Study it in the app“Gideon 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.””
Gideonגִדְעוֹןcame,וַיָּבֹאand thereוְהִנֵּהwas a manאִישׁrecountingמְסַפֵּרa dreamחֲלוֹםto his companion.לְרֵעֵהוּHe said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Look,הִנֵּהI dreamedחָלַמְתִּיa dream:חֲלוֹםthere was a round loafוְהִנֵּה צְלִיל לֶחֶםof barleyשְׂעֹרִיםtumblingמִתְהַפֵּךְinto the campבְּמַחֲנֵהof Midian;מִדְיָןit cameוַיָּבֹאtoעַדthe tentהָאֹהֶלand struck it,וַיַּכֵּהוּand it fell;וַיִּפֹּלit turned itוַיַּהַפְכֵהוּupside down,לְמַעְלָהand the tentוְ הָאֹהֶלfell flat.”נָפַל
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.
Where else “gidon” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearsrecount
To relate, declare: the heavens proclaim the glory of El.
Where else “mesaper” appearsdream
Dream: what one sees while asleep. In the Bible, God sometimes speaks through dreams.
Where else “chalom” appearscompanion
A companion, a friend.
Where else “ree” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsdream
To see images and scenes while asleep.
Where else “chalamti” appearsround loaf, cake
Round loaf, cake. The word appears only here.
Where else “tselil” appearsbread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lechem” appearsbarley
Barley.
Where else “seorim” appearsturn
To turn one's body or course the other way.
Where else “mithapech” 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” appearstent
A home of cloth or skins on poles, where herdsmen lived; also one's home.
Where else “ohel” appearsstrike
To give a blow to someone or something, with the hand or a weapon.
Where else “yake” appearsfall
To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.
Where else “yipol” appearsabove
Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".
Where else “mala” 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).
12Midian 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.
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14His companion answered and said, “This is nothing other than the sword of Gideon son of Joash, a man of Israel; Elohim has given into his hand Midian and all the camp.”
