Study it in the app“YHWH said to Gideon, “The people are still many. Bring them down to the water, and I will refine them for you there. And it will be that whoever I say to you, ‘This one will go with you,’ he will go with you; and anyone of whom I say to you, ‘This one will not go with you,’ he will not go.””
YHWHיְהוָהsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלGideon,גִּדְעוֹן“The peopleהָעָםare stillעוֹדmany.רָבBring them downהוֹרֵד אוֹתָםtoאֶלthe water,הַמַּיִםand I will refine themוְאֶצְרְפֶנּוּfor youלְךָthere.שָׁםAnd it will beוְהָיָהthat whoeverאֲשֶׁרI sayאֹמַרto you,אֵלֶיךָ‘This oneזֶהwill goיֵלֵךְwith you,’אִתָּךְheהוּאwill goיֵלֵךְwith you;אִתָּךְand anyoneוְכֹלof whomאֲשֶׁרI sayאֹמַרto you,אֵלֶיךָ‘This oneזֶהwill notלֹאgoיֵלֵךְwith you,’עִמָּךְheהוּאwill notלֹאgo.”יֵלֵךְ
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” appearsbring down
To bring something or someone to a lower place.
Where else “hored” appearswater
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appearstest
To test people as silver is purified.
Where else “etsrfe” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appearsgo along
To accompany someone on the way, to go along with him.
Where else “yelech” appears“Refine” is the word used for metal that is passed through fire to remove what is left over.
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.
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5He brought the people down to the water, and YHWH said to Gideon, “Everyone who laps with his tongue from the water, as a dog laps, you shall set apart, and everyone who bends down on his knees to drink.”
