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Gideonוּלְגִדְעוֹןhadהָיוּseventyשִׁבְעִיםsons,בָּנִיםwho came outיֹצְאֵיof his thigh,יְרֵכוֹforכִּיhe hadהָיוּ לוֹmanyרַבּוֹתwives.נָשִׁים
Judges 8:30
Study it in the app“Gideon had seventy sons, who came out of his thigh, for he had many wives.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 8:30, word by word
- Gideonגִדְעוֹןgidon
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- hadהָיוּhayu
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “hayu” appears- seventyשִׁבְעִיםshivim
seventy
Seventy.
Where else “shivim” appears- sonsבָּנִיםbanim
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banim” appears- who came outיֹצְאֵיyotse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yotse” appears- of his thighיְרֵכyerech
thigh
The part of the leg near the hip, where the sword is strapped and an oath is sworn.
Where else “yerech” appears- manyרַבּוֹתrabot
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rabot” appears- wivesנָשִׁיםnashim
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “nashim” appears
Translation note
“Who came out of his thigh” is the Hebrew way of saying that they were his own sons.
The context
29Jerubbaal son of Joash went and lived in his house.
30 · This verse (above)
31His concubine who was in Shechem she also bore him a son, and he gave him the name Abimelech.