Study it in the app“He 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.””
He saidוַיֹּאמֶרto the menלְאַנְשֵׁיof Succoth,סֻכּוֹת“Pleaseנָאgiveתְּנוּround loavesכִּכְּרוֹתof breadלֶחֶםto the peopleלָעָםwhoאֲשֶׁרfollow me,בְּרַגְלָיforכִּיtheyהֵםare exhausted,עֲיֵפִיםand Iוְאָנֹכִיam pursuingרֹדֵףafterאַחֲרֵיZebahזֶבַחand Zalmunna,וְצַלְמֻנָּעthe kingsמַלְכֵיof Midian.”מִדְיָן
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anshe” appearsSuccoth
Succoth: "booths". A place east of the Jordan; also a place in Egypt where Israel camped.
Where else “sukot” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “tenu” appearsround loaf
A flat round bread, the size of a loaf, broken into pieces to eat.
Where else “kikrot” appearsbread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lechem” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsfollow
Literally "the foot": where someone goes; walking behind them.
Where else “ragla” appearsweary, exhausted
Weary, exhausted, faint; also thirsty, dry.
Where else “ayefim” appearspursue
To go after someone to catch them.
Where else “rodef” appearsZebah
Zebah, one of the two kings of Midian whom Gideon pursued and killed. The name means "sacrifice."
Where else “zevach” appearsZalmunna
Zalmunna, one of the two kings of Midian whom Gideon pursued and killed.
Where else “tsalmuna” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “malche” appearsMidian
See it on the mapWhere else “midyan” 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).
4Gideon came to the Jordan and crossed over, he and the three hundred men who were with him, exhausted yet pursuing.
5 · This verse (above)
6The officials of Succoth said, “Is the hand of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hand, that we should give bread to your army?”
