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  1. 1And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply.וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ אֵלָ֜יו אִ֣ישׁ אֶפְרַ֗יִם מָֽה הַדָּבָ֤ר הַזֶּה֙ עָשִׂ֣יתָ לְבִלְתִּי֙ קְרֹ֣אות כִּ֥י הָלַ֖כְתָּ לְהִלָּחֵ֣ם בְּמִדְיָ֑ן וַיְרִיב֥וּן אִתּ֖וֹ בְּחָזְקָֽה
  2. 2And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם מֶה עָשִׂ֥יתִי עַתָּ֖ה הֲל֗וֹא ט֛וֹב עֹלְל֥וֹת אֶפְרַ֖יִם מִבְצִ֥יר אֲבִיעֶֽזֶר
  3. 3God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.בְּיֶדְכֶם֩ נָתַ֨ן אֱלֹהִ֜ים אֶת שָׂרֵ֤י מִדְיָן֙ אֶת עֹרֵ֣ב וְאֶת זְאֵ֔ב וּמַה יָּכֹ֖לְתִּי עֲשׂ֣וֹת אָ֗ז רָפְתָ֤ה רוּחָם֙ מֵֽעָלָ֔יו בְּדַבְּר֖וֹ הַדָּבָ֥ר הַזֶּֽה
  4. 4And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them.וַיָּבֹ֥א גִדְע֖וֹן הַיַּרְדֵּ֑נָה עֹבֵ֣ר ה֗וּא וּשְׁלֹשׁ מֵא֤וֹת הָאִישׁ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִתּ֔וֹ עֲיֵפִ֖ים וְרֹדְפִֽים
  5. 5And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙ לְאַנְשֵׁ֣י סֻכּ֔וֹת תְּנוּ נָא֙ כִּכְּר֣וֹת לֶ֔חֶם לָעָ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּרַגְלָ֑י כִּי עֲיֵפִ֣ים הֵ֔ם וְאָנֹכִ֗י רֹדֵ֛ף אַחֲרֵ֛י זֶ֥בַח וְצַלְמֻנָּ֖ע מַלְכֵ֥י מִדְיָֽן
  6. 6And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army?וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙ שָׂרֵ֣י סֻכּ֔וֹת הֲ֠כַף זֶ֧בַח וְצַלְמֻנָּ֛ע עַתָּ֖ה בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ כִּֽי נִתֵּ֥ן לִֽצְבָאֲךָ֖ לָֽחֶם
  7. 7And Gideon said, Therefore when the LORD hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.וַיֹּ֣אמֶר גִּדְע֔וֹן לָכֵ֗ן בְּתֵ֧ת יְהוָ֛ה אֶת זֶ֥בַח וְאֶת צַלְמֻנָּ֖ע בְּיָדִ֑י וְדַשְׁתִּי֙ אֶת בְּשַׂרְכֶ֔ם אֶת קוֹצֵ֥י הַמִּדְבָּ֖ר וְאֶת הַֽבַּרְקֳנִֽים
  8. 8And he went up thence to Penuel, and spake unto them likewise: and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered him.וַיַּ֤עַל מִשָּׁם֙ פְּנוּאֵ֔ל וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם כָּזֹ֑את וַיַּעֲנ֤וּ אוֹתוֹ֙ אַנְשֵׁ֣י פְנוּאֵ֔ל כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר עָנ֖וּ אַנְשֵׁ֥י סֻכּֽוֹת
  9. 9And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.וַיֹּ֛אמֶר גַּם לְאַנְשֵׁ֥י פְנוּאֵ֖ל לֵאמֹ֑ר בְּשׁוּבִ֣י בְשָׁל֔וֹם אֶתֹּ֖ץ אֶת הַמִּגְדָּ֥ל הַזֶּֽה
  10. 10Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword.וְזֶ֨בַח וְצַלְמֻנָּ֜ע בַּקַּרְקֹ֗ר וּמַחֲנֵיהֶ֤ם עִמָּם֙ כַּחֲמֵ֤שֶׁת עָשָׂר֙ אֶ֔לֶף כֹּ֚ל הַנּ֣וֹתָרִ֔ים מִכֹּ֖ל מַחֲנֵ֣ה בְנֵי קֶ֑דֶם וְהַנֹּ֣פְלִ֔ים מֵאָ֨ה וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים אֶ֛לֶף אִ֖ישׁ שֹׁ֥לֵֽף חָֽרֶב
  11. 11And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host: for the host was secure.וַיַּ֣עַל גִּדְע֗וֹן דֶּ֚רֶךְ הַשְּׁכוּנֵ֣י בָֽאֳהָלִ֔ים מִקֶּ֥דֶם לְנֹ֖בַח וְיָגְבֳּהָ֑ה וַיַּךְ֙ אֶת הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה וְהַֽמַּחֲנֶ֖ה הָ֥יָה בֶֽטַח
  12. 12And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host.וַיָּנ֗וּסוּ זֶ֚בַח וְצַלְמֻנָּ֔ע וַיִּרְדֹּ֖ף אַחֲרֵיהֶ֑ם וַיִּלְכֹּ֞ד אֶת שְׁנֵ֣י מַלְכֵ֣י מִדְיָ֗ן אֶת זֶ֨בַח֙ וְאֶת צַלְמֻנָּ֔ע וְכָל הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֖ה הֶחֱרִֽיד
  13. 13And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun was up,וַיָּ֛שָׁב גִּדְע֥וֹן בֶּן יוֹאָ֖שׁ מִן הַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה מִֽלְמַעֲלֵ֖ה הֶחָֽרֶס
  14. 14And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and enquired of him: and he described unto him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, even threescore and seventeen men.וַיִּלְכָּד נַ֛עַר מֵאַנְשֵׁ֥י סֻכּ֖וֹת וַיִּשְׁאָלֵ֑הוּ וַיִּכְתֹּ֨ב אֵלָ֜יו אֶת שָׂרֵ֤י סֻכּוֹת֙ וְאֶת זְקֵנֶ֔יהָ שִׁבְעִ֥ים וְשִׁבְעָ֖ה אִֽישׁ
  15. 15And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary?וַיָּבֹא֙ אֶל אַנְשֵׁ֣י סֻכּ֔וֹת וַיֹּ֕אמֶר הִנֵּ֖ה זֶ֣בַח וְצַלְמֻנָּ֑ע אֲשֶׁר֩ חֵרַפְתֶּ֨ם אוֹתִ֜י לֵאמֹ֗ר הֲ֠כַף זֶ֣בַח וְצַלְמֻנָּ֤ע עַתָּה֙ בְּיָדֶ֔ךָ כִּ֥י נִתֵּ֛ן לַאֲנָשֶׁ֥יךָ הַיְּעֵפִ֖ים לָֽחֶם
  16. 16And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.וַיִּקַּח֙ אֶת זִקְנֵ֣י הָעִ֔יר וְאֶת קוֹצֵ֥י הַמִּדְבָּ֖ר וְאֶת הַֽבַּרְקֳנִ֑ים וַיֹּ֣דַע אֵ֖ת אַנְשֵׁ֥י סֻכּֽוֹת
  17. 17And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.וְאֶת מִגְדַּ֥ל פְּנוּאֵ֖ל נָתָ֑ץ וַֽיַּהֲרֹ֖ג אֶת אַנְשֵׁ֥י הָעִֽיר
  18. 18Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, so were they; each one resembled the children of a king.וַיֹּ֗אמֶר אֶל זֶ֨בַח֙ וְאֶל צַלְמֻנָּ֔ע אֵיפֹה֙ הָאֲנָשִׁ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֲרַגְתֶּ֖ם בְּתָב֑וֹר וַֽיֹּאמרוּ֙ כָּמ֣וֹךָ כְמוֹהֶ֔ם אֶחָ֕ד כְּתֹ֖אַר בְּנֵ֥י הַמֶּֽלֶךְ
  19. 19And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: as the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.וַיֹּאמַ֕ר אַחַ֥י בְּנֵֽי אִמִּ֖י הֵ֑ם חַי יְהוָ֗ה ל֚וּ הַחֲיִתֶ֣ם אוֹתָ֔ם לֹ֥א הָרַ֖גְתִּי אֶתְכֶֽם
  20. 20And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth.וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙ לְיֶ֣תֶר בְּכוֹר֔וֹ ק֖וּם הֲרֹ֣ג אוֹתָ֑ם וְלֹא שָׁלַ֨ף הַנַּ֤עַר חַרְבּוֹ֙ כִּ֣י יָרֵ֔א כִּ֥י עוֹדֶ֖נּוּ נָֽעַר
  21. 21Then 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 away the ornaments that were on their camels' necks.וַיֹּ֜אמֶר זֶ֣בַח וְצַלְמֻנָּ֗ע ק֤וּם אַתָּה֙ וּפְגַע כִּ֥י כָאִ֖ישׁ גְּבוּרָת֑וֹ וַיָּ֣קָם גִּדְע֗וֹן וַֽיַּהֲרֹג֙ אֶת זֶ֣בַח וְאֶת צַלְמֻנָּ֔ע וַיִּקַּח֙ אֶת הַשַּׂ֣הֲרֹנִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּצַוְּארֵ֥י גְמַלֵּיהֶֽם
  22. 22Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian.וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ אִֽישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֶל גִּדְע֔וֹן מְשָׁל גַּם אַתָּ֔ה גַּם בִּנְךָ֖ גַּ֣ם בֶּן בְּנֶ֑ךָ כִּ֥י הוֹשַׁעְתָּ֖נוּ מִיַּ֥ד מִדְיָֽן
  23. 23And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you.וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֲלֵהֶם֙ גִּדְע֔וֹן לֹֽא אֶמְשֹׁ֤ל אֲנִי֙ וְלֹֽא יִמְשֹׁ֥ל בְּנִ֖י יְהוָ֖ה יִמְשֹׁ֥ל
  24. 24And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֜ם גִּדְע֗וֹן אֶשְׁאֲלָ֤ה מִכֶּם֙ שְׁאֵלָ֔ה וּתְנוּ אִ֖ישׁ נֶ֣זֶם שְׁלָל֑וֹ כִּֽי נִזְמֵ֤י זָהָב֙ כִּ֥י יִשְׁמְעֵאלִ֖ים הֵֽם
  25. 25And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey.וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ נָת֣וֹן נִתֵּ֑ן וַֽיִּפְרְשׂוּ֙ אֶת הַשִּׂמְלָ֔ה וַיַּשְׁלִ֣יכוּ שָׁ֔מָּה אִ֖ישׁ נֶ֥זֶם שְׁלָלֽוֹ
  26. 26And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels' necks.וַיְהִ֗י מִשְׁקַ֞ל נִזְמֵ֤י הַזָּהָב֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר שָׁאָ֔ל אֶ֥לֶף וּשְׁבַע מֵא֖וֹת זָהָ֑ב לְ֠בַד מִן הַשַּׂהֲרֹנִ֨ים וְהַנְּטִפ֜וֹת וּבִגְדֵ֣י הָאַרְגָּמָ֗ן שֶׁעַל֙ מַלְכֵ֣י מִדְיָ֔ן וּלְבַד֙ מִן הָ֣עֲנָק֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּצַוְּארֵ֥י גְמַלֵּיהֶֽם
  27. 27And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.וַיַּעַשׂ֩ אוֹת֨וֹ גִדְע֜וֹן לְאֵפ֗וֹד וַיַּצֵּ֨ג אוֹת֤וֹ בְעִירוֹ֙ בְּעָפְרָ֔ה וַיִּזְנ֧וּ כָֽל יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל אַחֲרָ֖יו שָׁ֑ם וַיְהִ֛י לְגִדְע֥וֹן וּלְבֵית֖וֹ לְמוֹקֵֽשׁ
  28. 28Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon.וַיִּכָּנַ֣ע מִדְיָ֗ן לִפְנֵי֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְלֹ֥א יָסְפ֖וּ לָשֵׂ֣את רֹאשָׁ֑ם וַתִּשְׁקֹ֥ט הָאָ֛רֶץ אַרְבָּעִ֥ים שָׁנָ֖ה בִּימֵ֥י גִדְעֽוֹן
  29. 29And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.וַיֵּ֛לֶךְ יְרֻבַּ֥עַל בֶּן יוֹאָ֖שׁ וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב בְּבֵיתֽוֹ
  30. 30And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.וּלְגִדְע֗וֹן הָיוּ֙ שִׁבְעִ֣ים בָּנִ֔ים יֹצְאֵ֖י יְרֵכ֑וֹ כִּֽי נָשִׁ֥ים רַבּ֖וֹת הָ֥יוּ
  31. 31And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.וּפִֽילַגְשׁוֹ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בִּשְׁכֶ֔ם יָֽלְדָה גַם הִ֖יא בֵּ֑ן וַיָּ֥שֶׂם אֶת שְׁמ֖וֹ אֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ
  32. 32And 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.וַיָּ֛מָת גִּדְע֥וֹן בֶּן יוֹאָ֖שׁ בְּשֵׂיבָ֣ה טוֹבָ֑ה וַיִּקָּבֵ֗ר בְּקֶ֨בֶר֙ יוֹאָ֣שׁ אָבִ֔יו בְּעָפְרָ֖ה הָֽעֶזְרִֽי
  33. 33And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baalberith their god.וַיְהִ֗י כַּֽאֲשֶׁר֙ מֵ֣ת גִּדְע֔וֹן וַיָּשׁ֨וּבוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיִּזְנ֖וּ אַחֲרֵ֣י הַבְּעָלִ֑ים וַיָּשִׂ֧ימוּ בְּרִ֖ית לֵאלֹהִֽים
  34. 34And the children of Israel remembered not the LORD their God, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side:וְלֹ֤א זָֽכְרוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֶת יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם הַמַּצִּ֥יל אוֹתָ֛ם מִיַּ֥ד כָּל אֹיְבֵיהֶ֖ם מִסָּבִֽיב
  35. 35Neither shewed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shewed unto Israel.וְלֹֽא עָשׂ֣וּ חֶ֔סֶד עִם בֵּ֥ית יְרֻבַּ֖עַל גִּדְע֑וֹן כְּכָל הַטּוֹבָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָׂ֖ה עִם יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

Judges 8 original-language research

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510 tagged Hebrew tokens193 distinct lexical entries35 of 35 verses source-tagged
אִישׁH376
ʾîš · eesh

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

18 occurrences in verses 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 24, 25 · Hebrew gematria 311
אָמַרH559
ʾāmar · ah-MAHR

to say (used with great latitude)

18 occurrences in verses 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 · Hebrew gematria 241
בֵּןH1121
bēn · bane

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)

15 occurrences in verses 10, 13, 18, 19, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34 · Hebrew gematria 702
גִּדְעוֹןH1439
gidʿôn · ɡeed-ONE

Gidon, an Israelite

15 occurrences in verses 4, 7, 11, 13, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 30, 32, 33, 35 · Hebrew gematria 783
זֶבַחH2078
zebaḥ · zeh-VAHK

Zebach, a Midianitish prince

11 occurrences in verses 5, 6, 7, 10, 12, 15, 18, 21 · Hebrew gematria 17
כִּיH3588
kî · kee

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

11 occurrences in verses 1, 5, 6, 15, 20, 21, 22, 24, 30 · Hebrew gematria 30
צַלְמֻנָּעH6759
ṣalmunnāʿ · tsahl-moo-NA

Tsalmunna, a Midianite

11 occurrences in verses 5, 6, 7, 10, 12, 15, 18, 21 · Hebrew gematria 280
נָתַןH5414
nātan · na-TAHN

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

8 occurrences in verses 3, 5, 6, 7, 15, 24, 25 · Hebrew gematria 1150
מִדְיָןH4080
midyān · meed-YAHN

Midjan, a son of Abraham; also his country and (collectively) his descendants

7 occurrences in verses 1, 3, 5, 12, 22, 26, 28 · Hebrew gematria 754
סֻכּוֹתH5523
sukkôt · soo-KOTE

Succoth, the name of a place in Egypt and of three in Palestine

7 occurrences in verses 5, 6, 8, 14, 15, 16 · Hebrew gematria 486

Hebrew verse gematria

YHWSA calculates these totals directly from every consonant in the tagged Hebrew source line using the Carlo Suarès letter-number system; vowel points and cantillation marks do not add values. The totals are not reverse-mapped from English. A matching number is a comparison to investigate, not proof that two passages mean the same thing.

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