Study it in the app“YHWH said to Gideon, “The people who are with you are too many for me to give Midian into their hand, lest Israel boast against me, saying, ‘My hand has saved me.’”
YHWHיְהוָהsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלGideon,גִּדְעוֹן“The peopleהָעָםwhoאֲשֶׁרare with youאִתָּךְare too manyרַבfor me to giveמִתִּתִּיMidianאֶת מִדְיָןinto their hand,בְּיָדָםlestפֶּןIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלboastיִתְפָּאֵרagainst me,עָלַיsaying,לֵאמֹר‘My handיָדִיhas saved me.’הוֹשִׁיעָה לִּי
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.
Where else “yehva” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsGideon
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” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsmany
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rav” appearshand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “titi” appearsMidian
See it on the mapWhere else “midyan” appearspower
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yada” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsboast
To boast against the one who uses you, as if the tool were more than its owner.
Where else “yitpaer” appearssave
To rescue someone from danger.
Where else “hoshia” appearsMidian ?
Today: northwest Saudi Arabia, southern Jordan; debated
A region east of the Gulf of Aqaba, in what is now northwest Saudi Arabia; its borders are not certain.
Moses fled to Midian, married there and tended sheep (Exod 2:15-21). Centuries later the Midianites oppressed Israel until Gideon defeated them (Judg 6:1; 7:21).
1Jerubbaal, that is, Gideon, rose early, with all the people who were with him, and they camped beside the spring of Harod; and the camp of Midian was north of him, from the hill of Moreh, in the valley.
2 · This verse (above)
3Now therefore, proclaim, please, in the ears of the people, saying, ‘Whoever is afraid and trembling, let him turn back and withdraw from Mount Gilead.’” Twenty-two thousand of the people turned back, and ten thousand remained.
