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Gideonגִּדְעוֹןwent upוַיַּעַלby the wayדֶּרֶךְof those who dwellהַשְּׁכוּנֵיin tents,בָאֳהָלִיםeastמִקֶּדֶםof Nobahלְנֹבַחand Jogbehah,וְיָגְבֳּהָהand he struckוַיַּךְthe camp,אֶת הַמַּחֲנֶהwhile the campוְהַמַּחֲנֶהwasהָיָהfeeling secure.בֶטַח
Judges 8:11
Study it in the app“Gideon went up by the way of those who dwell in tents, east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and he struck the camp, while the camp was feeling secure.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 8:11, word by word
- Gideonגִּדְעוֹןgidon
Gideon
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” appears- went upיַּעַלyaal
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaal” appears- by the wayדֶּרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- of those who dwellשְּׁכוּנֵיshechune
dwell
To live somewhere, stay.
Where else “shechune” appears- in tentsאֳהָלִיםohalim
tent
A home of cloth or skins on poles, where herdsmen lived; also one's home.
Where else “ohalim” appears- eastקֶּדֶםkedem
east
The side in front, where the sun rises; the east.
Where else “kedem” appears- of Nobahנֹבַחnovach
Nobah
Nobah, an Israelite who took the city of Kenath and gave it his name; also a place east of the Jordan.
Where else “novach” appears- and Jogbehahיָגְבֳּהָהyagboha
Jogbehah
Jogbehah, a city east of the Jordan, built by the sons of Gad. The name means "hill."
Where else “yagboha” appears- and he struckיַּךְyach
defeat
To attack and beat in battle.
Where else “yach” appears- the campמַּחֲנֶהmachane
camp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machane” appears- wasהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- feeling secureבֶטַחvetach
security, safely
Security, confidence; living "securely", without fear. Sometimes unsuspecting.
Where else “vetach” appears
The context
10Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their camps with them, about fifteen thousand, all who were left of all the camp of the sons of the east; and those who had fallen were a hundred and twenty thousand men who drew the sword.
11 · This verse (above)
12Zebah and Zalmunna fled, and he pursued them and captured the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and he threw into terror the whole camp.