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The menאִישׁof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלwere summonedוַיִּצָּעֵקfrom Naphtali,מִנַּפְתָּלִיfromוּמִןAsher,אָשֵׁרand fromוּמִןallכָּלManasseh,מְנַשֶּׁהand they pursuedוַיִּרְדְּפוּafterאַחֲרֵיMidian.מִדְיָן
Judges 7:23
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Judges 7:23, word by word
- The menאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
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” appears- were summonedיִּצָּעֵקyitsaek
summon
To be gathered for war.
Where else “yitsaek” appears- from Naphtaliנַּפְתָּלִיnaftali
Naphtali
Naphtali, a son of Jacob and Bilhah; also the tribe that came from him and its land. The name sounds like "wrestle".
Where else “naftali” appears- Asherאָשֵׁרasher
Asher
Asher, a son of Jacob and Zilpah; also the tribe that came from him and its land. The name sounds like "happy".
Where else “asher” appears- Manassehמְנַשֶּׁהmenashe
Manasseh
Manasseh, the elder son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and a king of Judah. The name sounds like "make forget".
Where else “menashe” appears- and they pursuedיִּרְדְּפוּyirdfu
pursue
To go after someone to catch them.
Where else “yirdfu” appears- Midianמִדְיָןmidyan
Midian
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Places in this verse
Midian ?
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).
The context
22They blew the three hundred horns, and YHWH set the sword of each against his companion, throughout all the camp; and the camp fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the edge of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.
23 · This verse (above)
24Gideon sent messengers throughout all the hill country of Ephraim, saying, “Come down to meet Midian and capture ahead of them the waters as far as Beth-barah, and the Jordan.” So all the men of Ephraim were summoned, and they captured the waters as far as Beth-barah, and the Jordan.