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They said,וַיֹּאמְרוּ“We will certainly give them.”נָתוֹן נִתֵּןThey spread outוַיִּפְרְשׂוּthe cloak,אֶת הַשִּׂמְלָהand each manאִישׁthrewוַיַּשְׁלִיכוּthereשָׁמָּהan earringנֶזֶםfrom his spoil.שְׁלָלוֹ
Judges 8:25
Study it in the app“They said, “We will certainly give them.” They spread out the cloak, and each man threw there an earring from his spoil.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 8:25, word by word
- They saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- “We will certainly give themנָתוֹןnaton
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “naton” appears- They spread outיִּפְרְשׂוּyifrsu
spread out
To open out hands, wings or cloth.
Where else “yifrsu” appears- the cloakשִּׂמְלָהsimla
cloak
Cloak: the outer garment, which also served as a covering for sleeping.
Where else “simla” appears- and each manאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- threwיַּשְׁלִיכוּyashlichu
throw
To throw something with force, far off or down.
Where else “yashlichu” appears- an earringנֶזֶםnezem
ring, earring
Ring worn in the nose or the ear as an ornament.
Where else “nezem” appears- from his spoilשְׁלָלshelal
spoil, plunder
Spoil: what is taken from a defeated enemy.
Where else “shelal” appears
The context
24Gideon said to them, “Let me ask of you a request: give me each man an earring from his spoil.” For they had earrings of gold, because they were Ishmaelites.
25 · This verse (above)
26The weight of the earrings of gold that he requested was a thousand seven hundred shekels of gold, besides the crescents, the pendants, and the garments of purple that were on the kings of Midian, and besides the necklaces that were on the necks of their camels.