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Judges 3:31

Testing, Oppression, and the First Deliverers

Judges 3 moves from the LORD's testing of Israel through remaining nations, to Israel's assimilation and idolatry, to the first three deliverances that show both the LORD's mercy and the instability of episodic rescue.

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31After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath. And he too saved Israel, striking down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad.

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Verse 31

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After Ehudוְאַחֲרָ֤יוH310Conjunctive waw | Preposition | third person masculine singularcameהָיָה֙H1961Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularShamgarשַׁמְגַּ֣רH8044Noun - proper - masculine singularsonבֶּן־H1121Noun - masculine singular constructof Anathעֲנָ֔תH6067Noun - proper - masculine singularAnd he tooה֖וּאH1931Pronoun - third person masculine singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markersavedוַיֹּ֥שַׁעH3467Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular. . .גַּם־H1571ConjunctionIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃סH3478Noun - proper - masculine singularstriking downוַיַּ֤ךְH5221Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markersixשֵֽׁשׁ־H8337Number - feminine singularhundredמֵא֣וֹתH3967Number - feminine plural. . .אִ֔ישׁH376Noun - masculine singularPhilistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּים֙H6430Noun - proper - masculine pluralwith an oxgoadבְּמַלְמַ֖דH4451Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct. . .הַבָּקָ֑רH1241Article | Noun - masculine singular

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