He dividedוַיַּחַץthe threeאֶת שְׁלֹשׁhundredמֵאוֹתmenהָאִישׁinto threeשְׁלֹשָׁהcompaniesרָאשִׁיםand putוַיִּתֵּןhornsשׁוֹפָרוֹתin the handבְּיַדof all of them,כֻּלָּםand emptyרֵקִיםjars,וְכַדִּיםwith torchesוְלַפִּדִיםinsideבְּתוֹךְthe jars.הַכַּדִּים
Judges 7:16
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “shelosh” appears- hundredמֵאוֹתmeot
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meot” appears- menאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- companiesרָאשִׁיםrashim
chief
Literally "the head": the one who leads, or the best of something.
Where else “rashim” appears- and putיִּתֵּןyiten
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “yiten” appears- hornsשׁוֹפָרוֹתshofarot
horn (shofar)
Shofar: a ram's horn blown like a trumpet.
Where else “shofarot” appears- in the handיַדyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appears- and emptyרֵקִיםrekim
empty
Empty; figuratively, worthless, idle.
Where else “rekim” appears- jarsכַדִּיםchadim
jar
Jar: an earthen vessel for carrying water or keeping flour.
Where else “chadim” appears- with torchesלַפִּדִיםlapidim
torch, flame
Torch, flame; also lightning.
Where else “lapidim” appears- insideתוֹךְtoch
inside
The inside of a place or an enclosed space.
Where else “toch” appears
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.