Judges 6:37

“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.””

Judges 6:37 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Judges 6:37, word by word

am placingמַצִּיגmatsig

set, place

Set, place, leave in position.

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a fleeceגִּזַּתgizat

fleece

Fleece: the wool shorn from a sheep at one time, all in one piece.

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of woolצֶּמֶרtsemer

wool

Wool.

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on the threshing floorגֹּרֶןgoren

threshing floor

Threshing floor: flat ground where grain is threshed; also any open, level place.

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there isיִהְיֶהyihye

exist

To exist: "let there be light".

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dewטַלtal

dew

Dew: the moisture of the night, which in a dry land keeps the plants alive.

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aloneבַדָּvada

alone

One thing alone, set apart from the rest; also the expression 'besides'.

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the landאָרֶץarets

ground

What is underfoot: bowing down to touch it.

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drynessחֹרֶבchorev

drought

A time without rain, when the land is left without water.

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then I will knowיָדַעְתִּיyadati

know

To know something, realize.

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you will saveתוֹשִׁיעַtoshia

save

To rescue someone from danger.

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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.

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by my handיָדִyadi

power

Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.

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you have spokenדִּבַּרְתָּdibarta

speak

To speak, say something; above all God to his people.

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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.

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