabbath.

בְּרֵעֵ֖הוּ (בְּ) be. “on”וּבְכָל־ (בְ) ve. “on”

And Gideon sent messengers throughout all the hill country of E'phraim, saying, "Come down against the Mid'ianites and seize the waters against them, as far as Beth-bar'ah, and also the Jordan." So all the men of E'phraim were called out, and they seized the waters as far as Beth-bar'ah, and also the Jordan.

בְּכָל־ (בְּ) be. “in”

And they took the two princes of Mid'ian, Oreb and Zeeb; they killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they killed at the wine press of Zeeb, as they pursued Mid'ian; and they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon beyond the Jordan.

בְּצוּר־ (בְּ) be. “at”בְיֶֽקֶב־ (בְ) ve. “at”

And the men of E'phraim said to him, "What is this that you have done to us, not to call us when you went to fight with Mid'ian?" And they upbraided him violently.

בְּמִדְיָ֑ן (בְּ) be. “against”בְּחָזְקָֽה׃ (בְּ) be. “with”

God has given into your hands the princes of Mid'ian, Oreb and Zeeb; what have I been able to do in comparison with you?" Then their anger against him was abated, when he had said this.

בְּיֶדְכֶם֩ (בְּ) be. “in”בְּדַבְּר֖וֹ (בְּ) be. “when”

So he said to the men of Succoth, "Pray, give loaves of bread to the people who follow me; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmun'na, the kings of Mid'ian."

בְּרַגְלָ֑י (בְּ) be. “[is] at”

And the officials of Succoth said, "Are Zebah and Zalmun'na already in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?"

בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ (בְּ) be. “in”

And Gideon said, "Well then, when the LORD has given Zebah and Zalmun'na into my hand, I will flail your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers."

בְּתֵ֧ת (בְּ) be. “when”בְּיָדִ֑י (בְּ) be. “in”