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Gideonגִדְעוֹןcameוַיָּבֹאto the Jordanהַיַּרְדֵּנָהand crossed over,עֹבֵרheהוּאand the threeוּשְׁלֹשׁhundredמֵאוֹתmenהָאִישׁwhoאֲשֶׁרwere with him,אִתּוֹexhaustedעֲיֵפִיםyet pursuing.וְרֹדְפִים
Judges 8:4
Study it in the app“Gideon came to the Jordan and crossed over, he and the three hundred men who were with him, exhausted yet pursuing.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 8:4, 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- cameיָּבֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appears- to the Jordanיַּרְדֵּנָyardena
Jordan
See it on the mapWhere else “yardena” appears- and crossed overעֹבֵרover
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “over” appears- and the threeשְׁלֹשׁshelosh
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shelosh” appears- hundredמֵאוֹתmeot
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meot” appears- menאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- exhaustedעֲיֵפִיםayefim
weary, exhausted
Weary, exhausted, faint; also thirsty, dry.
Where else “ayefim” appears- yet pursuingרֹדְפִיםrodfim
pursue
To go after someone to catch them.
Where else “rodfim” appears
Places in this verse
Jordan
Today: Jordan River: Israel, West Bank, Jordan, Dead Sea
Israel's main river; it flows from Mount Hermon in the north, through the Sea of Galilee, to the Dead Sea.
Israel crossed it on dry ground to enter the promised land (Josh 3:17). Naaman was healed in it (2 Kgs 5:14), and Jesus was immersed in it (Matt 3:13).
The context
3Into 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.
4 · This verse (above)
5He said to the men of Succoth, “Please give round loaves of bread to the people who follow me, for they are exhausted, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”