Judges 7:16

“He 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.”

Judges 7:16 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Judges 7:16, word by word

He dividedיַּחַץyachats

divide

To split into parts, share out.

Where else “yachats” appears
the threeשְׁלֹשׁshelosh

three

A quantity of three: three persons or things together.

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hundredמֵאוֹתmeot

hundred

The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.

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menאִישׁish

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

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companiesרָאשִׁיםrashim

chief

Literally "the head": the one who leads, or the best of something.

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and putיִּתֵּןyiten

put

To place something somewhere.

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hornsשׁוֹפָרוֹתshofarot

horn (shofar)

Shofar: a ram's horn blown like a trumpet.

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in the handיַדyad

power

Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.

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and emptyרֵקִיםrekim

empty

Empty; figuratively, worthless, idle.

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jarsכַדִּיםchadim

jar

Jar: an earthen vessel for carrying water or keeping flour.

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with torchesלַפִּדִיםlapidim

torch, flame

Torch, flame; also lightning.

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insideתוֹךְtoch

inside

The inside of a place or an enclosed space.

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The context

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.”

16 · This verse (above)

17He said to them, “Watch me and do likewise. Look, when I come to the edge of the camp, it shall be that as I do, so you shall do.

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