Judges 6:39

“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.””

Judges 6:39 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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saidיֹּאמֶרyomer

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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let your anger burnיִחַרyichar

burn

For YHWH's anger to be kindled like a fire against someone.

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let your anger burnאַפְּap

anger

The rage of one who snorts; the "long of nose" is slow to become angry.

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and let me speakאֲדַבְּרָהadabra

speak

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

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this timeפָּעַםpaam

time

Each of the occasions on which something happens or is repeated.

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let me testאֲנַסֶּהanase

test

To put someone in a situation to see how he responds and what is within him.

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with the fleeceגִּזָּהgiza

fleece

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

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please let there beיְהִיyehi

exist

To exist: "let there be light".

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drynessחֹרֶבchorev

drought

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

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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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dewטָּלtal

dew

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

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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.

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