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508 B
General Information:
Ehud speaks to the people of Israel in Ephraim.
for Yahweh is about to defeat your enemies
Yahweh helping the Israelites to defeat their enemies is spoken of as if Yahweh were a warrior who would fight and defeat their enemies. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor)
captured the fords
"gained control of the fords"
fords
the areas of a river where it is shallow and easy to walk across to the other side
did not allow anyone to cross
"did not let anyone cross"