עֹז֮ a strong ‘ōz וּמִגְדַּל־ tower ū·miḡ·dal- בְתוֹךְ־ inside ḇə·ṯō·wḵ- הָעִיר֒ the city , hā·‘îr כָּל־ and all kāl- הָאֲנָשִׁ֣ים the men , hā·’ă·nā·šîm וְהַנָּשִׁ֗ים women , wə·han·nā·šîm וְכֹל֙ . . . wə·ḵōl בַּעֲלֵ֣י and leaders ba·‘ă·lê הָעִ֔יר of the city hā·‘îr וַיָּנֻ֨סוּ fled way·yā·nu·sū שָׁ֜מָּה there . šām·māh וַֽיִּסְגְּר֖וּ They locked themselves in way·yis·gə·rū בַּעֲדָ֑ם . . . ba·‘ă·ḏām וַֽיַּעֲל֖וּ and went up way·ya·‘ă·lū עַל־ to ‘al- גַּ֥ג the roof gaḡ הַמִּגְדָּֽל׃ of the tower . ham·miḡ·dāl Judges 9:52 אֲבִימֶ֙לֶךְ֙ When Abimelech ’ă·ḇî·me·leḵ וַיָּבֹ֤א came way·yā·ḇō עַד־ to ‘aḏ- וַיִּלָּ֖חֶם attack way·yil·lā·ḥem בּ֑וֹ bōw הַמִּגְדָּ֔ל the tower , ham·miḡ·dāl וַיִּגַּ֛שׁ he approached way·yig·gaš עַד־ . . . ‘aḏ- הַמִּגְדָּ֖ל its ham·miḡ·dāl פֶּ֥תַח entrance pe·ṯaḥ לְשָׂרְפ֥וֹ to set it on fire lə·śā·rə·p̄ōw בָאֵֽשׁ׃ . . . . ḇā·’êš Judges 9:53 אַחַ֛ת But a ’a·ḥaṯ אִשָּׁ֥ה woman ’iš·šāh וַתַּשְׁלֵ֞ךְ dropped wat·taš·lêḵ פֶּ֥לַח an upper pe·laḥ רֶ֖כֶב millstone re·ḵeḇ עַל־ on ‘al- אֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ Abimelech’s ’ă·ḇî·me·leḵ רֹ֣אשׁ head , rōš וַתָּ֖רִץ crushing wat·tā·riṣ אֶת־ - ’eṯ- גֻּלְגָּלְתּֽוֹ׃ his skull . gul·gā·lə·tōw Judges 9:54 מְהֵרָ֜ה He quickly mə·hê·rāh אֶל־ . . . ’el- הַנַּ֣עַר׀ . . . han·na·‘ar וַיִּקְרָ֨א called way·yiq·rā נֹשֵׂ֣א his armor-bearer nō·śê כֵלָ֗יו . . . , ḵê·lāw וַיֹּ֤אמֶר saying way·yō·mer לוֹ֙ , lōw שְׁלֹ֤ף “ Draw šə·lōp̄ חַרְבְּךָ֙ your sword ḥar·bə·ḵā וּמ֣וֹתְתֵ֔נִי and kill me , ū·mō·wṯ·ṯê·nî פֶּן־ lest pen- יֹ֥אמְרוּ they say yō·mə·rū לִ֖י of me , lî אִשָּׁ֣ה ‘ A woman ’iš·šāh הֲרָגָ֑תְהוּ killed him . ’” hă·rā·ḡā·ṯə·hū וַיִּדְקְרֵ֥הוּ So Abimelech’s armor-bearer ran [his sword] through him , way·yiḏ·qə·rê·hū נַעֲר֖וֹ . . . na·‘ă·rōw וַיָּמֹֽת׃ and he died . way·yā·mōṯ Judges 9:55 אִֽישׁ־ And when the Israelites ’îš- יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל . . . yiś·rā·’êl וַיִּרְא֥וּ saw way·yir·’ū כִּ֣י that kî אֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ Abimelech ’ă·ḇî·me·leḵ מֵ֣ת was dead , mêṯ אִ֥ישׁ they all ’îš וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ went way·yê·lə·ḵū לִמְקֹמֽוֹ׃ home . lim·qō·mōw Judges 9:56 אֱלֹהִ֔ים In this way God ’ĕ·lō·hîm אֵ֖ת - ’êṯ וַיָּ֣שֶׁב repaid way·yā·šeḇ רָעַ֣ת the wickedness rā·‘aṯ אֲשֶׁ֤ר that ’ă·šer אֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ Abimelech ’ă·ḇî·me·leḵ עָשָׂה֙ had done ‘ā·śāh לְאָבִ֔יו to his father lə·’ā·ḇîw לַהֲרֹ֖ג in murdering la·hă·rōḡ אֶת־ - ’eṯ- שִׁבְעִ֥ים his seventy šiḇ·‘îm אֶחָֽיו׃ brothers . ’e·ḥāw Judges 9:57 וְאֵ֗ת And wə·’êṯ

