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The angelמַלְּאַךְof YHWHיְהוָהappeared to himוַיֵּרָא אֵלָיוand said to him,וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו“YHWHיְהוָהis with you,עִמְּךָvaliantגִּבּוֹרwarrior.”הֶחָיִל
Judges 6:12
Study it in the app“The angel of YHWH appeared to him and said to him, “YHWH is with you, valiant warrior.””
The angel calls Gideon “valiant warrior”, though he sees himself as the least in his houseCourage
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 6:12, word by word
- The angelמַלְּאַךְmalach
angel
A messenger from God, a heavenly being.
Where else “malach” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
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” appears- appeared to himיֵּרָאyera
appear
To let oneself be seen: YHWH let Abram see him.
Where else “yera” appears- and said to himיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- valiantגִּבּוֹרgibor
warrior
A brave warrior, or a capable man.
Where else “gibor” appears- warriorחָיִלchayil
valor
Strength and ability: the brave man in war, the capable and worthy person.
Where else “chayil” appears
The context
11The 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.
12 · This verse (above)
13Gideon said to him, “Pardon, my lord, if YHWH is with us, why has all this found us? And where are all his wonders that our fathers recounted to us, saying, ‘Did not YHWH bring us up from Egypt?’ But now YHWH has abandoned us and given us into the hand of Midian.”