Study it in the app“They took the provisions of the people in their hand, and their horns; and all the men of Israel he sent away, each to his tents, but he retained the three hundred men. And the camp of Midian was below him in the valley.”
They tookוַיִּקְחוּthe provisionsאֶת צֵדָהof the peopleהָעָםin their hand,בְּיָדָםand their horns;וְאֵת שׁוֹפְרֹתֵיהֶםand allוְאֵת כָּלthe menאִישׁof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלhe sent away,שִׁלַּחeachאִישׁto his tents,לְאֹהָלָיוbut he retainedוּ הֶחֱזִיקthe threeבִשְׁלֹשׁhundredמֵאוֹתmen.הָאִישׁAnd the campוּמַחֲנֵהof Midianמִדְיָןwasהָיָהbelowמִתַּחַתhimלוֹin the valley.בָּעֵמֶק
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “yikchu” appearsprovisions
Food for the journey.
Where else “tseda” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yada” appearshorn (shofar)
Shofar: a ram's horn blown like a trumpet.
Where else “shofrote” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearsIsrael
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” appearssend
To send someone or something.
Where else “shilach” appearstent
A home of cloth or skins on poles, where herdsmen lived; also one's home.
Where else “ohalay” appearsseize
To take hold of something or someone and not let go.
Where else “hechezik” 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” appearscamp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machane” appearsMidian
See it on the mapWhere else “midyan” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appearsvalley
Valley, broad low plain.
Where else “emek” appearsMidian ?
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).
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.”
8 · This verse (above)
9That night YHWH said to him, “Arise, go down against the camp, for I have given it into your hand.
