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Gideonגִּדְעוֹןbuiltוַיִּבֶןthereשָׁםan altarמִזְבֵּחַto YHWHלַיהוָהand called itוַיִּקְרָא לוֹYHWHיְהוָהShalom.שָׁלוֹםToעַדthisהַזֶּהdayהַיּוֹםit is stillעוֹדֶנּוּin Ophrahבְּעָפְרָתof the Abiezrites.אֲבִי הָעֶזְרִי
Judges 6:24
Study it in the app“Gideon built there an altar to YHWH and called it YHWH Shalom. To this day it is still in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 6:24, word by word
- Gideonגִּדְעוֹןgidon
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” appears- builtיִּבֶןyiven
build
To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.
Where else “yiven” appears- an altarמִזְבֵּחַmizbeach
altar
Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.
Where else “mizbeach” appears- to YHWHיהוָהyhva
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 “yhva” appears- and called itיִּקְרָאyikra
name
To give someone a name.
Where else “yikra” appears- Shalomשָׁלוֹםshalom
peace
Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.
Where else “shalom” appears- dayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears- in Ophrahעָפְרָתafrat
Ophrah
Ophrah: a town of Benjamin; another of the same name, in Manasseh, was Gideon's.
Where else “afrat” appears- of the Abiezritesאֲבִיavi
Abiezrite
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” appears
Translation note
“YHWH Shalom” means “YHWH is peace”; YHWH had just said to him, “Peace to you” (verse 23).
The context
23YHWH said to him, “Peace to you; do not be afraid; you will not die.”
24 · This verse (above)
25That night YHWH said to him, “Take the bull of the oxen that belongs to your father, and the second bull, seven years old, and tear down the altar of Baal that belongs to your father, and cut down the Asherah that is beside it.