Thatהַהוּאnightוַיְהִי בַּלַּיְלָהYHWHיְהוָהsaid to him,וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו“Arise,קוּםgo downרֵדagainst the camp,בַּמַּחֲנֶהforכִּיI have given itנְתַתִּיוinto your hand.בְּיָדֶךָ
Judges 7:9
Study it in the app“That night YHWH said to him, “Arise, go down against the camp, for I have given it into your hand.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 7:9, word by word
- nightיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- nightלַּיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
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” appears- said to himיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Ariseקוּםkum
rise against
To rise against someone to attack or confront him.
Where else “kum” appears- go downרֵדred
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “red” appears- against the campמַּחֲנֶהmachane
camp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machane” appears- I have given itנְתַתִּיnetati
hand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “netati” appears- into your handיָדֶyade
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yade” appears
The context
8They 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.
9 · This verse (above)
10But if you are afraid to go down, go down, you and Purah your young man, to the camp,