- 1Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨ם יְרֻבַּ֜עַל ה֣וּא גִדְע֗וֹן וְכָל הָעָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִתּ֔וֹ וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ עַל חֲרֹ֑ד וּמַחֲנֵ֤ה מִדְיָן֙ הָיָה מִצָּפ֔וֹן מִגִּבְעַ֥ת הַמּוֹרֶ֖ה בָּעֵֽמֶק
- 2And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל גִּדְע֔וֹן רַ֗ב הָעָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִתָּ֔ךְ מִתִּתִּ֥י אֶת מִדְיָ֖ן בְּיָדָ֑ם פֶּן יִתְפָּאֵ֨ר עָלַ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר יָדִ֖י הוֹשִׁ֥יעָה
- 3Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.וְעַתָּ֗ה קְרָ֨א נָ֜א בְּאָזְנֵ֤י הָעָם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר מִֽי יָרֵ֣א וְחָרֵ֔ד יָשֹׁ֥ב וְיִצְפֹּ֖ר מֵהַ֣ר הַגִּלְעָ֑ד וַיָּ֣שָׁב מִן הָעָ֗ם עֶשְׂרִ֤ים וּשְׁנַ֨יִם֙ אֶ֔לֶף וַעֲשֶׂ֥רֶת אֲלָפִ֖ים נִשְׁאָֽרוּ
- 4And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go.וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֶל גִּדְע֗וֹן עוֹד֮ הָעָ֣ם רָב֒ הוֹרֵ֤ד אוֹתָם֙ אֶל הַמַּ֔יִם וְאֶצְרְפֶ֥נּוּ שָׁ֑ם וְהָיָ֡ה אֲשֶׁר֩ אֹמַ֨ר אֵלֶ֜יךָ זֶ֣ה יֵלֵ֣ךְ אִתָּ֗ךְ ה֚וּא יֵלֵ֣ךְ אִתָּ֔ךְ וְכֹ֨ל אֲשֶׁר אֹמַ֜ר אֵלֶ֗יךָ זֶ֚ה לֹא יֵלֵ֣ךְ עִמָּ֔ךְ ה֖וּא לֹ֥א יֵלֵֽךְ
- 5So he brought down the people unto the water: and the LORD said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink.וַיּ֥וֹרֶד אֶת הָעָ֖ם אֶל הַמָּ֑יִם וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֶל גִּדְע֗וֹן כֹּ֣ל אֲשֶׁר יָלֹק֩ בִּלְשׁוֹנ֨וֹ מִן הַמַּ֜יִם כַּאֲשֶׁ֧ר יָלֹ֣ק הַכֶּ֗לֶב תַּצִּ֤יג אוֹתוֹ֙ לְבָ֔ד וְכֹ֛ל אֲשֶׁר יִכְרַ֥ע עַל בִּרְכָּ֖יו לִשְׁתּֽוֹת
- 6And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.וַיְהִ֗י מִסְפַּ֞ר הַֽמֲלַקְקִ֤ים בְּיָדָם֙ אֶל פִּיהֶ֔ם שְׁלֹ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת אִ֑ישׁ וְכֹל֙ יֶ֣תֶר הָעָ֔ם כָּרְע֥וּ עַל בִּרְכֵיהֶ֖ם לִשְׁתּ֥וֹת מָֽיִם
- 7And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place.וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֶל גִּדְע֗וֹן בִּשְׁלֹשׁ֩ מֵא֨וֹת הָאִ֤ישׁ הַֽמֲלַקְקִים֙ אוֹשִׁ֣יעַ אֶתְכֶ֔ם וְנָתַתִּ֥י אֶת מִדְיָ֖ן בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ וְכָל הָעָ֔ם יֵלְכ֖וּ אִ֥ישׁ לִמְקֹמֽוֹ
- 8So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley.וַיִּקְח֣וּ אֶת צֵדָה֩ הָעָ֨ם בְּיָדָ֜ם וְאֵ֣ת שׁוֹפְרֹֽתֵיהֶ֗ם וְאֵ֨ת כָּל אִ֤ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ שִׁלַּח֙ אִ֣ישׁ לְאֹֽהָלָ֔יו וּבִשְׁלֹשׁ מֵא֥וֹת הָאִ֖ישׁ הֶֽחֱזִ֑יק וּמַחֲנֵ֣ה מִדְיָ֔ן הָ֥יָה מִתַּ֥חַת בָּעֵֽמֶק
- 9And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine hand.וַֽיְהִי֙ בַּלַּ֣יְלָה הַה֔וּא וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלָיו֙ יְהוָ֔ה ק֖וּם רֵ֣ד בַּֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה כִּ֥י נְתַתִּ֖יו בְּיָדֶֽךָ
- 10But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host:וְאִם יָרֵ֥א אַתָּ֖ה לָרֶ֑דֶת רֵ֥ד אַתָּ֛ה וּפֻרָ֥ה נַעַרְךָ֖ אֶל הַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה
- 11And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that were in the host.וְשָֽׁמַעְתָּ֙ מַה יְדַבֵּ֔רוּ וְאַחַר֙ תֶּחֱזַ֣קְנָה יָדֶ֔יךָ וְיָרַדְתָּ֖ בַּֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה וַיֵּ֤רֶד הוּא֙ וּפֻרָ֣ה נַעֲר֔וֹ אֶל קְצֵ֥ה הַחֲמֻשִׁ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר בַּֽמַּחֲנֶֽה
- 12And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude.וּמִדְיָ֨ן וַעֲמָלֵ֤ק וְכָל בְּנֵי קֶ֨דֶם֙ נֹפְלִ֣ים בָּעֵ֔מֶק כָּאַרְבֶּ֖ה לָרֹ֑ב וְלִגְמַלֵּיהֶם֙ אֵ֣ין מִסְפָּ֔ר כַּח֛וֹל שֶׁעַל שְׂפַ֥ת הַיָּ֖ם לָרֹֽב
- 13And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.וַיָּבֹ֣א גִדְע֔וֹן וְהִ֨נֵּה אִ֔ישׁ מְסַפֵּ֥ר לְרֵעֵ֖הוּ חֲל֑וֹם וַיֹּ֜אמֶר הִנֵּ֧ה חֲל֣וֹם חָלַ֗מְתִּי וְהִנֵּ֨ה צלול צְלִ֜יל לֶ֤חֶם שְׂעֹרִים֙ מִתְהַפֵּךְ֙ בְּמַחֲנֵ֣ה מִדְיָ֔ן וַיָּבֹ֣א עַד הָ֠אֹהֶל וַיַּכֵּ֧הוּ וַיִּפֹּ֛ל וַיַּהַפְכֵ֥הוּ לְמַ֖עְלָה וְנָפַ֥ל הָאֹֽהֶל
- 14And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand hath God delivered Midian, and all the host.וַיַּ֨עַן רֵעֵ֤הוּ וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙ אֵ֣ין זֹ֔את בִּלְתִּ֗י אִם חֶ֛רֶב גִּדְע֥וֹן בֶּן יוֹאָ֖שׁ אִ֣ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל נָתַ֤ן הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ בְּיָד֔וֹ אֶת מִדְיָ֖ן וְאֶת כָּל הַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה
- 15And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.וַיְהִי֩ כִשְׁמֹ֨עַ גִּדְע֜וֹן אֶת מִסְפַּ֧ר הַחֲל֛וֹם וְאֶת שִׁבְר֖וֹ וַיִּשְׁתָּ֑חוּ וַיָּ֨שָׁב֙ אֶל מַחֲנֵ֣ה יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ק֔וּמוּ כִּֽי נָתַ֧ן יְהוָ֛ה בְּיֶדְכֶ֖ם אֶת מַחֲנֵ֥ה מִדְיָֽן
- 16And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.וַיַּ֛חַץ אֶת שְׁלֹשׁ מֵא֥וֹת הָאִ֖ישׁ שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה רָאשִׁ֑ים וַיִּתֵּ֨ן שׁוֹפָר֤וֹת בְּיַד כֻּלָּם֙ וְכַדִּ֣ים רֵקִ֔ים וְלַפִּדִ֖ים בְּת֥וֹךְ הַכַּדִּֽים
- 17And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do.וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם מִמֶּ֥נִּי תִרְא֖וּ וְכֵ֣ן תַּעֲשׂ֑וּ וְהִנֵּ֨ה אָנֹכִ֥י בָא֙ בִּקְצֵ֣ה הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה וְהָיָ֥ה כַאֲשֶׁר אֶעֱשֶׂ֖ה כֵּ֥ן תַּעֲשֽׂוּן
- 18When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.וְתָקַעְתִּי֙ בַּשּׁוֹפָ֔ר אָנֹכִ֖י וְכָל אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִתִּ֑י וּתְקַעְתֶּ֨ם בַּשּׁוֹפָר֜וֹת גַּם אַתֶּ֗ם סְבִיבוֹת֙ כָּל הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם לַיהוָ֥ה וּלְגִדְעֽוֹן
- 19So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands.וַיָּבֹ֣א גִ֠דְעוֹן וּמֵאָה אִ֨ישׁ אֲשֶׁר אִתּ֜וֹ בִּקְצֵ֣ה הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֗ה רֹ֚אשׁ הָאַשְׁמֹ֣רֶת הַתִּֽיכוֹנָ֔ה אַ֛ךְ הָקֵ֥ם הֵקִ֖ימוּ אֶת הַשֹּֽׁמְרִ֑ים וַֽיִּתְקְעוּ֙ בַּשּׁ֣וֹפָר֔וֹת וְנָפ֥וֹץ הַכַּדִּ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּיָדָֽם
- 20And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.וַֽ֠יִּתְקְעוּ שְׁלֹ֨שֶׁת הָרָאשִׁ֥ים בַּשּֽׁוֹפָרוֹת֮ וַיִּשְׁבְּר֣וּ הַכַּדִּים֒ וַיַּחֲזִ֤יקוּ בְיַד שְׂמאוֹלָם֙ בַּלַּפִּדִ֔ים וּבְיַ֨ד יְמִינָ֔ם הַשּׁוֹפָר֖וֹת לִתְק֑וֹעַ וַֽיִּקְרְא֔וּ חֶ֥רֶב לַֽיהוָ֖ה וּלְגִדְעֽוֹן
- 21And they stood every man in his place round about the camp: and all the host ran, and cried, and fled.וַיַּֽעַמְדוּ֙ אִ֣ישׁ תַּחְתָּ֔יו סָבִ֖יב לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה וַיָּ֧רָץ כָּל הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֛ה וַיָּרִ֖יעוּ ויניסו וַיָּנֽוּסוּ
- 22And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Bethshittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abelmeholah, unto Tabbath.וַֽיִּתְקְעוּ֮ שְׁלֹשׁ מֵא֣וֹת הַשּׁוֹפָרוֹת֒ וַיָּ֣שֶׂם יְהוָ֗ה אֵ֣ת חֶ֥רֶב אִ֛ישׁ בְּרֵעֵ֖הוּ וּבְכָל הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה וַיָּ֨נָס הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֜ה עַד הַשִּׁטָּה֙ צְֽרֵרָ֔תָה עַ֛ד שְׂפַת מְחוֹלָ֖ה עַל טַבָּֽת
- 23And the men of Israel gathered themselves together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after the Midianites.וַיִּצָּעֵ֧ק אִֽישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל מִנַּפְתָּלִ֥י וּמִן אָשֵׁ֖ר וּמִן כָּל מְנַשֶּׁ֑ה וַֽיִּרְדְּפ֖וּ אַחֲרֵ֥י מִדְיָֽן
- 24And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan.וּמַלְאָכִ֡ים שָׁלַ֣ח גִּדְעוֹן֩ בְּכָל הַ֨ר אֶפְרַ֜יִם לֵאמֹ֗ר רְד֞וּ לִקְרַ֤את מִדְיָן֙ וְלִכְד֤וּ אֶת הַמַּ֔יִם עַ֛ד בָּרָ֖ה וְאֶת הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן וַיִּצָּעֵ֞ק כָּל אִ֤ישׁ אֶפְרַ֨יִם֙ וַיִּלְכְּד֣וּ אֶת הַמַּ֔יִם עַ֛ד בָּרָ֖ה וְאֶת הַיַּרְדֵּֽן
- 25And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan.וַֽיִּלְכְּד֡וּ שְׁנֵֽי שָׂרֵ֨י מִדְיָ֜ן אֶת עֹרֵ֣ב וְאֶת זְאֵ֗ב וַיַּהַרְג֨וּ אֶת עוֹרֵ֤ב בְּצוּר עוֹרֵב֙ וְאֶת זְאֵב֙ הָרְג֣וּ בְיֶֽקֶב זְאֵ֔ב וַֽיִּרְדְּפ֖וּ אֶל מִדְיָ֑ן וְרֹאשׁ עֹרֵ֣ב וּזְאֵ֔ב הֵבִ֨יאוּ֙ אֶל גִּדְע֔וֹן מֵעֵ֖בֶר לַיַּרְדֵּֽן
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496 tagged Hebrew tokens161 distinct lexical entries25 of 25 verses source-tagged
מַחֲנֶהH4264
an encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or even the sacred courts)
אָמַרH559
to say (used with great latitude)
אִישׁH376
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
גִּדְעוֹןH1439
Gidon, an Israelite
יָדH3027
a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follows]
מִדְיָןH4080
Midjan, a son of Abraham; also his country and (collectively) his descendants
יְהֹוָהH3068
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
עַםH5971
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
יָרַדH3381
to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)
שׁוֹפָרH7782
a cornet (as giving a clear sound) or curved horn
Hebrew verse gematria
YHWSA calculates these totals directly from every consonant in the tagged Hebrew source line using the Carlo Suarès letter-number system; vowel points and cantillation marks do not add values. The totals are not reverse-mapped from English. A matching number is a comparison to investigate, not proof that two passages mean the same thing.
| Verse | Value | Workspace |
|---|---|---|
| Judges 7:1 | 6,856 | study verse |
| Judges 7:2 | 8,810 | study verse |
| Judges 7:3 | 10,347 | study verse |
| Judges 7:4 | 12,625 | study verse |
| Judges 7:5 | 9,566 | study verse |
| Judges 7:6 | 8,386 | study verse |
| Judges 7:7 | 8,646 | study verse |
| Judges 7:8 | 9,443 | study verse |
| Judges 7:9 | 2,882 | study verse |
| Judges 7:10 | 3,718 | study verse |
| Judges 7:11 | 5,761 | study verse |
| Judges 7:12 | 7,176 | study verse |
| Judges 7:13 | 8,868 | study verse |
| Judges 7:14 | 9,893 | study verse |
| Judges 7:15 | 8,821 | study verse |
| Judges 7:16 | 11,065 | study verse |
| Judges 7:17 | 6,726 | study verse |
| Judges 7:18 | 9,557 | study verse |
| Judges 7:19 | 11,628 | study verse |
| Judges 7:20 | 10,504 | study verse |
| Judges 7:21 | 3,334 | study verse |
| Judges 7:22 | 7,955 | study verse |
| Judges 7:23 | 5,455 | study verse |
| Judges 7:24 | 11,938 | study verse |
| Judges 7:25 | 9,010 | study verse |
Lexical definitions describe possible word ranges, not automatic interpretations of a verse. See the concordance guide, gematria method, and source policy.
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