Study it in the app“Into your hand Elohim has given the chiefs of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and what was I able to do compared with you?” Then their spirit toward him subsided when he spoke this word.”
Into your handבְּיֶדְכֶםElohimאֱלֹהִיםhas givenנָתַןthe chiefsאֶת שָׂרֵיof Midian,מִדְיָןOrebאֶת עֹרֵבand Zeeb;וְאֶת זְאֵבand whatוּמַהwas I ableיָּכֹלְתִּיto doעֲשׂוֹתcompared with you?”כָּכֶםThenאָזtheir spiritרוּחָםtoward himמֵעָלָיוsubsidedרָפְתָהwhen he spokeבְּדַבְּרוֹthisהַזֶּהword.הַדָּבָר
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yed” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearshand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “natan” appearschief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sare” appearsMidian
See it on the mapWhere else “midyan” appearsOreb
Oreb, one of the two chiefs of Midian; also the rock where he was killed. The name means "raven."
Where else “orev” appearsZeeb
Zeeb, one of the two chiefs of Midian killed by the men of Ephraim. The name means "wolf."
Where else “zeev” appearsbe able
To have the strength, the permission or the opportunity to do something.
Where else “yacholti” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asot” appearsspirit
What moves a person inside: their life, their mood.
Where else “ruach” appearsgo limp
To grow feeble, be discouraged.
Where else “rafta” appearsspeak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dabr” appearsword
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” 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).
2He said to them, “What have I done now compared with you? Is not the gleaning of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?
3 · This verse (above)
4Gideon came to the Jordan and crossed over, he and the three hundred men who were with him, exhausted yet pursuing.
