Study it in the app“He 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.””
He broughtוַיּוֹרֶדthe peopleאֶת הָעָםdown toאֶלthe water,הַמָּיִםand YHWHוַ יְהוָהsaidיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלGideon,גִּדְעוֹן“Everyoneכֹּלwhoאֲשֶׁרlapsיָלֹקwith his tongueבִּלְשׁוֹנוֹfromמִןthe water,הַמַּיִםasכַּאֲשֶׁרa dogהַכֶּלֶבlaps,יָלֹקyou shall setתַּצִּיג אוֹתוֹapart,לְבָדand everyoneוְכֹלwhoאֲשֶׁרbends downיִכְרַעonעַלhis kneesבִּרְכָּיוto drink.”לִשְׁתּוֹת
bring down
To bring something or someone to a lower place.
Where else “yored” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearswater
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appearsYHWH
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” appearslap, lick
Lap: take up water with the tongue, as a dog does; lick.
Where else “yalok” appearstongue
The organ in the mouth used to taste and speak; hence, what one says.
Where else “leshon” appearsdog
An animal that roams the city and eats what it finds, even carrion.
Where else “kelev” appearsset, place
Set, place, leave in position.
Where else “tatsig” appearsalone
One thing alone, set apart from the rest; also the expression 'besides'.
Where else “vad” appearscrouch
To bend the body or knees toward the ground, in prayer or before someone.
Where else “yichra” appearsknee
Knee.
Where else “birkay” appearsdrink
Drink.
Where else “shetot” appears4YHWH 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.”
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6The number of those who lapped with their hand to their mouth was three hundred men; and all the rest of the people bent down on their knees to drink water.
