Study it in the app“Midian and Amalek and all the sons of the east were lying in the valley like locusts in multitude; and their camels were without number, like the sand that is on the shore of the sea in multitude.”
Midianוּמִדְיָןand Amalekוַעֲמָלֵקand allוְכָלthe sonsבְּנֵיof the eastקֶדֶםwere lyingנֹפְלִיםin the valleyבָּעֵמֶקlike locustsכָּאַרְבֶּהin multitude;לָרֹבand their camelsוְלִגְמַלֵּיהֶםwere withoutאֵיןnumber,מִסְפָּרlike the sandכַּחוֹלthatשֶׁis onעַלthe shoreשְׂפַתof the seaהַיָּםin multitude.לָרֹב
Midian
See it on the mapWhere else “midyan” appearsAmalek
Amalek, a grandson of Esau. The Amalekites, who became enemies of Israel, descend from him; the name also stands for that people.
Where else “amalek” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearseast
The side in front, where the sun rises; the east.
Where else “kedem” appearsfall
To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.
Where else “noflim” appearsvalley
Valley, broad low plain.
Where else “emek” appearslocust
Locust: an insect that comes in huge swarms and devours everything green.
Where else “arbe” appearsmultitude
A great crowd of people or things.
Where else “rov” appearscamel
Camel.
Where else “gemale” appearsnumber
The amount that results from counting: how many there are.
Where else “mispar” appearssand
Sand.
Where else “chol” appearsedge
The edge where the sea or a river ends and the land begins.
Where else “sefat” appearssea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” 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).
11and you will hear what they say, and afterward your hands will be strengthened, and you will go down against the camp.” So he went down, he and Purah his young man, to the edge of those in battle array who were in the camp.
12 · This verse (above)
13Gideon came, and there was a man recounting a dream to his companion. He said, “Look, I dreamed a dream: there was a round loaf of barley tumbling into the camp of Midian; it came to the tent and struck it, and it fell; it turned it upside down, and the tent fell flat.”
