Study it in the app“Gideon 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.”
Gideonגִּדְעוֹןsentשָׁלַחmessengersוּמַלְאָכִיםthroughout allבְּכָלthe hill countryהַרof Ephraim,אֶפְרַיִםsaying,לֵאמֹר“Come downרְדוּto meetלִקְרַאתMidianמִדְיָןand captureוְלִכְדוּahead of themלָהֶםthe watersאֶת הַמַּיִםas far asעַדBeth-barah,בֵּית בָּרָהand the Jordan.”וְאֶת הַיַּרְדֵּןSo allוַ כָּלthe menאִישׁof Ephraimאֶפְרַיִםwere summoned,יִּצָּעֵקand they capturedוַיִּלְכְּדוּthe watersאֶת הַמַּיִםas far asעַדBeth-barah,בֵּית בָּרָהand the Jordan.וְאֶת הַיַּרְדֵּן
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” appearssend
To send someone or something.
Where else “shalach” appearsmessenger
Someone sent on an errand.
Where else “malachim” appearshill country
A whole region of high ground, like that of Ephraim or Judah.
Where else “har” appearsEphraim
Ephraim, the second son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later a name of the northern kingdom. The name sounds like "be fruitful".
Where else “efrayim” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearsgo down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “redu” appearsmeet
To go out to greet someone who arrives, in order to receive him.
Where else “kerat” appearsMidian
See it on the mapWhere else “midyan” appearscapture
To conquer a city or seize someone.
Where else “lichdu” appearswater
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appearsBeth-barah
Beth-barah, a place by the Jordan where there were crossings of the river. The name means "house of the ford."
Where else “bet” appearsJordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yarden” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearssummon
To be gathered for war.
Where else “yitsaek” appears“The waters” can be understood as the crossings of the streams and of the Jordan by which Midian had to flee.
1Midian ?
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).
2Jordan
Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea
Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.
Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).
23The men of Israel were summoned from Naphtali, from Asher, and from all Manasseh, and they pursued after Midian.
24 · This verse (above)
25They captured the two chiefs of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; they killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they killed at the winepress of Zeeb. They pursued after Midian, and they brought the head of Oreb and of Zeeb to Gideon from beyond the Jordan.
