H9023–הוּ–hu

And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when they inquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash hath done this thing.

רֵעֵ֔הוּ (הוּ) hu “his”

And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye contend for Baal? Or will ye save him? he that will contend for him, let him be put to death whilst [ergänzt: it is yet] morning: if he be a god, let him contend for himself, because one hath broken down his altar.

מִזְבְּחֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal contend against him, because he hath broken down his altar.

מִזְבְּחֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

So he brought down the people unto the water: and Jehovah said unto 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.

בִּלְשׁוֹנ֨וֹ (וֹ) o “his”בִּרְכָּ֖יו (ו) v “his”

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

לִמְקֹמֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets; and he sent all the men of Israel every man unto his tent, but retained the three hundred men: and the camp of Midian was beneath him in the valley.

לְאֹֽהָלָ֔יו (ו) v “his”

and thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thy hands be strengthened to go down into the camp. Then went he down with Purah his servant unto the outermost part of the armed men that were in the camp.

נַעֲר֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man telling a dream unto his fellow; and he said, Behold, I dreamed a dream; and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the camp of Midian, and came unto the tent, and smote it so that it fell, and turned it upside down, so that the tent lay flat.

לְרֵעֵ֖הוּ (הוּ) hu “his”

And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: into his hand God hath delivered Midian, and all the host.

רֵעֵ֤הוּ (הוּ) hu “his”בְּיָד֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped; and he returned into the camp of Israel, and said, Arise; for Jehovah hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.

שִׁבְר֖וֹ (וֹ) o “its”

And they blew the three hundred trumpets, and Jehovah set every man's sword against his fellow, and against all the host; and the host fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.

בְּרֵעֵ֖הוּ (הוּ) hu “his”

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.

בְּכוֹר֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”חַרְבּוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “his”

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.

גְּבוּרָת֑וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

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.)

שְׁלָל֑וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the ear-rings of his spoil.

שְׁלָלֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

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

בְעִירוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “his”וּלְבֵית֖וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.

בְּבֵיתֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

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

יְרֵכ֑וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

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

וּפִֽילַגְשׁוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “his”שְׁמ֖וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

אָבִ֔יו (ו) v “his”

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

אִמּ֑וֹ (וֹ) o “his”אִמּ֖וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And his mother's brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother.

אִמּ֜וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: but Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself.

אָבִיו֙ (ו֙) v “his”אֶחָ֧יו (ו) v “his”

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 unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.

קוֹל֖וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

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;

בֵּית֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”יָדָ֖יו (ו) v “his”