GideonגִּדְעוֹןsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלElohim,הָאֱלֹהִים“Do notאַלlet your anger burnיִחַר אַפְּךָagainst me,בִּיand let me speakוַאֲדַבְּרָהjustאַךְthis time.הַפָּעַםPleaseנָּאlet me testאֲנַסֶּהjustרַקthis timeהַפַּעַםwith the fleece:בַּגִּזָּהplease let there beיְהִי נָאdrynessחֹרֶבonאֶלthe fleeceהַגִּזָּהalone,לְבַדָּהּand onוְעַלallכָּלthe landהָאָרֶץlet there beיִהְיֶהdew.”טָּל
Judges 6:39
Study it in the app“Gideon said to Elohim, “Do not let your anger burn against me, and let me speak just this time. Please let me test just this time with the fleece: please let there be dryness on the fleece alone, and on all the land let there be dew.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 6:39, 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- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- let your anger burnיִחַרyichar
burn
For YHWH's anger to be kindled like a fire against someone.
Where else “yichar” appears- let your anger burnאַפְּap
anger
The rage of one who snorts; the "long of nose" is slow to become angry.
Where else “ap” appears- and let me speakאֲדַבְּרָהadabra
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “adabra” appears- this timeפָּעַםpaam
time
Each of the occasions on which something happens or is repeated.
Where else “paam” appears- let me testאֲנַסֶּהanase
test
To put someone in a situation to see how he responds and what is within him.
Where else “anase” appears- with the fleeceגִּזָּהgiza
fleece
Fleece: the wool shorn from a sheep at one time, all in one piece.
Where else “giza” appears- please let there beיְהִיyehi
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yehi” appears- drynessחֹרֶבchorev
drought
A time without rain, when the land is left without water.
Where else “chorev” 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- dewטָּלtal
dew
Dew: the moisture of the night, which in a dry land keeps the plants alive.
Where else “tal” appears
The context
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.
39 · This verse (above)
40Elohim did so that night: there was dryness on the fleece alone, and on all the land there was dew.