Chapter 3
Nations Left to Test Israel
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These are the nations that the LORD left to test all the Israelites who had not known any of the wars in Canaan,
𐤅𐤀𐤋𐤄 𐤄𐤂𐤅𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤄𐤍𐤉𐤇 𐤋𐤍𐤎𐤅𐤕 𐤊𐤋 𐤁𐤌 𐤀𐤕 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤕 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤋𐤀 𐤉𐤃𐤏𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤊𐤋 𐤌𐤋𐤇𐤌𐤅𐤕 𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍
וְאֵ֤לֶּה הַגּוֹיִם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה הִנִּ֣יחַ לְנַסּ֥וֹת כָּל־ בָּ֖ם אֶת־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אֵ֚ת אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹֽא־ יָדְע֔וּ אֵ֖ת כָּל־ מִלְחֲמ֥וֹת כְּנָֽעַן׃ wə·’êl·leh hag·gō·w·yim ’ă·šer Yah·weh hin·nî·aḥ lə·nas·sō·wṯ kāl- bām ’eṯ- yiś·rā·’êl ’êṯ ’ă·šer lō- yā·ḏə·‘ū ’êṯ kāl- mil·ḥă·mō·wṯ kə·nā·‘an — WLC · 1
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if only vvv… to teach warfare to the subsequent generations vvv of Israel, especially to those who had not known it formerly:
𐤓𐤒 𐤋𐤌𐤏𐤍 𐤃𐤏𐤕 𐤋𐤋𐤌𐤃𐤌 𐤌𐤋𐤇𐤌𐤄 𐤃𐤓𐤅𐤕 𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤓𐤒 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤋𐤀 𐤉𐤃𐤏𐤅𐤌 𐤋𐤐𐤍𐤉𐤌
רַ֗ק לְמַ֙עַן֙ דַּ֚עַת לְלַמְּדָ֖ם מִלְחָמָ֑ה דֹּר֣וֹת בְּנֵֽי־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל רַ֥ק אֲשֶׁר־ לֹ֥א יְדָעֽוּם׃ לְפָנִ֖ים raq lə·ma·‘an da·‘aṯ lə·lam·mə·ḏām mil·ḥā·māh dō·rō·wṯ bə·nê- yiś·rā·’êl raq ’ă·šer- lō yə·ḏā·‘ūm lə·p̄ā·nîm — WLC · 2
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the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount vvv Baal-hermon to vvv Lebo-hamath.
𐤇𐤌𐤔𐤕 𐤎𐤓𐤍𐤉 𐤐𐤋𐤔𐤕𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍𐤉 𐤅𐤄𐤑𐤉𐤃𐤍𐤉 𐤅𐤄𐤇𐤅𐤉 𐤉𐤔𐤁 𐤄𐤓 𐤄𐤋𐤁𐤍𐤅𐤍 𐤌𐤄𐤓 𐤁𐤏𐤋 𐤇𐤓𐤌𐤅𐤍 𐤏𐤃 𐤋𐤁𐤅𐤀 𐤇𐤌𐤕
חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת׀ סַרְנֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים וְכָל־ הַֽכְּנַעֲנִי֙ וְהַצִּ֣ידֹנִ֔י וְהַ֣חִוִּ֔י יֹשֵׁ֖ב הַ֣ר הַלְּבָנ֑וֹן מֵהַר֙ בַּ֣עַל חֶרְמ֔וֹן עַ֖ד לְב֥וֹא חֲמָֽת׃ ḥă·mê·šeṯ sar·nê p̄ə·liš·tîm wə·ḵāl hak·kə·na·‘ă·nî wə·haṣ·ṣî·ḏō·nî wə·ha·ḥiw·wî yō·šêḇ har hal·lə·ḇā·nō·wn mê·har ba·‘al ḥer·mō·wn ‘aḏ lə·ḇō·w ḥă·māṯ — WLC · 3
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[These nations] were [left] to test - the Israelites, to find out whether they would keep the commandments of the LORD, which He had given their fathers through Moses.
𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤉𐤅 𐤋𐤍𐤎𐤅𐤕 𐤁𐤌 𐤀𐤕 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤋𐤃𐤏𐤕 𐤄𐤉𐤔𐤌𐤏𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤌𐤑𐤅𐤕 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤑𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤕 𐤀𐤁𐤅𐤕𐤌 𐤁𐤉𐤃 𐤌𐤔𐤄
וַֽיִּהְי֕וּ לְנַסּ֥וֹת בָּ֖ם אֶת־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל לָדַ֗עַת הֲיִשְׁמְעוּ֙ אֶת־ מִצְוֺ֣ת יְהוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־ צִוָּ֥ה אֶת־ אֲבוֹתָ֖ם בְּיַד־ מֹשֶֽׁה׃ way·yih·yū lə·nas·sō·wṯ bām ’eṯ- yiś·rā·’êl lā·ḏa·‘aṯ hă·yiš·mə·‘ū ’eṯ- miṣ·wōṯ Yah·weh ’ă·šer- ṣiw·wāh ’eṯ- ’ă·ḇō·w·ṯām bə·yaḏ- mō·šeh — WLC · 4
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Thus the Israelites… continued to live among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
𐤅𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤉𐤔𐤁𐤅 𐤁𐤒𐤓𐤁 𐤄𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍𐤉 𐤄𐤇𐤕𐤉 𐤅𐤄𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤉 𐤅𐤄𐤐𐤓𐤆𐤉 𐤅𐤄𐤇𐤅𐤉 𐤅𐤄𐤉𐤁𐤅𐤎𐤉
וּבְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל יָשְׁב֖וּ בְּקֶ֣רֶב הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֑י הַחִתִּ֤י וְהָֽאֱמֹרִי֙ וְהַפְּרִזִּ֔י וְהַחִוִּ֖י וְהַיְבוּסִֽי׃ ū·ḇə·nê yiś·rā·’êl yā·šə·ḇū bə·qe·reḇ hak·kə·na·‘ă·nî ha·ḥit·tî wə·hā·’ĕ·mō·rî wə·hap·pə·riz·zî wə·ha·ḥiw·wî wə·hay·ḇū·sî — WLC · 5
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And they took the daughters [of these people]… in marriage, gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
𐤅𐤉𐤒𐤇𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤁𐤍𐤅𐤕𐤉𐤄𐤌 𐤋𐤄𐤌 𐤋𐤍𐤔𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤍𐤕𐤍𐤅 𐤁𐤍𐤅𐤕𐤉𐤄𐤌 𐤋𐤁𐤍𐤉𐤄𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤄𐤌𐤐
וַיִּקְח֨וּ אֶת־ בְּנוֹתֵיהֶ֤ם לָהֶם֙ לְנָשִׁ֔ים וְאֶת־ נָתְנ֣וּ בְּנוֹתֵיהֶ֖ם לִבְנֵיהֶ֑ם וַיַּעַבְד֖וּ אֶת־ אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃פ way·yiq·ḥū ’eṯ- bə·nō·w·ṯê·hem lā·hem lə·nā·šîm wə·’eṯ- nā·ṯə·nū bə·nō·w·ṯê·hem liḇ·nê·hem way·ya·‘aḇ·ḏū ’eṯ- ’ĕ·lō·hê·hem — WLC · 6
Othniel
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So the Israelites… did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.
𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤔𐤅 𐤄𐤓𐤏 𐤁𐤏𐤉𐤍𐤉 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤊𐤇𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤄𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤁𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤀𐤔𐤓𐤅𐤕
בְנֵי־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל אֶת־ וַיַּעֲשׂ֨וּ הָרַע֙ בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה וַֽיִּשְׁכְּח֖וּ אֶת־ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹֽהֵיהֶ֑ם וַיַּעַבְד֥וּ אֶת־ הַבְּעָלִ֖ים וְאֶת־ הָאֲשֵׁרֽוֹת׃ ḇə·nê- yiś·rā·’êl ’eṯ- way·ya·‘ă·śū hā·ra‘ bə·‘ê·nê Yah·weh way·yiš·kə·ḥū ’eṯ- Yah·weh ’ĕ·lō·hê·hem way·ya·‘aḇ·ḏū ’eṯ- hab·bə·‘ā·lîm wə·’eṯ- hā·’ă·šê·rō·wṯ — WLC · 7
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Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hand vvv of Cushan-rishathaim king vvv of Aram-naharaim, and the Israelites… served [him] eight years.
𐤀𐤐 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤇𐤓 𐤁𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤅𐤉𐤌𐤊𐤓𐤌 𐤁𐤉𐤃 𐤊𐤅𐤔𐤍 𐤓𐤔𐤏𐤕𐤉𐤌 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤀𐤓𐤌 𐤍𐤄𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤅 𐤊𐤅𐤔𐤍 𐤓𐤔𐤏𐤕𐤉𐤌 𐤔𐤌𐤍𐤄 𐤔𐤍𐤉𐤌
אַ֤ף יְהוָה֙ וַיִּֽחַר־ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַֽיִּמְכְּרֵ֗ם בְּיַד֙ כּוּשַׁ֣ן רִשְׁעָתַ֔יִם מֶ֖לֶךְ אֲרַ֣ם נַהֲרָ֑יִם בְנֵֽי־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל אֶת־ וַיַּעַבְד֧וּ כּוּשַׁ֥ן רִשְׁעָתַ֖יִם שְׁמֹנֶ֥ה שָׁנִֽים׃ ’ap̄ Yah·weh way·yi·ḥar- bə·yiś·rā·’êl way·yim·kə·rêm bə·yaḏ kū·šan riš·‘ā·ṯa·yim me·leḵ ’ă·ram na·hă·rā·yim ḇə·nê- yiś·rā·’êl ’eṯ- way·ya·‘aḇ·ḏū kū·šan riš·‘ā·ṯa·yim šə·mō·neh šā·nîm — WLC · 8
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But when the Israelites… cried out to the LORD, [He] raised up Othniel son of Caleb’s younger… brother Kenaz as a deliverer to save [them]…
𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤅𐤉𐤆𐤏𐤒𐤅 𐤀𐤋 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤒𐤌 𐤏𐤕𐤍𐤉𐤀𐤋 𐤋𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤊𐤋𐤁 𐤄𐤒𐤈𐤍 𐤌𐤌𐤍𐤅 𐤀𐤇𐤉 𐤒𐤍𐤆 𐤌𐤅𐤔𐤉𐤏 𐤅𐤉𐤅𐤔𐤉𐤏𐤌 𐤀𐤕 𐤁𐤍 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋
בְנֵֽי־ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וַיִּזְעֲק֤וּ אֶל־ יְהוָ֔ה יְהוָ֥ה וַיָּ֨קֶם עָתְנִיאֵ֣ל לִבְנֵ֥י כָלֵ֖ב הַקָּטֹ֥ן מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃ אֲחִ֥י קְנַ֔ז מוֹשִׁ֛יעַ וַיּֽוֹשִׁיעֵ֑ם אֵ֚ת בֶּן־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל ḇə·nê- yiś·rā·’êl way·yiz·‘ă·qū ’el- Yah·weh Yah·weh way·yā·qem ‘ā·ṯə·nî·’êl liḇ·nê ḵā·lêḇ haq·qā·ṭōn mim·men·nū ’ă·ḥî qə·naz mō·wō·šî·a‘ way·yō·wō·šî·‘êm ’êṯ ben- yiś·rā·’êl — WLC · 9
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The Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he became Israel’s judge and went out to war. And the LORD delivered Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram into the hand [of Othniel] -, vvv who prevailed… against vvv him.
𐤓𐤅𐤇 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤅𐤕𐤄𐤉 𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤐𐤈 𐤀𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤑𐤀 𐤋𐤌𐤋𐤇𐤌𐤄 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤕𐤍 𐤓𐤔𐤏𐤕𐤉𐤌 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤀𐤓𐤌 𐤁𐤉𐤃𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤊𐤅𐤔𐤍 𐤅𐤕𐤏𐤆 𐤉𐤃𐤅 𐤏𐤋 𐤊𐤅𐤔𐤍 𐤓𐤔𐤏𐤕𐤉𐤌
רֽוּחַ־ יְהוָה֮ וַתְּהִ֨י עָלָ֥יו יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֣ט אֶת־ וַיֵּצֵא֙ לַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה יְהוָה֙ וַיִּתֵּ֤ן רִשְׁעָתַ֖יִם מֶ֣לֶךְ אֲרָ֑ם בְּיָד֔וֹ אֶת־ כּוּשַׁ֥ן וַתָּ֣עָז יָד֔וֹ עַ֖ל כּוּשַׁ֥ן רִשְׁעָתָֽיִם׃ rū·aḥ- Yah·weh wat·tə·hî ‘ā·lāw yiś·rā·’êl way·yiš·pōṭ ’eṯ- way·yê·ṣê lam·mil·ḥā·māh Yah·weh way·yit·tên riš·‘ā·ṯa·yim me·leḵ ’ă·rām bə·yā·ḏōw ’eṯ- kū·šan wat·tā·‘āz yā·ḏōw ‘al kū·šan riš·‘ā·ṯā·yim — WLC · 10
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So the land had rest for forty years, until Othniel son of Kenaz died.
𐤄𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤅𐤕𐤔𐤒𐤈 𐤀𐤓𐤁𐤏𐤉𐤌 𐤔𐤍𐤄 𐤏𐤕𐤍𐤉𐤀𐤋 𐤁𐤍 𐤒𐤍𐤆𐤐 𐤅𐤉𐤌𐤕
הָאָ֖רֶץ וַתִּשְׁקֹ֥ט אַרְבָּעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֑ה עָתְנִיאֵ֥ל בֶּן־ קְנַֽז׃פ וַיָּ֖מָת hā·’ā·reṣ wat·tiš·qōṭ ’ar·bā·‘îm šā·nāh ‘ā·ṯə·nî·’êl ben- qə·naz way·yā·māṯ — WLC · 11
Ehud
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Once again the Israelites… did evil in the sight of the LORD. So He {gave} Eglon king of Moab power over Israel, because… they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.
𐤅𐤉𐤎𐤐𐤅 𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤋𐤏𐤔𐤅𐤕 𐤄𐤓𐤏 𐤁𐤏𐤉𐤍𐤉 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤕 𐤏𐤂𐤋𐤅𐤍 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤌𐤅𐤀𐤁 𐤅𐤉𐤇𐤆𐤒 𐤏𐤋 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤏𐤋 𐤊𐤉 𐤏𐤔𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤓𐤏 𐤁𐤏𐤉𐤍𐤉 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄
וַיֹּסִ֙פוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת הָרַ֖ע בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה יְהוָ֜ה אֶת־ עֶגְל֤וֹן מֶֽלֶךְ־ מוֹאָב֙ וַיְחַזֵּ֨ק עַל־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל עַ֛ל כִּֽי־ עָשׂ֥וּ אֶת־ הָרַ֖ע בְּעֵינֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃ way·yō·si·p̄ū bə·nê yiś·rā·’êl la·‘ă·śō·wṯ hā·ra‘ bə·‘ê·nê Yah·weh Yah·weh ’eṯ- ‘eḡ·lō·wn me·leḵ- mō·w·’āḇ way·ḥaz·zêq ‘al- yiś·rā·’êl ‘al kî- ‘ā·śū ’eṯ- hā·ra‘ bə·‘ê·nê Yah·weh — WLC · 12
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After enlisting the Ammonites… and Amalekites to join forces with him, [Eglon] attacked and defeated Israel, taking possession of the City of Palms.
𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤏𐤌𐤅𐤍 𐤅𐤏𐤌𐤋𐤒 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤎𐤐 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤋𐤊 𐤅𐤉𐤊 𐤀𐤕 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤅𐤉𐤉𐤓𐤔𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤏𐤉𐤓 𐤄𐤕𐤌𐤓𐤉𐤌
בְּנֵ֥י עַמּ֖וֹן וַעֲמָלֵ֑ק וַיֶּאֱסֹ֣ף אֵלָ֔יו אֶת־ וַיֵּ֗לֶךְ וַיַּךְ֙ אֶת־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיִּֽירְשׁ֖וּ אֶת־ עִ֥יר הַתְּמָרִֽים׃ bə·nê ‘am·mō·wn wa·‘ă·mā·lêq way·ye·’ĕ·sōp̄ ’ê·lāw ’eṯ- way·yê·leḵ way·yaḵ ’eṯ- yiś·rā·’êl way·yî·rə·šū ’eṯ- ‘îr hat·tə·mā·rîm — WLC · 13
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The Israelites… served Eglon king of Moab eighteen… years.
𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤅 𐤏𐤂𐤋𐤅𐤍 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤌𐤅𐤀𐤁 𐤔𐤌𐤅𐤍𐤄 𐤏𐤔𐤓𐤄 𐤔𐤍𐤄𐤎
בְנֵֽי־ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֶת־ וַיַּעַבְד֤וּ עֶגְל֣וֹן מֶֽלֶךְ־ מוֹאָ֔ב שְׁמוֹנֶ֥ה עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה שָׁנָֽה׃ס ḇə·nê- yiś·rā·’êl ’eṯ- way·ya·‘aḇ·ḏū ‘eḡ·lō·wn me·leḵ- mō·w·’āḇ šə·mō·w·neh ‘eś·rêh šā·nāh — WLC · 14
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And again [they]… cried out to the LORD, and He raised up Ehud son of Gera a left-handed… Benjamite…,… as their deliverer -. So [they] sent him with tribute to Eglon king of Moab.
𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤅𐤉𐤆𐤏𐤒𐤅 𐤀𐤋 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤒𐤌 𐤋𐤄𐤌 𐤀𐤄𐤅𐤃 𐤁𐤍 𐤂𐤓𐤀 𐤁𐤍 𐤀𐤈𐤓 𐤉𐤃 𐤉𐤌𐤉𐤍𐤅 𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤄𐤉𐤌𐤉𐤍𐤉 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤌𐤅𐤔𐤉𐤏 𐤀𐤕 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤋𐤇𐤅 𐤁𐤉𐤃𐤅 𐤌𐤍𐤇𐤄 𐤋𐤏𐤂𐤋𐤅𐤍 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤌𐤅𐤀𐤁
בְנֵֽי־ יִשְׂרָאֵל֮ וַיִּזְעֲק֣וּ אֶל־ יְהוָה֒ יְהוָ֨ה וַיָּקֶם֩ לָהֶ֜ם אֵה֤וּד בֶּן־ גֵּרָא֙ בֶּן־ אִטֵּ֖ר יַד־ יְמִינ֑וֹ בְנֵי־ הַיְמִינִ֔י אִ֥ישׁ מוֹשִׁ֗יעַ אֶת־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל וַיִּשְׁלְח֨וּ בְּיָדוֹ֙ מִנְחָ֔ה לְעֶגְל֖וֹן מֶ֥לֶךְ מוֹאָֽב׃ ḇə·nê- yiś·rā·’êl way·yiz·‘ă·qū ’el- Yah·weh Yah·weh way·yā·qem lā·hem ’ê·hūḏ ben- gê·rā ben- ’iṭ·ṭêr yaḏ- yə·mî·nōw ḇə·nê- hay·mî·nî ’îš mō·wō·šî·a‘ ’eṯ- yiś·rā·’êl way·yiš·lə·ḥū bə·yā·ḏōw min·ḥāh lə·‘eḡ·lō·wn me·leḵ mō·w·’āḇ — WLC · 15
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Now Ehud had made for himself a double-edged… sword a cubit long. He strapped it to his right thigh under his cloak
𐤀𐤄𐤅𐤃 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤔 𐤋𐤅 𐤔𐤍𐤉 𐤐𐤉𐤅𐤕 𐤇𐤓𐤁 𐤅𐤋𐤄 𐤂𐤌𐤃 𐤀𐤓𐤊𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤇𐤂𐤓 𐤀𐤅𐤕𐤄 𐤏𐤋 𐤉𐤌𐤉𐤍𐤅 𐤉𐤓𐤊 𐤌𐤕𐤇𐤕 𐤋𐤌𐤃𐤉𐤅
אֵה֜וּד וַיַּעַשׂ֩ ל֨וֹ שְׁנֵ֥י פֵי֖וֹת חֶ֗רֶב וְלָ֛הּ גֹּ֣מֶד אָרְכָּ֑הּ וַיַּחְגֹּ֤ר אוֹתָהּ֙ עַ֖ל יְמִינֽוֹ׃ יֶ֥רֶךְ מִתַּ֣חַת לְמַדָּ֔יו ’ê·hūḏ way·ya·‘aś lōw šə·nê p̄ê·yō·wṯ ḥe·reḇ wə·lāh gō·meḏ ’ā·rə·kāh way·yaḥ·gōr ’ō·w·ṯāh ‘al yə·mî·nōw ye·reḵ mit·ta·ḥaṯ lə·mad·dāw — WLC · 16
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and brought the tribute to Eglon king of Moab, who was an obese… man.
𐤅𐤉𐤒𐤓𐤁 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤌𐤍𐤇𐤄 𐤋𐤏𐤂𐤋𐤅𐤍 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤌𐤅𐤀𐤁 𐤅𐤏𐤂𐤋𐤅𐤍 𐤌𐤀𐤃 𐤁𐤓𐤉𐤀 𐤀𐤉𐤔
וַיַּקְרֵב֙ אֶת־ הַמִּנְחָ֔ה לְעֶגְל֖וֹן מֶ֣לֶךְ מוֹאָ֑ב וְעֶגְל֕וֹן מְאֹֽד׃ בָּרִ֖יא אִ֥ישׁ way·yaq·rêḇ ’eṯ- ham·min·ḥāh lə·‘eḡ·lō·wn me·leḵ mō·w·’āḇ wə·‘eḡ·lō·wn mə·’ōḏ bā·rî ’îš — WLC · 17
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- After Ehud had finished presenting the tribute, he ushered out those who had carried it.
𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤉 𐤊𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤊𐤋𐤄 𐤋𐤄𐤒𐤓𐤉𐤁 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤌𐤍𐤇𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤋𐤇 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤏𐤌 𐤍𐤔𐤀𐤉 𐤄𐤌𐤍𐤇𐤄
וַֽיְהִי֙ כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר כִּלָּ֔ה לְהַקְרִ֖יב אֶת־ הַמִּנְחָ֑ה וַיְשַׁלַּח֙ אֶת־ הָעָ֔ם נֹשְׂאֵ֖י הַמִּנְחָֽה׃ way·hî ka·’ă·šer kil·lāh lə·haq·rîḇ ’eṯ- ham·min·ḥāh way·šal·laḥ ’eṯ- hā·‘ām nō·śə·’ê ham·min·ḥāh — WLC · 18
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But upon reaching the idols near Gilgal, he himself turned back and said, “I have a secret… message for you, O king.” “Silence,” said the king, and all his attendants… left him.
𐤌𐤍 𐤄𐤐𐤎𐤉𐤋𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤂𐤋𐤂𐤋 𐤅𐤄𐤅𐤀 𐤔𐤁 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤎𐤕𐤓 𐤋𐤉 𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤊 𐤄𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤄𐤎 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤏𐤌𐤃𐤉𐤌 𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤌𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤑𐤀𐤅
מִן־ הַפְּסִילִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֶת־ הַגִּלְגָּ֔ל וְה֣וּא שָׁ֗ב וַיֹּ֕אמֶר סֵ֥תֶר לִ֛י דְּבַר־ אֵלֶ֖יךָ הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ הָ֔ס וַיֹּ֣אמֶר כָּל־ הָעֹמְדִ֖ים עָלָֽיו׃ מֵֽעָלָ֔יו וַיֵּֽצְאוּ֙ min- hap·pə·sî·lîm ’ă·šer ’eṯ- hag·gil·gāl wə·hū šāḇ way·yō·mer sê·ṯer lî də·ḇar- ’ê·le·ḵā ham·me·leḵ hās way·yō·mer kāl- hā·‘ō·mə·ḏîm ‘ā·lāw mê·‘ā·lāw way·yê·ṣə·’ū — WLC · 19
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Then Ehud approached him… while he was sitting alone in the coolness of his upper room -. “I have a word from God for you,” Ehud said, and the king rose from [his] seat.
𐤅𐤀𐤄𐤅𐤃 𐤁𐤀 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤅𐤄𐤅𐤀 𐤉𐤔𐤁 𐤋𐤁𐤃𐤅 𐤄𐤌𐤒𐤓𐤄 𐤁𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤕 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤋𐤅 𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤌 𐤋𐤉 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤊 𐤀𐤄𐤅𐤃 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤅𐤉𐤒𐤌 𐤌𐤏𐤋 𐤄𐤊𐤎𐤀
וְאֵה֣וּד׀ בָּ֣א אֵלָ֗יו וְהֽוּא־ יֹ֠שֵׁב לְבַדּ֔וֹ הַמְּקֵרָ֤ה בַּעֲלִיַּ֨ת אֲשֶׁר־ לוֹ֙ דְּבַר־ אֱלֹהִ֥ים לִ֖י אֵלֶ֑יךָ אֵה֔וּד וַיֹּ֣אמֶר וַיָּ֖קָם מֵעַ֥ל הַכִּסֵּֽא׃ wə·’ê·hūḏ bā ’ê·lāw wə·hū- yō·šêḇ lə·ḇad·dōw ham·mə·qê·rāh ba·‘ă·lî·yaṯ ’ă·šer- lōw də·ḇar- ’ĕ·lō·hîm lî ’ê·le·ḵā ’ê·hūḏ way·yō·mer way·yā·qām mê·‘al hak·kis·sê — WLC · 20
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And Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled the sword from his right thigh, and plunged it into Eglon’s belly.
𐤀𐤄𐤅𐤃 𐤀𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤋𐤇 𐤔𐤌𐤀𐤋𐤅 𐤉𐤃 𐤅𐤉𐤒𐤇 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤇𐤓𐤁 𐤌𐤏𐤋 𐤉𐤌𐤉𐤍𐤅 𐤉𐤓𐤊 𐤅𐤉𐤕𐤒𐤏𐤄 𐤁𐤁𐤈𐤍𐤅
אֵהוּד֙ אֶת־ וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח שְׂמֹאל֔וֹ יַ֣ד וַיִּקַּח֙ אֶת־ הַחֶ֔רֶב מֵעַ֖ל יְמִינ֑וֹ יֶ֣רֶךְ וַיִּתְקָעֶ֖הָ בְּבִטְנֽוֹ׃ ’ê·hūḏ ’eṯ- way·yiš·laḥ śə·mō·lōw yaḏ way·yiq·qaḥ ’eṯ- ha·ḥe·reḇ mê·‘al yə·mî·nōw ye·reḵ way·yiṯ·qā·‘e·hā bə·ḇiṭ·nōw — WLC · 21
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Even the handle sank in after the blade, and Eglon’s fat closed in over it, so that Ehud did not withdraw the sword from his belly. And Eglon’s bowels emptied.
𐤂𐤌 𐤄𐤍𐤑𐤁 𐤅𐤉𐤁𐤀 𐤀𐤇𐤓 𐤄𐤋𐤄𐤁 𐤄𐤇𐤋𐤁 𐤅𐤉𐤎𐤂𐤓 𐤁𐤏𐤃 𐤄𐤋𐤄𐤁 𐤊𐤉 𐤋𐤀 𐤔𐤋𐤐 𐤄𐤇𐤓𐤁 𐤌𐤁𐤈𐤍𐤅 𐤄𐤐𐤓𐤔𐤃𐤍𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤑𐤀
גַֽם־ הַנִּצָּ֜ב וַיָּבֹ֨א אַחַ֣ר הַלַּ֗הַב הַחֵ֙לֶב֙ וַיִּסְגֹּ֤ר בְּעַ֣ד הַלַּ֔הַב כִּ֣י לֹ֥א שָׁלַ֛ף הַחֶ֖רֶב מִבִּטְנ֑וֹ הַֽפַּרְשְׁדֹֽנָה׃ וַיֵּצֵ֖א ḡam- han·niṣ·ṣāḇ way·yā·ḇō ’a·ḥar hal·la·haḇ ha·ḥê·leḇ way·yis·gōr bə·‘aḏ hal·la·haḇ kî lō šā·lap̄ ha·ḥe·reḇ mib·biṭ·nōw hap·par·šə·ḏō·nāh way·yê·ṣê — WLC · 22
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Then Ehud went out through the porch, closing and locking the doors of the upper room behind him.
𐤀𐤄𐤅𐤃 𐤅𐤉𐤑𐤀 𐤄𐤌𐤎𐤃𐤓𐤅𐤍𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤎𐤂𐤓 𐤅𐤍𐤏𐤋 𐤃𐤋𐤕𐤅𐤕 𐤄𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤄 𐤁𐤏𐤃𐤅
אֵה֖וּד וַיֵּצֵ֥א הַֽמִּסְדְּר֑וֹנָה וַיִּסְגֹּ֞ר וְנָעָֽל׃ דַּלְת֧וֹת הָעַלִיָּ֛ה בַּעֲד֖וֹ ’ê·hūḏ way·yê·ṣê ham·mis·də·rō·w·nāh way·yis·gōr wə·nā·‘āl dal·ṯō·wṯ hā·‘a·lî·yāh ba·‘ă·ḏōw — WLC · 23
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After Ehud was gone, Eglon’s servants came in and found the doors of the upper room locked. “… He must be relieving himself… in the cool room,” they said.
𐤅𐤄𐤅𐤀 𐤉𐤑𐤀 𐤅𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤉𐤅 𐤁𐤀𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤓𐤀𐤅 𐤅𐤄𐤍𐤄 𐤃𐤋𐤕𐤅𐤕 𐤄𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤄 𐤍𐤏𐤋𐤅𐤕 𐤀𐤊 𐤄𐤅𐤀 𐤀𐤕 𐤌𐤎𐤉𐤊 𐤓𐤂𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤄𐤌𐤒𐤓𐤄 𐤁𐤇𐤃𐤓 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤅
וְה֤וּא יָצָא֙ וַעֲבָדָ֣יו בָּ֔אוּ וַיִּרְא֕וּ וְהִנֵּ֛ה דַּלְת֥וֹת הָעֲלִיָּ֖ה נְעֻל֑וֹת אַ֣ךְ ה֛וּא אֶת־ מֵסִ֥יךְ רַגְלָ֖יו הַמְּקֵרָֽה׃ בַּחֲדַ֥ר וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ wə·hū yā·ṣā wa·‘ă·ḇā·ḏāw bā·’ū way·yir·’ū wə·hin·nêh dal·ṯō·wṯ hā·‘ă·lî·yāh nə·‘u·lō·wṯ ’aḵ hū ’eṯ- mê·sîḵ raḡ·lāw ham·mə·qê·rāh ba·ḥă·ḏar way·yō·mə·rū — WLC · 24
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So they waited until they became worried and saw that he had still not opened the doors of the upper room. Then they took the key and opened [the doors]— and there was their lord lying dead on the floor.
𐤅𐤉𐤇𐤉𐤋𐤅 𐤏𐤃 𐤁𐤅𐤔 𐤅𐤄𐤍𐤄 𐤀𐤉𐤍𐤍𐤅 𐤐𐤕𐤇 𐤃𐤋𐤕𐤅𐤕 𐤄𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤒𐤇𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤌𐤐𐤕𐤇 𐤅𐤉𐤐𐤕𐤇𐤅 𐤅𐤄𐤍𐤄 𐤀𐤃𐤍𐤉𐤄𐤌 𐤍𐤐𐤋 𐤌𐤕 𐤀𐤓𐤑𐤄
וַיָּחִ֣ילוּ עַד־ בּ֔וֹשׁ וְהְנֵּ֛ה אֵינֶ֥נּוּ פֹתֵ֖חַ דַּלְת֣וֹת הָֽעֲלִיָּ֑ה וַיִּקְח֤וּ אֶת־ הַמַּפְתֵּ֙חַ֙ וַיִּפְתָּ֔חוּ וְהִנֵּה֙ אֲדֹ֣נֵיהֶ֔ם נֹפֵ֥ל מֵֽת׃ אַ֖רְצָה way·yā·ḥî·lū ‘aḏ- bō·wōš wə·hən·nēh ’ê·nen·nū p̄ō·ṯê·aḥ dal·ṯō·wṯ hå̄·ʿă·lī·yå̄h way·yiq·ḥū ’eṯ- ham·map̄·tê·aḥ way·yip̄·tā·ḥū wə·hin·nêh ’ă·ḏō·nê·hem nō·p̄êl mêṯ ’ar·ṣāh — WLC · 25
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Ehud, however, had escaped while the servants waited. He passed by the idols and escaped to Seirah.
𐤅𐤀𐤄𐤅𐤃 𐤍𐤌𐤋𐤈 𐤏𐤃 𐤄𐤕𐤌𐤄𐤌𐤄𐤌 𐤅𐤄𐤅𐤀 𐤏𐤁𐤓 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤐𐤎𐤉𐤋𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤌𐤋𐤈 𐤄𐤔𐤏𐤉𐤓𐤕𐤄
וְאֵה֥וּד נִמְלַ֖ט עַ֣ד הִֽתְמַהְמְהָ֑ם וְהוּא֙ עָבַ֣ר אֶת־ הַפְּסִילִ֔ים וַיִּמָּלֵ֖ט הַשְּׂעִירָֽתָה׃ wə·’ê·hūḏ nim·laṭ ‘aḏ hiṯ·mah·mə·hām wə·hū ‘ā·ḇar ’eṯ- hap·pə·sî·lîm way·yim·mā·lêṭ haś·śə·‘î·rā·ṯāh — WLC · 26
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- On arriving [in Seirah], he blew the ram’s horn throughout the hill country of Ephraim. The Israelites… came down with him from the hills, and he became their leader…
𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤉 𐤁𐤁𐤅𐤀𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤕𐤒𐤏 𐤁𐤔𐤅𐤐𐤓 𐤁𐤄𐤓 𐤀𐤐𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤅𐤉𐤓𐤃𐤅 𐤏𐤌𐤅 𐤌𐤍 𐤄𐤄𐤓 𐤅𐤄𐤅𐤀 𐤋𐤐𐤍𐤉𐤄𐤌
וַיְהִ֣י בְּבוֹא֔וֹ וַיִּתְקַ֥ע בַּשּׁוֹפָ֖ר בְּהַ֣ר אֶפְרָ֑יִם בְנֵֽי־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל וַיֵּרְד֨וּ עִמּ֧וֹ מִן־ הָהָ֖ר וְה֥וּא לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃ way·hî bə·ḇō·w·’ōw way·yiṯ·qa‘ baš·šō·w·p̄ār bə·har ’ep̄·rā·yim ḇə·nê- yiś·rā·’êl way·yê·rə·ḏū ‘im·mōw min- hā·hār wə·hū lip̄·nê·hem — WLC · 27
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“Follow me,” he told them,… “for the LORD has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” So they followed him down… and seized the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab, and they did not allow anyone to cross over.
𐤓𐤃𐤐𐤅 𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤉 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤌 𐤊𐤉 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤕 𐤍𐤕𐤍 𐤀𐤉𐤁𐤉𐤊𐤌 𐤀𐤕 𐤌𐤅𐤀𐤁 𐤁𐤉𐤃𐤊𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤓𐤃𐤅 𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤉𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤋𐤊𐤃𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤌𐤏𐤁𐤓𐤅𐤕 𐤄𐤉𐤓𐤃𐤍 𐤋𐤌𐤅𐤀𐤁 𐤅𐤋𐤀 𐤍𐤕𐤍𐤅 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤋𐤏𐤁𐤓
רִדְפ֣וּ אַחֲרַ֔י וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֲלֵהֶם֙ כִּֽי־ יְהוָ֧ה אֶת־ נָתַ֨ן אֹיְבֵיכֶ֛ם אֶת־ מוֹאָ֖ב בְּיֶדְכֶ֑ם וַיֵּרְד֣וּ אַחֲרָ֗יו וַֽיִּלְכְּד֞וּ אֶת־ מַעְבְּר֤וֹת הַיַּרְדֵּן֙ לְמוֹאָ֔ב וְלֹֽא־ נָתְנ֥וּ אִ֖ישׁ לַעֲבֹֽר׃ riḏ·p̄ū ’a·ḥă·ray way·yō·mer ’ă·lê·hem kî- Yah·weh ’eṯ- nā·ṯan ’ō·yə·ḇê·ḵem ’eṯ- mō·w·’āḇ bə·yeḏ·ḵem way·yê·rə·ḏū ’a·ḥă·rāw way·yil·kə·ḏū ’eṯ- ma‘·bə·rō·wṯ hay·yar·dên lə·mō·w·’āḇ wə·lō- nā·ṯə·nū ’îš la·‘ă·ḇōr — WLC · 28
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At that time they struck down about ten thousand Moabites, all robust and valiant men. Not one of them escaped…
𐤄𐤄𐤉𐤀 𐤁𐤏𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤊𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤊𐤏𐤔𐤓𐤕 𐤀𐤋𐤐𐤉𐤌 𐤌𐤅𐤀𐤁 𐤊𐤋 𐤔𐤌𐤍 𐤅𐤊𐤋 𐤇𐤉𐤋 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤅𐤋𐤀 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤍𐤌𐤋𐤈 𐤀𐤉𐤔
הַהִ֗יא בָּעֵ֣ת וַיַּכּ֨וּ אֶת־ כַּעֲשֶׂ֤רֶת אֲלָפִים֙ מוֹאָ֜ב כָּל־ שָׁמֵ֖ן וְכָל־ חָ֑יִל אִ֔ישׁ וְלֹ֥א אִ֣ישׁ נִמְלַ֖ט אִֽישׁ׃ ha·hî bā·‘êṯ way·yak·kū ’eṯ- ka·‘ă·śe·reṯ ’ă·lā·p̄îm mō·w·’āḇ kāl- šā·mên wə·ḵāl ḥā·yil ’îš wə·lō ’îš nim·laṭ ’îš — WLC · 29
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So Moab was subdued under the hand of Israel that day, and the land had rest for eighty years.
𐤌𐤅𐤀𐤁 𐤅𐤕𐤊𐤍𐤏 𐤕𐤇𐤕 𐤉𐤃 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤄𐤅𐤀 𐤁𐤉𐤅𐤌 𐤄𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤅𐤕𐤔𐤒𐤈 𐤔𐤌𐤅𐤍𐤉𐤌 𐤔𐤍𐤄𐤎
מוֹאָב֙ וַתִּכָּנַ֤ע תַּ֖חַת יַ֣ד יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל הַה֔וּא בַּיּ֣וֹם הָאָ֖רֶץ וַתִּשְׁקֹ֥ט שְׁמוֹנִ֥ים שָׁנָֽה׃ס mō·w·’āḇ wat·tik·kā·na‘ ta·ḥaṯ yaḏ yiś·rā·’êl ha·hū bay·yō·wm hā·’ā·reṣ wat·tiš·qōṭ šə·mō·w·nîm šā·nāh — WLC · 30
Shamgar
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After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath. And he too saved… Israel, striking down six hundred… Philistines with an oxgoad…
𐤅𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤉𐤅 𐤄𐤉𐤄 𐤔𐤌𐤂𐤓 𐤁𐤍 𐤏𐤍𐤕 𐤄𐤅𐤀 𐤀𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤏 𐤂𐤌 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋𐤎 𐤅𐤉𐤊 𐤀𐤕 𐤔𐤔 𐤌𐤀𐤅𐤕 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤐𐤋𐤔𐤕𐤉𐤌 𐤁𐤌𐤋𐤌𐤃 𐤄𐤁𐤒𐤓
וְאַחֲרָ֤יו הָיָה֙ שַׁמְגַּ֣ר בֶּן־ עֲנָ֔ת ה֖וּא אֶת־ וַיֹּ֥שַׁע גַּם־ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ס וַיַּ֤ךְ אֶת־ שֵֽׁשׁ־ מֵא֣וֹת אִ֔ישׁ פְּלִשְׁתִּים֙ בְּמַלְמַ֖ד הַבָּקָ֑ר wə·’a·ḥă·rāw hā·yāh šam·gar ben- ‘ă·nāṯ hū ’eṯ- way·yō·ša‘ gam- yiś·rā·’êl way·yaḵ ’eṯ- šêš- mê·’ō·wṯ ’îš pə·liš·tîm bə·mal·maḏ hab·bā·qār — WLC · 31