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And wheneverוְהָיָה אִםIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלhad sown,זָרַעMidianמִדְיָןwould come up,וְעָלָהand Amalekוַעֲמָלֵקand the sonsוּבְנֵיof the east;קֶדֶםthey would come upוְעָלוּagainst him.עָלָיו
Judges 6:3
Study it in the app“And whenever Israel had sown, Midian would come up, and Amalek and the sons of the east; they would come up against him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 6:3, word by word
- And wheneverהָיָהhaya
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “haya” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- had sownזָרַעzara
sow
To put seed in the ground.
Where else “zara” appears- Midianמִדְיָןmidyan
Midian
See it on the mapWhere else “midyan” appears- would come upעָלָהala
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “ala” appears- and Amalekעֲמָלֵקamalek
Amalek
Amalek, a grandson of Esau. The Amalekites, who became enemies of Israel, descend from him; the name also stands for that people.
Where else “amalek” appears- and the sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- of the eastקֶדֶםkedem
east
The side in front, where the sun rises; the east.
Where else “kedem” appears
Places in this verse
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).
The context
2The hand of Midian was strong over Israel. Because of Midian the sons of Israel made for themselves the dens that are in the mountains, the caves, and the strongholds.
3 · This verse (above)
4They would camp against them and destroy the produce of the land as far as your coming to Gaza, and they would not leave sustenance in Israel, neither lamb nor ox nor donkey.