Zebahזֶבַחand Zalmunnaוְצַלְמֻנָּעfled,וַיָּנוּסוּand he pursued themוַיִּרְדֹּף אַחֲרֵיהֶםand capturedוַיִּלְכֹּדthe twoאֶת שְׁנֵיkingsמַלְכֵיof Midian,מִדְיָןZebahאֶת זֶבַחand Zalmunna,וְאֶת צַלְמֻנָּעand he threw into terrorהֶחֱרִידthe wholeוְכָלcamp.הַמַּחֲנֶה
Judges 8:12
Study it in the app“Zebah 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 8:12, word by word
- Zebahזֶבַחzevach
Zebah
Zebah, one of the two kings of Midian whom Gideon pursued and killed. The name means "sacrifice."
Where else “zevach” appears- and Zalmunnaצַלְמֻנָּעtsalmuna
Zalmunna
Zalmunna, one of the two kings of Midian whom Gideon pursued and killed.
Where else “tsalmuna” appears- fledיָּנוּסוּyanusu
flee
To run off to get away from a danger or an enemy.
Where else “yanusu” appears- and he pursued themיִּרְדֹּףyirdof
pursue
To go after someone to catch them.
Where else “yirdof” appears- and capturedיִּלְכֹּדyilkod
capture
To conquer a city or seize someone.
Where else “yilkod” appears- the twoשְׁנֵיshene
both
The two together, both of them.
Where else “shene” appears- kingsמַלְכֵיmalche
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “malche” appears- of Midianמִדְיָןmidyan
Midian
See it on the mapWhere else “midyan” appears- and he threw into terrorהֶחֱרִידhecherid
tremble
To shudder with fear, with surprise or before God's presence.
Where else “hecherid” appears- campמַּחֲנֶהmachane
camp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machane” appears
Places in this verse
Midian ?
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).
The context
11Gideon 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.
12 · This verse (above)
13Gideon son of Joash returned from the war by the ascent of Heres.