look,הִנֵּהIאָנֹכִיam placingמַצִּיגa fleeceאֶת גִּזַּתof woolהַצֶּמֶרon the threshing floor;בַּגֹּרֶןifאִםthere isיִהְיֶהdewטַלonעַלthe fleeceהַגִּזָּהalone,לְבַדָּהּand onוְעַלallכָּלthe landהָאָרֶץdryness,חֹרֶבthen I will knowוְיָדַעְתִּיthatכִּיyou will saveתוֹשִׁיעַIsraelאֶת יִשְׂרָאֵלby my hand,בְּיָדִיasכַּאֲשֶׁרyou have spoken.”דִּבַּרְתָּ
Judges 6:37
Study it in the app“look, I am placing a fleece of wool on the threshing floor; if there is dew on the fleece alone, and on all the land dryness, then I will know that you will save Israel by my hand, as you have spoken.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 6:37, word by word
- am placingמַצִּיגmatsig
set, place
Set, place, leave in position.
Where else “matsig” appears- a fleeceגִּזַּתgizat
fleece
Fleece: the wool shorn from a sheep at one time, all in one piece.
Where else “gizat” appears- of woolצֶּמֶרtsemer
wool
Wool.
Where else “tsemer” appears- on the threshing floorגֹּרֶןgoren
threshing floor
Threshing floor: flat ground where grain is threshed; also any open, level place.
Where else “goren” appears- there isיִהְיֶהyihye
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yihye” appears- dewטַלtal
dew
Dew: the moisture of the night, which in a dry land keeps the plants alive.
Where else “tal” appears- aloneבַדָּvada
alone
One thing alone, set apart from the rest; also the expression 'besides'.
Where else “vada” appears- the landאָרֶץarets
ground
What is underfoot: bowing down to touch it.
Where else “arets” appears- drynessחֹרֶבchorev
drought
A time without rain, when the land is left without water.
Where else “chorev” appears- then I will knowיָדַעְתִּיyadati
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadati” appears- you will saveתוֹשִׁיעַtoshia
save
To rescue someone from danger.
Where else “toshia” 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- by my handיָדִyadi
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yadi” appears- you have spokenדִּבַּרְתָּdibarta
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dibarta” appears
The context
36Gideon said to Elohim, “If you are going to save Israel by my hand, as you have spoken,
37 · This verse (above)
38And it was so. He rose early the next day and squeezed the fleece, and he wrung out dew from the fleece, a full bowl of water.