Study it in the app“The angel of YHWH came and sat under the oak that is in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, while Gideon his son was beating out wheat in the winepress to hide it from Midian.”
The angelמַלְאַךְof YHWHיְהוָהcameוַיָּבֹאand satוַיֵּשֶׁבunderתַּחַתthe oakהָאֵלָהthatאֲשֶׁרis in Ophrah,בְּעָפְרָהwhichאֲשֶׁרbelonged to Joashלְיוֹאָשׁthe Abiezrite,אֲבִי הָעֶזְרִיwhile Gideonוְגִדְעוֹןhis sonבְּנוֹwas beating outחֹבֵטwheatחִטִּיםin the winepressבַּגַּתto hide itלְהָנִיסfromמִפְּנֵיMidian.מִדְיָן
angel
A messenger from God, a heavenly being.
Where else “malach” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appearssit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yeshev” appearsgreat tree, terebinth
A large, strong tree: an oak or terebinth.
Where else “ela” appearsOphrah
Ophrah: a town of Benjamin; another of the same name, in Manasseh, was Gideon's.
Where else “afra” appearsJoash
Joash, the father of Gideon. Other people in the Bible bear this name, among them two kings (2 Kings 11-13). It means "YHWH has given."
Where else “yoash” appearsAbiezrite
Abiezrite: a person of the clan of Abiezer, one of the families of the tribe of Manasseh (Joshua 17:2). Gideon belonged to that clan.
Where else “avi” appearsGideon
Gideon, son of Joash, of the tribe of Manasseh; a judge who saved Israel from Midian. The name means "one who cuts down." He is also called Jerubbaal.
Where else “gidon” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appearsbeat out
Beat out: strike the branches so the fruit falls; also to thresh.
Where else “chovet” appearswheat
Wheat.
Where else “chitim” appearswinepress
Winepress: the place, cut in the rock, where grapes are trodden to get the wine.
Where else “gat” appearstake refuge
To run to a place where one is safe.
Where else “hanis” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appearsMidian
See it on the mapWhere else “midyan” appearsWheat was beaten out in the open air, on the threshing floor. Gideon was doing it hidden in a winepress (the place where grapes are trodden) so that Midian would not take it from him.
Midian ?
Today: northwest Saudi Arabia, southern Jordan; debated
A region east of the Gulf of Aqaba, in what is now northwest Saudi Arabia; its borders are not certain.
Moses fled to Midian, married there and tended sheep (Exod 2:15-21). Centuries later the Midianites oppressed Israel until Gideon defeated them (Judg 6:1; 7:21).
10And I said to you, “I am YHWH your Elohim; you shall not fear the gods of the Amorite, in whose land you live.” But you have not listened to my voice.’”
11 · This verse (above)
12The angel of YHWH appeared to him and said to him, “YHWH is with you, valiant warrior.”
