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Elohimאֱלֹהִיםdidוַיַּעַשׂsoכֵּןthatהַהוּאnight:בַּלַּיְלָהthere wasוַיְהִיdrynessחֹרֶבonאֶלthe fleeceהַגִּזָּהalone,לְבַדָּהּand onוְעַלallכָּלthe landהָאָרֶץthere wasהָיָהdew.טָל
Judges 6:40
Study it in the app“Elohim did so that night: there was dryness on the fleece alone, and on all the land there was dew.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 6:40, word by word
- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- didיַּעַשׂyaas
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaas” appears- nightלַּיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears- there wasיְהִיyehi
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- the fleeceגִּזָּהgiza
fleece
Fleece: the wool shorn from a sheep at one time, all in one piece.
Where else “giza” 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- dewטָלtal
dew
Dew: the moisture of the night, which in a dry land keeps the plants alive.
Where else “tal” appears
The context
39Gideon 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.”
40 · This verse (above)