Judges

Chapter 8

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Judges 8:1 Gematria: 4873
ויאמרו אליו איש אפרים מההדבר הזה עשית לנו לבלתי קראות לנו כי הלכת להלחם במדין ויריבון אתו בחזקה
And they said these man ephrayim from the speak this to us call to us given that to the i in him (object) in.and~they~will~SAY(V) TOWARD~him MAN EPHRAYIM WATER the~WORD the~THIS you~DO(V) STAY~us to~EXCEPT CALL.OUT(V) STAY~us GIVEN.THAT you~WALK(V) to~EAT(V) in~MIDIAN and~they~will~STRIVE(V) AT~him in~STRENGTHAnd those in Ephraim’s contingent said to him, “Why did you do that to us—not calling us when you went to fight the Midianites?” And they rebuked him severely.
Judges 8:2 Gematria: 3285
ויאמר אליהם מהעשיתי עתה ככם הלא טוב עללות אפרים מבציר אביעזר
And said these from the now if functional ephrayim.and~he~will~SAY(V) TOWARD~them WATER I~DO(V) NOW LIKE.THUS/SO~you(mp) NOT FUNCTIONAL GRAPE~s EPHRAYIM from~VINTAGE ABIEZERBut he answered them, “After all, what have I accomplished compared to you? Why, Ephraim’s gleanings are better than Abiezer’s vintage!
Judges 8:3 Gematria: 5689
בידכם נתן אלהים אתשרי מדין אתערב ואתזאב ומהיכלתי עשות ככם אז רפתה רוחם מעליו בדברו הדבר הזה
In give Elohiym noble of evening and weapon, from i in speak this.in~HAND~you(mp) GIVE(V) POWER~s AT HEAVY~s MIDIAN AT 'VRB and~AT AND.EZBAI and~WATER I~ABLE(V) DO(V) LIKE.THUS/SO~you(mp) AT.THAT.TIME she~did~WEAK(V) WIND~them from~UPON~him in~much~SPEAK(V)~him the~WORD the~THISGod has delivered the Midianite generals Oreb and Zeeb into your hands, and what was I able to do compared to you?” And when he spoke in this fashion, their anger against him abated.
Judges 8:4 Gematria: 3567
ויבא גדעון הירדנה עבר הוא ושלשמאות האיש אשר אתו עיפים ורדפים
Camel, he and that to mark man which him (object) and.and~he~will~COME(V) AND.GODAND the~THE.YARDEN CROSS.OVER(V)~ing HE and~THREE HUNDRED the~MAN WHICH AT~him TIRED and~PURSUE(V)~ing(p)Gideon came to the Jordan and crossed it. The three hundred men with him were famished, but still in pursuit.
Judges 8:5 Gematria: 4633
ויאמר לאנשי סכות תנונא ככרות לחם לעם אשר ברגלי כיעיפים הם ואנכי רדף אחרי זבח וצלמנע מלכי מדין
And said to like eat people which foot of they (m.) and i pursue after/behind weapon, and shade withheld; a king of midian slain by gideon from i.and~he~will~SAY(V) to~MAN~s SUCCOTH GIVE(V)~you(mp) PLEASE ROUND~s BREAD to~the~PEOPLE WHICH in~FESTIVAL~s2~me GIVEN.THAT TIRED THEY and~I PURSUE(V)~ing AFTER AND.AS.ZEBAH and~AND.SHADE.WITHHELD KING~s MIDIANHe said to the people of Succoth,apeople of Succoth I.e., its leaders, on the town’s behalf; cf. v. 6. So also in vv. 8, 14, 15, 16. “Please give some loaves of bread to the troops who are right behind me, for they are famished, and I am pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
Judges 8:6 Gematria: 2923
ויאמר שרי סכות הכף זבח וצלמנע עתה בידך כינתן לצבאך לחם
And said noble of the weapon, and shade withheld; a king of midian slain by gideon now like to stand surely eat.and~he~will~SAY(V) HEAVY~s SUCCOTH PALM AND.AS.ZEBAH and~AND.SHADE.WITHHELD NOW in~HAND~you GIVEN.THAT we~will~GIVE(V) to~ARMY~you BREADBut the officials of Succoth replied, “Are Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hands,bAre Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hands Lit. “Is the palm of Zebah and Zalmunna in your hand.” that we should give bread to your army?”
Judges 8:7 Gematria: 5804
ויאמר גדעון לכן בתת יהוה אתזבח ואתצלמנע בידי ודשתי אתבשרכם אתקוצי המדבר ואתהברקנים
And said camel, so the proper name of the god of israel; the tetragrammaton weapon, and shade in the speak.and~he~will~SAY(V) AND.GODAND to~SO in~GIVE(V) YHWH AT AND.AS.ZEBAH and~AT AND.SHADE.WITHHELD in~HAND~me and~I~will~THRESH(V) AT FLESH~you(mp) AT THORN~s the~WILDERNESS and~AT the~BRIER~s“I swear,” declared Gideon, “when GOD delivers Zebah and Zalmunna into my hands, I’ll threshcthresh I.e., throw them naked in a bed of thorns and trample them; but exact meaning uncertain. your bodies upon desert thorns and briers!”
Judges 8:8 Gematria: 3976
ויעל משם פנואל וידבר אליהם כזאת ויענו אותו אנשי פנואל כאשר ענו אנשי סכות
Lift breath and he spoke these this like i.and~he~will~GO.UP(V) from~THERE PENIEL and~he~will~much~SPEAK(V) TOWARD~them like~THIS and~they~will~ANSWER(V) AT~him MAN~s PENIEL like~WHICH they~did~ANSWER(V) MAN~s SUCCOTHFrom there he went up to Penuel and made the same request of them; but the people of Penueldpeople of Penuel Cf. note at v. 5. gave him the same reply as the people of Succoth.
Judges 8:9 Gematria: 2898
ויאמר גםלאנשי פנואל לאמר בשובי בשלום אתץ אתהמגדל הזהפ
And said camel, saying return of completeness the magnify.and~he~will~SAY(V) ALSO to~MAN~s PENIEL to~SAY(V) in~TURN.BACK(V)~me in~COMPLETENESS I~will~BREAK.DOWN(V) AT the~TOWER the~THISSo he also threatened the people of Penuel: “When I come back safe, I’ll tear down this tower!”
Judges 8:10 Gematria: 5764
וזבח וצלמנע בקרקר ומחניהם עמם כחמשת עשר אלף כל הנותרים מכל מחנה בניקדם והנפלים מאה ועשרים אלף איש שלףחרב
And weapon and shade withheld; a king of midian slain by gideon like ten thousand every the seed, fish, sprouting nail, peg, hook mark, sign, cross head, top, beginnings all camp and the fall hundred tithe thousand man.and~AND.AS.ZEBAH and~AND.SHADE.WITHHELD in~the~KARKOR and~CAMP~s~them WITH~them like~FIVE TEN THOUSAND ALL the~REMNANT(V)~ing(p) from~ALL CAMP SON~s EAST and~the~FALL(V)~ing(p) HUNDRED and~TWENTY THOUSAND MAN PULL(V)~ing SWORDNow Zebah and Zalmunna were at Karkor with their army of about 15,000; these were all that remained of the entire host of the Kedemites, for the slain numbered 120,000 fighters.efighters Lit. “drawers of a sword.”
Judges 8:11 Gematria: 1955
ויעל גדעון דרך השכוני באהלים מקדם לנבח ויגבהה ויך אתהמחנה והמחנה היה בטח
Lift camel, road in tent to camp and the camp existed cling.and~he~will~GO.UP(V) AND.GODAND ROAD the~DWELL(V)~ed(p) in~TENT~s from~EAST to~AND.NOBAH and~JOGBEHAH and~he~will~CRUSH(V) AT the~CAMP and~the~CAMP EXIST(V) SECURITYGideon marched up the road of the tent dwellers, up to east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and routed the camp, which was off guard.
Judges 8:12 Gematria: 3530
וינסו זבח וצלמנע וירדף אחריהם וילכד אתשני מלכי מדין אתזבח ואתצלמנע וכלהמחנה החריד
Weapon, and shade withheld; a king of midian slain by gideon and he pursued after the two from i weapon, and shade and like camp.and~they~will~FLEE(V) AND.AS.ZEBAH and~AND.SHADE.WITHHELD and~he~will~PURSUE(V) AFTER~them and~he~will~CAPTURE(V) AT TWO KING~s MIDIAN AT AND.AS.ZEBAH and~AT AND.SHADE.WITHHELD and~ALL the~CAMP TREMBLE(V)Zebah and Zalmunna took to flight, with GideonfGideon Heb. “him.” in pursuit. He captured Zebah and Zalmunna, the two kings of Midian, and threw the whole army into panic.
Judges 8:13 Gematria: 1526
וישב גדעון בןיואש מןהמלחמה מלמעלה החרס
And he swore camel, kind war from i.and~he~will~TURN.BACK(V) AND.GODAND SON TO.JASHUBI FROM the~WAR from~to~ASCENT the~CLAYOn his way back from the battle at the Ascent of Heres, Gideon son of Joash
Judges 8:14 Gematria: 5212
וילכדנער מאנשי סכות וישאלהו ויכתב אליו אתשרי סכות ואתזקניה שבעים ושבעה איש
From and he wrote these noble of that in swear and seven man.and~he~will~CAPTURE(V) YOUNG from~MAN~s SUCCOTH and~he~will~ASK(V)~him and~he~will~WRITE(V) TOWARD~him AT HEAVY~s SUCCOTH and~AT BEARD~her SEVENTY and~SEVEN MANcaptured a young man from among the people of Succoth and interrogated him. The latter drew up for him a list of the officials and elders of Succoth, seventy-seven in number.
Judges 8:15 Gematria: 5587
ויבא אלאנשי סכות ויאמר הנה זבח וצלמנע אשר חרפתם אותי לאמר הכף זבח וצלמנע עתה בידך כי נתן לאנשיך היעפים לחם
And said behold weapon, and shade withheld; a king of midian slain by gideon which saying the weapon, and shade withheld; a king of midian slain by gideon now given that give eat.and~he~will~COME(V) TOWARD MAN~s SUCCOTH and~he~will~SAY(V) BEHOLD AND.AS.ZEBAH and~AND.SHADE.WITHHELD WHICH you(mp)~much~TAUNT(V) AT~me to~SAY(V) PALM AND.AS.ZEBAH and~AND.SHADE.WITHHELD NOW in~HAND~you GIVEN.THAT we~will~GIVE(V) to~MAN~s~you the~FATIGUE BREADThen he came to the people of Succoth and said, “Here are Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you mocked me, saying, ‘Are Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hands,gAre Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hands See note at v. 6. that we should give your famished men bread?’”
Judges 8:16 Gematria: 4040
ויקח אתזקני העיר ואתקוצי המדבר ואתהברקנים וידע בהם את אנשי סכות
Weapon, city and the speak know in they (m.).and~he~will~TAKE(V) AT BEARD the~CITY and~AT THORN~s the~WILDERNESS and~AT the~BRIER~s and~he~will~KNOW(V) IN.THEM~them AT MAN~s SUCCOTHAnd he took the elders of the city and, [bringing] desert thorns and briers, he punishedhpunished Meaning of Heb. uncertain; emendation yields “threshed”; cf. v. 7. the people of Succoth with them.
Judges 8:17 Gematria: 2462
ואתמגדל פנואל נתץ ויהרג אתאנשי העיר
And magnify city.and~AT TOWER PENIEL BREAK.DOWN(V) and~he~will~KILL(V) AT MAN~s the~CITYAs for Penuel, he tore down its tower and killed the townspeople.
Judges 8:18 Gematria: 4134
ויאמר אלזבח ואלצלמנע איפה האנשים אשר הרגתם בתבור ויאמרו כמוך כמוהם אחד כתאר בני המלך
And said these weapon, these shade the which and they said like you like and window one like king.and~he~will~SAY(V) TOWARD AND.AS.ZEBAH and~TOWARD AND.SHADE.WITHHELD WHERE the~MAN~s WHICH you(mp)~KILL(V) in~IN.TABOR and~they~will~SAY(V) LIKE~you LIKE~them UNIT like~FORM SON~s the~KINGThen he asked Zebah and Zalmunna, “Those men you killed at Tabor, what were they like?”iwhat were they like In contrast to others “Where are they?” “They looked just like you,” they replied, “like sons of a king.”
Judges 8:19 Gematria: 2534
ויאמר אחי בניאמי הם חייהוה לו החיתם אותם לא הרגתי אתכם
And said hearth of they (m.) stomach the proper name of the god of israel; the tetragrammaton to him the if plow-point.and~he~will~SAY(V) BROTHER~s~me SON~s MOTHER~me THEY LIVING YHWH IF you(mp)~LIVE(V) AT~them NOT I~KILL(V) AT~you(mp)“They were my brothers,” he declared, “the sons of my mother. As GOD lives, if you had spared them, I would not kill you.”
Judges 8:20 Gematria: 3647
ויאמר ליתר בכורו קום הרג אותם ולאשלף הנער חרבו כי ירא כי עודנו נער
And said straight raise kill given that fear given that again.and~he~will~SAY(V) to~REMNANT FIRSTFRUIT~him RAISE(V) KILL(V) AT~them and~NOT PULL(V) the~YOUNG SWORD~him GIVEN.THAT FEAR(V) GIVEN.THAT AGAIN~him YOUNGAnd he commanded his oldest son Jether, “Go kill them!” But the boy did not draw his sword, for he was timid, being still a boy.
Judges 8:21 Gematria: 6078
ויאמר זבח וצלמנע קום אתה ופגעבנו כי כאיש גבורתו ויקם גדעון ויהרג אתזבח ואתצלמנע ויקח אתהשהרנים אשר בצוארי גמליהםפ
And said weapon, and shade withheld; a king of midian slain by gideon raise you (m.sg.) given that man camel, camel, weapon, and shade which in side, hunt, catch nail, peg, hook strength, power, leader head, top, beginning of camel,and~he~will~SAY(V) AND.AS.ZEBAH and~AND.SHADE.WITHHELD RAISE(V) YOU and~MEET(V) ? GIVEN.THAT like~the~MAN STRENGTH~him and~he~will~RAISE(V) AND.GODAND and~he~will~KILL(V) AT AND.AS.ZEBAH and~AT AND.SHADE.WITHHELD and~he~will~TAKE(V) AT the~ORNAMENT~s WHICH in~NECK~s CAMEL~s~themThen Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Come, you slay us; for strength comes with manhood.”jstrength comes with manhood Or “the outcome depends upon who’s involved.” So Gideon went over and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescents that were on the necks of their camels.
Judges 8:22 Gematria: 3463
ויאמרו אישישראל אלגדעון משלבנו גםאתה גםבנך גם בןבנך כי הושעתנו מיד מדין
And they said man he these camel, from camel, camel, also son in given that.and~they~will~SAY(V) MAN YISRA'EL TOWARD AND.GODAND RULE(V) ? ALSO YOU ALSO SON~you ALSO SON SON~you GIVEN.THAT you~RESCUE(V)~us from~HAND MIDIANThen those [who fought] on Israel’s side said to Gideon, “Rule over us—you, your son, and your grandson as well; for you have saved us from the Midianites.”
Judges 8:23 Gematria: 2000
ויאמר אלהם גדעון לאאמשל אני בכם ולאימשל בני בכם יהוה ימשל בכם
And said these camel, i the proper name of the god of israel; the tetragrammaton.and~he~will~SAY(V) TOWARD~them AND.GODAND NOT I~will~RULE(V) I WEEP~you(mp) and~NOT he~will~RULE(V) SON~me WEEP~you(mp) YHWH he~will~RULE(V) WEEP~you(mp)But Gideon replied, “I will not rule over you myself, nor shall my son rule over you; GOD alone shall rule over you.”
Judges 8:24 Gematria: 3317
ויאמר אלהם גדעון אשאלה מכם שאלה ותנולי איש נזם שללו כינזמי זהב להם כי ישמעאלים הם
And said these camel, fire these these and to me man that to staff to them (m.) given that he will heard they (m.).and~he~will~SAY(V) TOWARD~them AND.GODAND I~will~ASK(V) FROM~you(mp) REQUEST and~GIVE(V)~you(mp) ? MAN RING SPOIL~him GIVEN.THAT RING~s GOLD TO.THEY~them GIVEN.THAT HE.WILL.HEARD~s THEYAnd Gideon said to them, “I have a request to make of you: Each of you give me the earring you received as booty.” (The MidianiteskThe Midianites Heb. “They.” The author explains that the Midianites wore earrings like the Ishmaelites, who were better known to his contemporaries. had golden earrings, for they were Ishmaelites.)
Judges 8:25 Gematria: 4153
ויאמרו נתון נתן ויפרשו אתהשמלה וישליכו שמה איש נזם שללו
And they said give and the that staff and they sent that i man that to staff.and~they~will~SAY(V) GIVE(V) we~will~GIVE(V) and~they~will~SPLIT(V) AT the~GARMENT and~they~will~THROW(V) THERE MAN RING SPOIL~him“Certainly!” they replied. And they spread out a cloth, and everyone threw onto it the earring he had received as booty.
Judges 8:26 Gematria: 6340
ויהי משקל נזמי הזהב אשר שאל אלף ושבעמאות זהב לבד מןהשהרנים והנטיפות ובגדי הארגמן שעל מלכי מדין ולבד מןהענקות אשר בצוארי גמליהם
And existed from which ask thousand and in the kind that i from i and to which in side, hunt, catch nail, peg, hook strength, power, leader head, top, beginning of yield.and~he~will~EXIST(V) WEIGHT RING~s the~GOLD WHICH ASK(V) THOUSAND and~SEVEN HUNDRED GOLD to~SEPARATED FROM the~ORNAMENT~s and~the~PENDENT~s and~CLOTHING~s the~PURPLE UPON KING~s MIDIAN and~to~SEPARATED FROM the~COLLAR~s WHICH in~NECK~s CAMEL~s~them ? ? ?The weight of the golden earrings that he had requested came to 1,700 shekels of gold; this was in addition to the crescents and the pendants and the purple robes worn by the kings of Midian and in addition to the collars on the necks of their camels.
Judges 8:27 Gematria: 4579
ויעש אותו גדעון לאפוד ויצג אותו בעירו בעפרה ויזנו כלישראל אחריו שם ויהי לגדעון ולביתו למוקש
And made camel, to in and like to after breath and existed to camel and to to from.and~he~will~DO(V) AT~him AND.GODAND to~EPHOD and~he~will~SET(V) AT~him in~CITY~him in~POWDER and~they~will~WHORE(V) ALL YISRA'EL AFTER~him THERE and~he~will~EXIST(V) to~AND.GODAND and~to~HOUSE~him to~SNAREGideon made an ephod of this goldlthis gold Heb. “it.” and set it up in his own town of Ophrah. There all Israel went astray after it, and it became a snare to Gideon and his household.
Judges 8:28 Gematria: 4562
ויכנע מדין לפני בני ישראל ולא יספו לשאת ראשם ותשקט הארץ ארבעים שנה בימי גדעוןפ
And to face of he if to that i the land forty year in camel,and~he~will~LOWER(V) MIDIAN to~FACE~s SON~s YISRA'EL and~NOT they~did~ADD(V) to~LIFT(V) HEAD~them and~she~will~TRANQUIL(V) the~LAND FORTY YEAR in~DAY~s AND.GODANDThus Midian submitted to the Israelites and did not raise its head again; and the land was tranquil for forty years in Gideon’s time.
Judges 8:29 Gematria: 1485
וילך ירבעל בןיואש וישב בביתו
Walk will increase above and he swore in.and~he~will~WALK(V) HE.WILL.INCREASE.+.I SON TO.JASHUBI and~he~will~SIT(V) in~HOUSE~himSo Jerubbaal son of Joash retired to his own house.
Judges 8:30 Gematria: 2156
ולגדעון היו שבעים בנים יצאי ירכו כינשים רבות היו לו
And to camel that in swear go out of to him.and~to~AND.GODAND they~did~EXIST(V) SEVENTY SON~s GO.OUT(V)~ing(p) LOINS~him GIVEN.THAT WOMAN~s MASTER they~did~EXIST(V) ASK~himGideon had seventy sons of his own issue, for he had many wives.
Judges 8:31 Gematria: 2700
ופילגשו אשר בשכם ילדהלו גםהיא בן וישם אתשמו אבימלך
And camel, which in shekhem bear to him camel, son fruit he will reign.and~CONCUBINE~him WHICH in~THAT.I..WHAT she~did~BEAR(V) ? ALSO HE SON and~he~will~PLACE(V) AT TITLE~him EVI.+.HE.WILL.REIGNA son was also born to him by his concubine in Shechem, and he named him Abimelech.
Judges 8:32 Gematria: 2999
וימת גדעון בןיואש בשיבה טובה ויקבר בקבר יואש אביו בעפרה אבי העזריפ
Camel, and he buried bury fruit abi (name).and~he~will~DIE(V) AND.GODAND SON TO.JASHUBI in~GRAY FUNCTIONAL and~he~will~BURY(V) in~GRAVE TO.JASHUBI FATHER~him in~POWDER EZRITE EZRITEGideon son of Joash died at a ripe old age, and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash at Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
Judges 8:33 Gematria: 3790
ויהי כאשר מת גדעון וישובו בני ישראל ויזנו אחרי הבעלים וישימו להם בעל ברית לאלהים
And existed like i camel, and they turned he and after/behind the master and they set to them (m.) master covenant power.and~he~will~EXIST(V) like~WHICH DIE(V) AND.GODAND and~they~will~TURN.BACK(V) SON~s YISRA'EL and~they~will~WHORE(V) AFTER the~THE.MASTER and~they~will~PLACE(V) TO.THEY~them MASTER COVENANT to~POWER~sAfter Gideon died, the Israelites again went astray after the Baalim, and they adopted Baal-berith as a god.
Judges 8:34 Gematria: 2299
ולא זכרו בני ישראל אתיהוה אלהיהם המציל אותם מיד כלאיביהם מסביב
If weapon, he the proper name of the god of israel; the tetragrammaton these of they (m.) the from window like around.and~NOT they~did~REMEMBER(V) SON~s YISRA'EL AT YHWH POWER~s~them the~DELIVER(V)~ing AT~them from~HAND ALL ENEMY(V)~ing(p)~them from~AROUNDThe Israelites gave no thought to the ETERNAL their God, who saved them from all the enemies around them.
Judges 8:35 Gematria: 3156
ולאעשו חסד עםבית ירבעל גדעון ככלהטובה אשר עשה עםישראלפ
Kindness people will increase above camel, like like snake which he had made.and~NOT they~did~DO(V) KINDNESS WITH HOUSE HE.WILL.INCREASE.+.I AND.GODAND like~ALL the~FUNCTIONAL WHICH DO(V) WITH YISRA'ELNor did they show loyalty to the house of Jerubbaal-Gideon in return for all the good that he had done for Israel.