Study it in the app“His 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.””
His companionרֵעֵהוּansweredוַיַּעַןand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Thisזֹאתis nothingאֵיןother thanבִּלְתִּי אִםthe swordחֶרֶבof Gideonגִּדְעוֹןsonבֶּןof Joash,יוֹאָשׁa manאִישׁof Israel;יִשְׂרָאֵלElohimהָאֱלֹהִיםhas givenנָתַןinto his handבְּיָדוֹMidianאֶת מִדְיָןand allוְאֶת כָּלthe camp.”הַמַּחֲנֶה
companion
A companion, a friend.
Where else “ree” appearsanswer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “yaan” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearssword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” 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” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appearsJoash
Joash, the father of Gideon. Other people in the Bible bear this name, among them two kings (2 Kings 11-13). It means "YHWH has given."
Where else “yoash” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearsIsrael
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” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearshand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “natan” appearspower
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appearsMidian
See it on the mapWhere else “midyan” appearscamp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machane” 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).
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.”
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15When Gideon heard the telling of the dream and its interpretation, he bowed down. He returned to the camp of Israel and said, “Arise, for YHWH has given into your hand the camp of Midian.”
