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The menאִישׁof IsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלsaidוַיֹּאמְרוּtoאֶלGideon,גִּדְעוֹן“Ruleמְשָׁלover us,בָּנוּbothגַּםyouאַתָּהandגַּםyour sonבִּנְךָandגַּםyour son’sבְּנֶךָson,בֶּןforכִּיyou have saved usהוֹשַׁעְתָּנוּfrom the handמִיַּדof Midian.”מִדְיָן
Judges 8:22
Study it in the app“The men of Israel said to Gideon, “Rule over us, both you and your son and your son’s son, for you have saved us from the hand of Midian.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 8:22, word by word
- The menאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
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” appears- saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- 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- “Ruleמְשָׁלmeshal
rule
To hold sway over something or someone.
Where else “meshal” appears- your sonבִּנְbin
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bin” appears- you have saved usהוֹשַׁעְתָּhoshata
save
To rescue someone from danger.
Where else “hoshata” appears- from the handיַּדyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appears- of Midianמִדְיָןmidyan
Midian
See it on the mapWhere else “midyan” 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
21Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Rise yourself and fall upon us, for as the man is, so is his strength.” So Gideon rose and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescents that were on the necks of their camels.
22 · This verse (above)
23Gideon said to them, “I will not rule over you, and my son will not rule over you; YHWH will rule over you.”