Study it in the app“When 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.””
Whenוַיְהִי כִGideonגִּדְעוֹןheardשְׁמֹעַthe tellingאֶת מִסְפַּרof the dreamהַחֲלוֹםand its interpretation,וְאֶת שִׁבְרוֹhe bowed down.וַיִּשְׁתָּחוּHe returnedוַיָּשָׁבtoאֶלthe campמַחֲנֵהof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Arise,קוּמוּforכִּיYHWHיְהוָהhas givenנָתַןinto your handבְּיֶדְכֶםthe campאֶת מַחֲנֵהof Midian.”מִדְיָן
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” 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” appearshear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shemoa” appearsaccount
An account: telling something to someone, in order.
Where else “mispar” appearsdream
Dream: what one sees while asleep. In the Bible, God sometimes speaks through dreams.
Where else “chalom” appearsinterpretation
The explanation of a dream.
Where else “shivr” appearsworship
To bow before God in adoration.
Where else “yishtachu” appearsreturn
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashav” appearscamp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machane” 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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsrise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “kumu” appearsYHWH
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” 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 “yed” appearsMidian
See it on the mapWhere else “midyan” 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).
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.”
15 · This verse (above)
16He divided the three hundred men into three companies and put horns in the hand of all of them, and empty jars, with torches inside the jars.
