Study it in the app“Jerubbaal, that is, Gideon, rose early, with all the people who were with him, and they camped beside the spring of Harod; and the camp of Midian was north of him, from the hill of Moreh, in the valley.”
Jerubbaal,יְרֻבַּעַלthat is,הוּאGideon,גִדְעוֹןrose early,וַיַּשְׁכֵּםwith allוְכָלthe peopleהָעָםwhoאֲשֶׁרwere with him,אִתּוֹand they campedוַיַּחֲנוּbesideעַלthe springעֵיןof Harod;חֲרֹדand the campוּמַחֲנֵהof Midianמִדְיָןwasהָיָהnorthמִצָּפוֹןof him,לוֹfrom the hillמִגִּבְעַתof Moreh,הַמּוֹרֶהin the valley.בָּעֵמֶק
Jerubbaal
Jerubbaal, the other name of Gideon. It means "let Baal contend": it was given to him when he tore down the altar of Baal (Judges 6:32).
Where else “yerubaal” appearsGideon
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” appearsrise early
To get up early to do something.
Where else “yashkem” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsencamp
To pitch tents and stay, or besiege a city.
Where else “yachanu” appearsHarod
The spring of Harod, where Gideon camped. "Harod" sounds in Hebrew like "tremble," the word used for those who were afraid (Judges 7:3).
Where else “en” appearscamp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machane” appearsMidian
See it on the mapWhere else “midyan” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appearsnorth
North.
Where else “tsafon” appearshill
Hill.
Where else “givat” appearsMoreh
Moreh, the name of a place near Shechem and of a hill in the valley of Jezreel.
Where else “more” appearsvalley
Valley, broad low plain.
Where else “emek” appearsMidian ?
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).
1 · This verse (above)
2YHWH said to Gideon, “The people who are with you are too many for me to give Midian into their hand, lest Israel boast against me, saying, ‘My hand has saved me.’
