H9033–וֹ–o

Then the men of the town said to Jo'ash, "Bring out your son, that he may die, for he has pulled down the altar of Ba'al and cut down the Ashe'rah beside it."

עָלָֽיו׃ (ו) v “it”

But Jo'ash said to all who were arrayed against him, "Will you contend for Ba'al? Or will you defend his cause? Whoever contends for him shall be put to death by morning. If he is a god, let him contend for himself, because his altar has been pulled down."

עָלָ֜יו (ו) v “him”אוֹת֔וֹ (וֹ) o “him”ל֛וֹ (וֹ) o “him”ל֔וֹ (וֹ) o “himself”

Therefore on that day he was called Jerubba'al, that is to say, "Let Ba'al contend against him," because he pulled down his altar.

ל֥וֹ (וֹ) o “him”בּוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “him”

But the Spirit of the LORD took possession of Gideon; and he sounded the trumpet, and the Abiez'rites were called out to follow him.

אַחֲרָֽיו׃ (ו) v “him”

And he sent messengers throughout all Manas'seh; and they too were called out to follow him. And he sent messengers to Asher, Zeb'ulun, and Naph'tali; and they went up to meet them.

אַחֲרָ֑יו (ו) v “him”

Then Jerubba'al (that is, Gideon) and all the people who were with him rose early and encamped beside the spring of Harod; and the camp of Mid'ian was north of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.

אִתּ֔וֹ (וֹ) o “him”ל֣וֹ (וֹ) o “him”

And the LORD said to Gideon, "The people are still too many; take them down to the water and I will test them for you there; and he of whom I say to you, 'This man shall go with you,' shall go with you; and any of whom I say to you, 'This man shall not go with you,' shall not go."

וְאֶצְרְפֶ֥נּוּ (נּוּ) nu “it”

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."

אוֹתוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “him”

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.

ל֖וֹ (וֹ) o “him”

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

אֵלָיו֙ (ו֙) v “him”נְתַתִּ֖יו (ו) v “it”

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."

וַיַּכֵּ֧הוּ (הוּ) hu “it”וַיַּהַפְכֵ֥הוּ (הוּ) hu “it”

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.

אִתּ֜וֹ (וֹ) o “him”

They stood every man in his place round about the camp, and all the army ran; they cried out and fled.

תַּחְתָּ֔יו (ו) v “his”

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.

אֵלָ֜יו (ו) v “him”אִתּ֖וֹ (וֹ) o “him”

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.

מֵֽעָלָ֔יו (ו) v “him”

And Gideon came to the Jordan and passed over, he and the three hundred men who were with him, faint yet pursuing.

אִתּ֔וֹ (וֹ) o “him”

And from there he went up to Penu'el, and spoke to them in the same way; and the men of Penu'el answered him as the men of Succoth had answered.

אוֹתוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “him”

And he caught a young man of Succoth, and questioned him; and he wrote down for him the officials and elders of Succoth, seventy-seven men.

וַיִּשְׁאָלֵ֑הוּ (הוּ) hu “him”אֵלָ֜יו (ו) v “him”

And Gideon made an ephod of it and put it in his city, in Ophrah; and all Israel played the harlot after it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and to his family.

אוֹת֨וֹ (וֹ) o “it”אוֹת֤וֹ (וֹ) o “it”אַחֲרָ֖יו (ו) v “it”

Now Gideon had seventy sons, his own offspring, for he had many wives.

לֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “him”

And his concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he called his name Abim'elech.

לּ֥וֹ (וֹ) o “him”

And his mother's kinsmen spoke all these words on his behalf in the ears of all the men of Shechem; and their hearts inclined to follow Abim'elech, for they said, "He is our brother."

עָלָ֗יו (ו) v “him”

And they gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Ba'al-be'rith with which Abim'elech hired worthless and reckless fellows, who followed him.

לוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “him”אַחֲרָֽיו׃ (ו) v “him”

"Now therefore, if you acted in good faith and honor when you made Abim'elech king, and if you have dealt well with Jerubba'al and his house, and have done to him as his deeds deserved--

לֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “him”

And the men of Shechem put men in ambush against him on the mountain tops, and they robbed all who passed by them along that way; and it was told Abim'elech.

לוֹ֩ (וֹ֩) o “him”