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He said to them,וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם“Watch meמִמֶּנִּי תִרְאוּand doתַּעֲשׂוּlikewise.וְכֵןLook,וְהִנֵּהwhen Iאָנֹכִיcomeבָאto the edgeבִּקְצֵהof the camp,הַמַּחֲנֶהit shall be thatוְהָיָהasכַאֲשֶׁרI do,אֶעֱשֶׂהsoכֵּןyou shall do.תַּעֲשׂוּן
Judges 7:17
Study it in the app“He 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 7:17, word by word
- He said to themיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Watch meתִרְאוּtiru
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “tiru” appears- and doתַּעֲשׂוּtaasu
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “taasu” appears- comeבָאva
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “va” appears- to the edgeקְצֵהketse
end
The place where something ends: its edge or farthest point.
Where else “ketse” appears- of the campמַּחֲנֶהmachane
camp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machane” appears- it shall be thatהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears
The context
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.
17 · This verse (above)
18When I blow the horn, I and all who are with me, then you also shall blow the horns all around the whole camp and say, ‘For YHWH and for Gideon!’”