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Jerubbaalיְרֻבַּעַלsonבֶּןof Joashיוֹאָשׁwentוַיֵּלֶךְand livedוַיֵּשֶׁבin his house.בְּבֵיתוֹ
Judges 8:29
Study it in the app“Jerubbaal son of Joash went and lived in his house.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 8:29, word by word
- Jerubbaalיְרֻבַּעַלyerubaal
Jerubbaal
Jerubbaal, the other name of Gideon. It means "let Baal contend": it was given to him when he tore down the altar of Baal (Judges 6:32).
Where else “yerubaal” appears- sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Joashיוֹאָשׁyoash
Joash
Joash, the father of Gideon. Other people in the Bible bear this name, among them two kings (2 Kings 11-13). It means "YHWH has given."
Where else “yoash” appears- wentיֵּלֶךְyelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appears- and livedיֵּשֶׁבyeshev
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yeshev” appears- in his houseבֵיתvet
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “vet” appears
The context
28So 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.
29 · This verse (above)
30Gideon had seventy sons, who came out of his thigh, for he had many wives.