Study it in the app“Gideon 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.””
The angel calls Gideon “valiant warrior”, though he sees himself as the least in his houseCourage
Gideonגִּדְעוֹןsaid to him,וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו“Pardon,בִּיmy lord,אֲדֹנִיifוְיֵשׁYHWHיְהוָהis with us,עִמָּנוּwhyוְלָמָּהhas allכָּלthisזֹאתfound us?מְצָאַתְנוּAnd where areוְאַיֵּהallכָלhis wondersנִפְלְאֹתָיוthatאֲשֶׁרour fathersאֲבוֹתֵינוּrecounted to us,סִפְּרוּ לָנוּsaying,לֵאמֹר‘Did notהֲלֹאYHWHיְהוָהbring us upהֶעֱלָנוּfrom Egypt?’מִמִּצְרַיִםBut nowוְעַתָּהYHWHיְהוָהhas abandoned usנְטָשָׁנוּand given usוַיִּתְּנֵנוּinto the handבְּכַףof Midian.”מִדְיָן
Gideon
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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsplease, my lord
Please, pardon me: a formula for addressing a superior respectfully.
Where else “bi” appearslord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adoni” 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” appearsmeet
To meet someone on the road, or for trouble to fall upon him.
Where else “metsaat” appearswonder
What YHWH does, beyond what a person can do or understand.
Where else “niflotay” appearsforefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avote” appearsrecount
To relate, declare: the heavens proclaim the glory of El.
Where else “sipru” appearsbring up
To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".
Where else “heela” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appearsabandon
To turn away from someone or something and leave it behind.
Where else “netasha” appearshand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “yitne” appearspalm
The flat, hollow part of the hand; also what someone does or can do with it.
Where else “chaf” appearsMidian
See it on the mapWhere else “midyan” appears1Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
2Midian ?
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).
12The angel of YHWH appeared to him and said to him, “YHWH is with you, valiant warrior.”
13 · This verse (above)
14YHWH turned to him and said, “Go in this strength of yours and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Have I not sent you?”
