10 {
"verseID": "Judges.8.10",
"source": "וְזֶ֨בַח וְצַלְמֻנָּ֜ע בַּקַּרְקֹ֗ר וּמַחֲנֵיהֶ֤ם עִמָּם֙ כַּחֲמֵ֤שֶׁת עָשָׂר֙ אֶ֔לֶף כֹּ֚ל הַנּ֣וֹתָרִ֔ים מִכֹּ֖ל מַחֲנֵ֣ה בְנֵי־קֶ֑דֶם וְהַנֹּ֣פְלִ֔ים מֵאָ֨ה וְעֶשְׂרִ֥ים אֶ֛לֶף אִ֖ישׁ שֹׁ֥לֵֽף חָֽרֶב׃",
"text": "*wə-zeḇaḥ wə-ṣalmunnāʿ ba-qarqōr û-maḥănêhem* with-them about-fifteen thousand all the-*nôṯārîm* from-all *maḥănê ḇənê-qeḏem wə-ha-nōp̄ləîm* hundred and-twenty thousand *ʾîš šōlēp̄ ḥāreḇ*",
"grammar": {
"*wə-zeḇaḥ*": "waw conjunctive + proper noun - and Zebah",
"*wə-ṣalmunnāʿ*": "waw conjunctive + proper noun - and Zalmunna",
"*ba-qarqōr*": "preposition + definite article + proper noun - in Karkor",
"*û-maḥănêhem*": "waw conjunctive + masculine plural noun + 3rd masculine plural suffix - and their camp",
"*nôṯārîm*": "Niphal participle, masculine plural - those remaining/left over",
"*maḥănê*": "masculine singular construct - camp of",
"*ḇənê-qeḏem*": "masculine plural construct + proper noun - sons of the east",
"*wə-ha-nōp̄ləîm*": "waw conjunctive + definite article + Qal participle, masculine plural - and the fallen ones",
"*ʾîš*": "masculine singular noun - man/men",
"*šōlēp̄*": "Qal participle, masculine singular - drawing/pulling out",
"*ḥāreḇ*": "feminine singular noun - sword"
},
"variants": {
"*qarqōr*": "Karkor (place name)",
"*nôṯārîm*": "remaining/left/survivors",
"*ḇənê-qeḏem*": "sons of the east/easterners",
"*nōp̄ləîm*": "fallen/killed/those who had fallen",
"*šōlēp̄ ḥāreḇ*": "drawing sword/armed men/warriors"
}
}
11 {
"verseID": "Judges.8.11",
"source": "וַיַּ֣עַל גִּדְע֗וֹן דֶּ֚רֶךְ הַשְּׁכוּנֵ֣י בֽ͏ָאֳהָלִ֔ים מִקֶּ֥דֶם לְנֹ֖בַח וְיָגְבֳּהָ֑ה וַיַּךְ֙ אֶת־הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה וְהַֽמַּחֲנֶ֖ה הָ֥יָה בֶֽטַח׃",
"text": "*wə-yaʿal giḏʿôn dereḵ ha-ššəḵûnê ḇā-ʾŏhālîm mi-qeḏem lə-nōḇaḥ wə-yāḡbŏhâ wə-yak ʾeṯ-ha-mmaḥăne wə-ha-mmaḥăne hāyâ ḇeṭaḥ*",
"grammar": {
"*wə-yaʿal*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he went up",
"*giḏʿôn*": "proper noun - Gideon",
"*dereḵ*": "noun, feminine singular construct - way/road of",
"*ha-ššəḵûnê*": "definite article + Qal participle, masculine plural construct - the dwellers of",
"*ḇā-ʾŏhālîm*": "preposition + definite article + masculine plural noun - in the tents",
"*mi-qeḏem*": "preposition + noun - from east of",
"*lə-nōḇaḥ*": "preposition + proper noun - to Nobah",
"*wə-yāḡbŏhâ*": "waw conjunctive + proper noun - and Jogbehah",
"*wə-yak*": "waw consecutive + Hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he struck",
"*ʾeṯ-ha-mmaḥăne*": "direct object marker + definite article + masculine singular noun - the camp",
"*wə-ha-mmaḥăne*": "waw conjunctive + definite article + masculine singular noun - and the camp",
"*hāyâ*": "Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - was",
"*ḇeṭaḥ*": "masculine singular noun - secure/confident"
},
"variants": {
"*dereḵ ha-ššəḵûnê ḇā-ʾŏhālîm*": "way of tent-dwellers/road of nomads",
"*ḇeṭaḥ*": "secure/confident/unsuspecting"
}
}
12 {
"verseID": "Judges.8.12",
"source": "וַיָּנ֗וּסוּ זֶ֚בַח וְצַלְמֻנָּ֔ע וַיִּרְדֹּ֖ף אַחֲרֵיהֶ֑ם וַיִּלְכֹּ֞ד אֶת־שְׁנֵ֣י ׀ מַלְכֵ֣י מִדְיָ֗ן אֶת־זֶ֙בַח֙ וְאֶת־צַלְמֻנָּ֔ע וְכָל־הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֖ה הֶחֱרִֽיד׃",
"text": "*wə-yānûsû zeḇaḥ wə-ṣalmunnāʿ wə-yirdōp̄* after-them *wə-yilkōḏ ʾeṯ-šənê malḵê miḏyān ʾeṯ-zeḇaḥ wə-ʾeṯ-ṣalmunnāʿ wə-ḵāl-ha-mmaḥăne heḥĕrîḏ*",
"grammar": {
"*wə-yānûsû*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - and they fled",
"*zeḇaḥ*": "proper noun - Zebah",
"*wə-ṣalmunnāʿ*": "waw conjunctive + proper noun - and Zalmunna",
"*wə-yirdōp̄*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he pursued",
"*wə-yilkōḏ*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he captured",
"*ʾeṯ-šənê*": "direct object marker + numeral, masculine dual construct - the two of",
"*malḵê*": "masculine plural construct - kings of",
"*miḏyān*": "proper noun - Midian",
"*ʾeṯ-zeḇaḥ*": "direct object marker + proper noun - Zebah",
"*wə-ʾeṯ-ṣalmunnāʿ*": "waw conjunctive + direct object marker + proper noun - and Zalmunna",
"*wə-ḵāl-ha-mmaḥăne*": "waw conjunctive + noun, masculine singular construct + definite article + masculine singular noun - and all the camp",
"*heḥĕrîḏ*": "Hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he terrified/threw into panic"
},
"variants": {
"*heḥĕrîḏ*": "terrified/threw into panic/threw into confusion"
}
}
13 {
"verseID": "Judges.8.13",
"source": "וַיָּ֛שָׁב גִּדְע֥וֹן בֶּן־יוֹאָ֖שׁ מִן־הַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה מִֽלְמַעֲלֵ֖ה הֶחָֽרֶס׃",
"text": "*wə-yāšāḇ giḏʿôn ben-yôʾāš min-ha-mmilḥāmâ mi-lmaʿălê he-ḥāres*",
"grammar": {
"*wə-yāšāḇ*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he returned",
"*giḏʿôn*": "proper noun - Gideon",
"*ben-yôʾāš*": "masculine singular construct + proper noun - son of Joash",
"*min-ha-mmilḥāmâ*": "preposition + definite article + feminine singular noun - from the battle",
"*mi-lmaʿălê*": "preposition + masculine singular construct - from the ascent of",
"*he-ḥāres*": "definite article + masculine singular noun - the Heres/sun"
},
"variants": {
"*lmaʿălê he-ḥāres*": "ascent of Heres/ascent of the sun/pass of Heres"
}
}
14 {
"verseID": "Judges.8.14",
"source": "וַיִּלְכָּד־נַ֛עַר מֵאַנְשֵׁ֥י סֻכּ֖וֹת וַיִּשְׁאָלֵ֑הוּ וַיִּכְתֹּ֨ב אֵלָ֜יו אֶת־שָׂרֵ֤י סֻכּוֹת֙ וְאֶת־זְקֵנֶ֔יהָ שִׁבְעִ֥ים וְשִׁבְעָ֖ה אִֽישׁ׃",
"text": "*wə-yilkāḏ-naʿar mē-ʾanšê sukkôṯ wə-yišʾālēhû wə-yiḵtōḇ ʾēlāw ʾeṯ-śārê sukkôṯ wə-ʾeṯ-zəqēnêhā šiḇʿîm wə-šiḇʿâ ʾîš*",
"grammar": {
"*wə-yilkāḏ*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he caught",
"*naʿar*": "masculine singular noun - young man/boy",
"*mē-ʾanšê*": "preposition + masculine plural construct - from men of",
"*sukkôṯ*": "proper noun - Succoth",
"*wə-yišʾālēhû*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix - and he asked him",
"*wə-yiḵtōḇ*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he wrote down",
"*ʾēlāw*": "preposition + 3rd masculine singular suffix - to him",
"*ʾeṯ-śārê*": "direct object marker + masculine plural construct - the princes/officials of",
"*sukkôṯ*": "proper noun - Succoth",
"*wə-ʾeṯ-zəqēnêhā*": "waw conjunctive + direct object marker + masculine plural construct + 3rd feminine singular suffix - and its elders",
"*šiḇʿîm*": "numeral, masculine - seventy",
"*wə-šiḇʿâ*": "waw conjunctive + numeral, feminine - and seven",
"*ʾîš*": "masculine singular noun - man/men"
},
"variants": {
"*naʿar*": "young man/boy/youth/servant",
"*śārê*": "princes/officials/leaders/captains",
"*zəqēnêhā*": "its elders/its old men/its leaders"
}
}
15 {
"verseID": "Judges.8.15",
"source": "וַיָּבֹא֙ אֶל־אַנְשֵׁ֣י סֻכּ֔וֹת וַיֹּ֕אמֶר הִנֵּ֖ה זֶ֣בַח וְצַלְמֻנָּ֑ע אֲשֶׁר֩ חֵרַפְתֶּ֨ם אוֹתִ֜י לֵאמֹ֗ר הֲ֠כַף זֶ֣בַח וְצַלְמֻנָּ֤ע עַתָּה֙ בְּיָדֶ֔ךָ כִּ֥י נִתֵּ֛ן לַאֲנָשֶׁ֥יךָ הַיְּעֵפִ֖ים לָֽחֶם׃",
"text": "*wə-yāḇōʾ ʾel-ʾanšê sukkôṯ wə-yōʾmer hinnê zeḇaḥ wə-ṣalmunnāʿ ʾăšer ḥērap̄tem ʾôṯî lēʾmōr hăḵap̄ zeḇaḥ wə-ṣalmunnāʿ* now in-hand-of-you that *nittēn la-ʾănāšêḵā ha-yəʿēp̄îm lāḥem*",
"grammar": {
"*wə-yāḇōʾ*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he came",
"*ʾel-ʾanšê*": "preposition + masculine plural construct - to men of",
"*sukkôṯ*": "proper noun - Succoth",
"*wə-yōʾmer*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said",
"*hinnê*": "demonstrative particle - behold",
"*zeḇaḥ*": "proper noun - Zebah",
"*wə-ṣalmunnāʿ*": "waw conjunctive + proper noun - and Zalmunna",
"*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - whom",
"*ḥērap̄tem*": "Piel perfect, 2nd masculine plural - you taunted/reproached",
"*ʾôṯî*": "direct object marker + 1st common singular suffix - me",
"*lēʾmōr*": "Qal infinitive construct - saying",
"*hăḵap̄*": "interrogative particle + noun, masculine singular construct - is the palm/hand of",
"*zeḇaḥ*": "proper noun - Zebah",
"*wə-ṣalmunnāʿ*": "waw conjunctive + proper noun - and Zalmunna",
"*nittēn*": "Qal imperfect, 1st common plural - we should give",
"*la-ʾănāšêḵā*": "preposition + masculine plural noun + 2nd masculine singular suffix - to your men",
"*ha-yəʿēp̄îm*": "definite article + adjective, masculine plural - the weary",
"*lāḥem*": "masculine singular noun - bread"
},
"variants": {
"*ḥērap̄tem*": "you taunted/reproached/insulted/mocked",
"*kap̄*": "palm/hand/power"
}
}
16 {
"verseID": "Judges.8.16",
"source": "וַיִּקַּח֙ אֶת־זִקְנֵ֣י הָעִ֔יר וְאֶת־קוֹצֵ֥י הַמִּדְבָּ֖ר וְאֶת־הַֽבַּרְקֳנִ֑ים וַיֹּ֣דַע בָּהֶ֔ם אֵ֖ת אַנְשֵׁ֥י סֻכּֽוֹת׃",
"text": "And *wayyiqqaḥ* [he took] *ʾet*-*ziqnê* [the elders of] *hāʿîr* [the city] and *ʾet*-*qôṣê* [the thorns of] *hammidbār* [the wilderness] and *ʾet*-*habbarqŏnîm* [the briers], and *wayyōdaʿ* [he made known/taught] *bāhem* [with them] *ʾēt* *ʾanšê* [the men of] *sukkôt* [Succoth].",
"grammar": {
"*wayyiqqaḥ*": "waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he took",
"*ziqnê*": "construct plural of *zāqēn* - elders of",
"*hāʿîr*": "definite article + noun, feminine singular - the city",
"*qôṣê*": "construct plural of *qôṣ* - thorns of",
"*hammidbār*": "definite article + noun, masculine singular - the wilderness",
"*habbarqŏnîm*": "definite article + noun, masculine plural - the briers/thistles",
"*wayyōdaʿ*": "waw consecutive + hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular of *yādaʿ* - and he made known/taught",
"*bāhem*": "preposition *bĕ* + 3rd masculine plural pronoun - with them/by them",
"*ʾanšê*": "construct plural of *ʾîš* - men of",
"*sukkôt*": "proper noun - Succoth"
},
"variants": {
"*wayyōdaʿ*": "made known/taught/chastised/punished",
"*bāhem*": "with them/by them/through them",
"*qôṣê*": "thorns/briars/thorn bushes",
"*barqŏnîm*": "briers/thistles/thorny plants"
}
}