Study it in the app“The 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.”
The numberמִסְפַּרof those who lappedהַמֲלַקְקִיםwith their handבְּיָדָםtoאֶלtheir mouthפִּיהֶםwasוַיְהִיthreeשְׁלֹשׁhundredמֵאוֹתmen;אִישׁand allוְכֹלthe restיֶתֶרof the peopleהָעָםbent downכָּרְעוּonעַלtheir kneesבִּרְכֵיהֶםto drinkלִשְׁתּוֹתwater.מָיִם
number
The amount that results from counting: how many there are.
Where else “mispar” appearslap, lick
Lap: take up water with the tongue, as a dog does; lick.
Where else “malakkim” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yada” appearsmouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “pi” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appearsthree
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shelosh” appearshundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meot” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearsrest
What remains after what has been said or done, like a king's other deeds.
Where else “yeter” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearscrouch
To bend the body or knees toward the ground, in prayer or before someone.
Where else “karu” appearsknee
Knee.
Where else “birche” appearsdrink
Drink.
Where else “shetot” appearswater
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears5He 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.”
6 · This verse (above)
7YHWH said to Gideon, “With the three hundred men who lapped I will save you and give Midian into your hand; and let all the people go, each to his place.”
