Study it in the app“Gideon 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.”
Gideonגִדְעוֹןand the hundredוּמֵאָהmenאִישׁwhoאֲשֶׁרwere with himאִתּוֹcameוַיָּבֹאto the edgeבִּקְצֵהof the campהַמַּחֲנֶהat the beginningרֹאשׁof the watchהָאַשְׁמֹרֶתin the middle,הַתִּיכוֹנָהwhen they had justאַךְsetהָקֵם הֵקִימוּthe guards;אֶת הַשֹּׁמְרִיםand they blewוַיִּתְקְעוּthe hornsבַּשּׁוֹפָרוֹתand smashedוְנָפוֹץthe jarsהַכַּדִּיםthatאֲשֶׁרwere in their hand.בְּיָדָם
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.
Where else “gidon” appearshundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “mea” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appearsend
The place where something ends: its edge or farthest point.
Where else “ketse” appearscamp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machane” appearsbeginning
Literally "the head": the first moment of something.
Where else “rosh” appearsnight watch
Watch: each of the parts into which the night was divided; the morning watch was the last, before dawn.
Where else “ashmoret” appearsmiddle
Middle, in the center.
Where else “tichona” appearsrise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “hakem” appearsguard
To watch over, protect from all harm.
Where else “shomrim” appearsblow
To blow the trumpet.
Where else “yitku” appearshorn (shofar)
Shofar: a ram's horn blown like a trumpet.
Where else “shofarot” appearsshatter
To break something into pieces with force.
Where else “nafots” appearsjar
Jar: an earthen vessel for carrying water or keeping flour.
Where else “kadim” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yada” appearsThe night was divided into watches or guard shifts; “the middle one” implies that there were three (compare “the morning watch,” Exodus 14:24).
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!’”
19 · This verse (above)
20The three companies blew the horns and broke the jars; they held in their left hand the torches, and in their right hand the horns to blow, and they called out, “A sword for YHWH and for Gideon!”
