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Whenוַיְהִי כִּיthe sonsבְנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלcried outזָעֲקוּtoאֶלYHWHיְהוָהbecause ofעַל אֹדוֹתMidian,מִדְיָן
Judges 6:7
Study it in the app“When the sons of Israel cried out to YHWH because of Midian,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 6:7, word by word
- Whenיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- the sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- of 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- cried outזָעֲקוּzaaku
cry out
To shout for help, above all to YHWH.
Where else “zaaku” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- because ofאֹדוֹתodot
cause
Cause, reason: "because of".
Where else “odot” appears- Midianמִדְיָןmidyan
Midian
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Places in this verse
Midian ?
Today: northwest Saudi Arabia, southern Jordan; debated
A region east of the Gulf of Aqaba, in what is now northwest Saudi Arabia; its borders are not certain.
Moses fled to Midian, married there and tended sheep (Exod 2:15-21). Centuries later the Midianites oppressed Israel until Gideon defeated them (Judg 6:1; 7:21).
The context
6Israel was brought very low because of Midian, and the sons of Israel cried out to YHWH.
7 · This verse (above)
8YHWH sent a man, a prophet, to the sons of Israel, and he said to them, “Thus says YHWH, the Elohim of Israel: ‘I brought you up from Egypt and brought you out of the house of slaves.