Study it in the app“So Midian was subdued before the sons of Israel, and they did not again lift up their head; and the land was calm forty years in the days of Gideon.”
So Midianמִדְיָןwas subduedוַיִּכָּנַעbeforeלִפְנֵיthe sonsבְּנֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלand they did notוְלֹאagainיָסְפוּlift upלָשֵׂאתtheir head;רֹאשָׁםand the landוַ הָאָרֶץwas calmתִּשְׁקֹטfortyאַרְבָּעִיםyearsשָׁנָהin the daysבִּימֵיof Gideon.גִדְעוֹן
Midian
See it on the mapWhere else “midyan” appearssubdue
To master an enemy until he is under one's own power.
Where else “yikana” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appearsIsrael
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” appearsdo again
To do again what had already been done.
Where else “yasfu” appearslift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “set” appearshead
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rosha” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appearsbe at rest, be quiet
Be at rest, be quiet, without war or alarm.
Where else “tishkot” appearsforty
Forty.
Where else “arbaim” appearsyear
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appearstime
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yme” appearsGideon
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” appearsMidian ?
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).
27Gideon made it into an ephod and set it up in his city, in Ophrah; and all Israel prostituted themselves after it there, and it became for Gideon and for his house a trap.
28 · This verse (above)
29Jerubbaal son of Joash went and lived in his house.
