Judges 7:18

“When 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!’””

Judges 7:18 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Judges 7:18, word by word

When I blowתָקַעְתִּיtakati

blow

To blow the trumpet.

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the hornשּׁוֹפָרshofar

horn (shofar)

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

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all aroundסְבִיבוֹתsevivot

around

In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.

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campמַּחֲנֶהmachane

camp

A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.

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and sayאֲמַרְתֶּםamartem

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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‘For YHWHיהוָהyhva

YHWH

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.

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and for Gideon!’גִדְעוֹןgidon

Gideon

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.

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The context

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.

18 · This verse (above)

19Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the edge of the camp at the beginning of the watch in the middle, when they had just set the guards; and they blew the horns and smashed the jars that were in their hand.

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