Judges

Chapter 7

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Judges 7:1 Gematria: 4012
וישכם ירבעל הוא גדעון וכלהעם אשר אתו ויחנו עלעין חרד ומחנה מדין היהלו מצפון מגבעת המורה בעמקס
And there is will increase above he camel, and like people which him (object) and he camped above camp existed to him from from camel the.and~he~will~SHOULDER(V) HE.WILL.INCREASE.+.I HE AND.GODAND and~ALL the~PEOPLE WHICH AT~him and~they~will~CAMP(V) UPON ? TREMBLE and~CAMP MIDIAN EXIST(V) ? from~NORTH from~HILL the~RAIN in~the~VALLEYEarly next day, Jerubbaal—that is, Gideon—and all the troops with him encamped above En-harod,aEn-harod Or “the Spring of Harod.” while the camp of Midian was in the plain to the north of him, at Gibeath-moreh.bGibeath-moreh Or “the Hill of Moreh.”
Judges 7:2 Gematria: 5300
ויאמר יהוה אלגדעון רב העם אשר אתך מתתי אתמדין בידם פןיתפאר עלי ישראל לאמר ידי הושיעה לי
And said the proper name of the god of israel; the tetragrammaton these camel, people which you (object) from mark, sign, cross mark, sign, cross of upon me he saying to me.and~he~will~SAY(V) YHWH TOWARD AND.GODAND MASTER the~PEOPLE WHICH AT~you(f) from~GIVE(V)~me AT MIDIAN in~HAND~them LEST he~will~self~DECORATE(V) UPON~me YISRA'EL to~SAY(V) HAND~me she~did~RESCUE(V) TO.ME~meGOD said to Gideon, “You have too many troops with you for Me to deliver Midian into their hands; Israel might claim for themselves the glory due to Me, thinking, ‘Our own hand has brought us victory.’
Judges 7:3 Gematria: 6237
ועתה קרא נא באזני העם לאמר מיירא וחרד ישב ויצפר מהר הגלעד וישב מןהעם עשרים ושנים אלף ועשרת אלפים נשארוס
Now call in people saying who fear and he will swore from the gil'ad and he swore kind people tithe and years thousand and thousands.and~NOW CALL.OUT(V) PLEASE in~EAR~s2 the~PEOPLE to~SAY(V) WHO FEAR and~TREMBLE he~will~TURN.BACK(V) and~he~will~DEPART.EARLY(V) from~HILL the~THE.GIL'AD and~he~will~TURN.BACK(V) FROM the~PEOPLE TWENTY and~TWO THOUSAND and~TEN THOUSAND they~did~REMAIN(V)Therefore, announce to the men, ‘Let anybody who is timid and fearful turn back, as a bird flies from Mount Gilead.’”cas a bird flies from Mount Gilead Meaning of Heb. uncertain. Thereupon, 22,000 of the troops turned back and 10,000 remained.
Judges 7:4 Gematria: 5465
ויאמר יהוה אלגדעון עוד העם רב הורד אותם אלהמים ואצרפנו לך שם והיה אשר אמר אליך זה ילך אתך הוא ילך אתך וכל אשראמר אליך זה לאילך עמך הוא לא ילך
And said the proper name of the god of israel; the tetragrammaton these camel, again people the and these the waters walk breath and existed which said these this walk you (object) he walk you (object) all which said these this if walk with you he if walk.and~he~will~SAY(V) YHWH TOWARD AND.GODAND AGAIN the~PEOPLE MASTER GO.DOWN(V) AT~them TOWARD the~WATER~s2 and~I~will~REFINE(V)~him WALK~you THERE and~he~will~EXIST(V) WHICH I~will~SAY(V) TOWARD~you THIS he~will~WALK(V) AT~you(f) HE he~will~WALK(V) AT~you(f) and~ALL WHICH I~will~SAY(V) TOWARD~you THIS NOT he~will~WALK(V) WITH~you(f) HE NOT he~will~WALK(V)“There are still too many troops,” GOD said to Gideon. “Take them down to the water and I will siftdsift Lit. “smelt.” them for you there. Anyone of whom I tell you, ‘This one is to go with you,’ that one shall go with you; and anyone of whom I tell you, ‘This one is not to go with you,’ that one shall not go.”
Judges 7:5 Gematria: 6586
ויורד אתהעם אלהמים ויאמר יהוה אלגדעון כל אשרילק בלשונו מןהמים כאשר ילק הכלב תציג אותו לבד וכל אשריכרע עלברכיו לשתות
People these the waters and said the proper name of the god of israel; the tetragrammaton these camel, every which he will took in to kind the waters like i he will took the heart all which he will cut to.and~he~will~GO.DOWN(V) AT the~PEOPLE TOWARD the~WATER~s2 and~he~will~SAY(V) YHWH TOWARD AND.GODAND ALL WHICH he~will~LICK(V) in~TONGUE~him FROM the~WATER~s2 like~WHICH he~will~LICK(V) the~DOG you~will~SET(V) AT~him to~SEPARATED and~ALL WHICH he~will~STOOP(V) UPON KNEE~s2~him to~DRINK(V)So he took the troops down to the water. Then GOD said to Gideon, “Set apart all those who lap up the water with their tongues like dogselap up the water with their tongues like dogs Actually, using their hands as a dog uses its tongue; see v. 6. from all those who get down on their knees to drink.”
Judges 7:6 Gematria: 5086
ויהי מספר המלקקים בידם אלפיהם שלש מאות איש וכל יתר העם כרעו עלברכיהם לשתות מיםס
And existed number three man all straight people like to.and~he~will~EXIST(V) NUMBER the~much~LICK(V)~ing(p) in~HAND~them TOWARD MOUTH~them THREE HUNDRED MAN and~ALL STRAIGHT the~PEOPLE they~did~STOOP(V) UPON KNEE~s2~them to~DRINK(V) WATER~s2Now those who “lapped” the water into their mouths by hand numbered three hundred; all the rest of the troops got down on their knees to drink.
Judges 7:7 Gematria: 5186
ויאמר יהוה אלגדעון בשלש מאות האיש המלקקים אושיע אתכם ונתתי אתמדין בידך וכלהעם ילכו איש למקמו
And said the proper name of the god of israel; the tetragrammaton these camel, in man plow-point and like people man to from.and~he~will~SAY(V) YHWH TOWARD AND.GODAND in~THREE HUNDRED the~MAN the~much~LICK(V)~ing(p) I~will~RESCUE(V) AT~you(mp) and~I~will~GIVE(V) AT MIDIAN in~HAND~you and~ALL the~PEOPLE they~will~WALK(V) MAN to~PLACE~himThen GOD said to Gideon, “I will deliver you and I will put Midian into your hands through the three hundred ‘lappers’; let the rest of the troops go home.”
Judges 7:8 Gematria: 7229
ויקחו אתצדה העם בידם ואת שופרתיהם ואת כלאיש ישראל שלח איש לאהליו ובשלשמאות האיש החזיק ומחנה מדין היה לו מתחת בעמקפ
People and that and like man he send man to tent and in that to mark man camp existed to him under.and~they~will~TAKE(V) AT MEAT the~PEOPLE in~HAND~them and~AT HORN~s~them and~AT ALL MAN YISRA'EL much~SEND(V) MAN to~TENT~s~him and~in~THREE HUNDRED the~MAN SEIZE(V) and~CAMP MIDIAN EXIST(V) ASK~him from~UNDER in~the~VALLEYSo [the lappers] took the provisions and horns that the other men had with them,fSo [the lappers] took … with them Meaning of Heb. uncertain. and he sent everyone else on Israel’s side back to their homes, retaining only the three hundred men.The Midianite camp was below him, in the plain.
Judges 7:9 Gematria: 1842
ויהי בלילה ההוא ויאמר אליו יהוה קום רד במחנה כי נתתיו בידך
And existed in night that (m.) and said these the proper name of the god of israel; the tetragrammaton raise camp given that.and~he~will~EXIST(V) in~the~NIGHT the~HE and~he~will~SAY(V) TOWARD~him YHWH RAISE(V) GO.DOWN(V) in~the~CAMP GIVEN.THAT I~GIVE(V)~him in~HAND~youThat night GOD said to him, “Come, attackgattack Lit. “descend upon”; so in vv. 10 and 11. the camp, for I have delivered it into your hands.
Judges 7:10 Gematria: 2678
ואםירא אתה לרדת רד אתה ופרה נערך אלהמחנה
Mother fear you (m.sg.) you (m.sg.) fruitful these camp.and~IF FEAR(V)~ing YOU to~GO.DOWN(V) GO.DOWN(V) YOU and~FRUITFUL YOUNG~you TOWARD the~CAMPAnd if you are afraid to attack, first go down to the camp with your attendant Purah
Judges 7:11 Gematria: 4721
ושמעת מהידברו ואחר תחזקנה ידיך וירדת במחנה וירד הוא ופרה נערו אלקצה החמשים אשר במחנה
And that time what they will speak after and he pursued camp and he pursued he fruitful the fence, wall, enclosure water, sea, waves teeth, fire, consumes which camp.and~you~will~HEAR(V) WATER they~will~much~SPEAK(V) and~AFTER they(f)~will~SEIZE(V) HAND~s2~you and~you~will~GO.DOWN(V) in~the~CAMP and~he~will~GO.DOWN(V) HE and~FRUITFUL YOUNG~him TOWARD END the~ARMED(V)~ed(p) WHICH in~the~CAMPand listen to what they say; after that you will have the courage to attack the camp.” So he went down with his attendant Purah to the outposts of the warriors who were in the camp.—
Judges 7:12 Gematria: 3636
ומדין ועמלק וכלבניקדם נפלים בעמק כארבה לרב ולגמליהם אין מספר כחול שעלשפת הים לרב
And and like house fall like and to yield without number that.and~MIDIAN and~AMALEK and~ALL SON~s EAST FALL(V)~ing(p) in~the~VALLEY like~the~LOCUST to~ABUNDANCE and~to~CAMEL~s~them WITHOUT NUMBER like~the~SAND UPON LIP the~SEA to~ABUNDANCENow Midian, Amalek, and all the Kedemites were spread over the plain, as thick as locusts; and their camels were countless, as numerous as the sands on the seashore.—
Judges 7:13 Gematria: 4692
ויבא גדעון והנהאיש מספר לרעהו חלום ויאמר הנה חלום חלמתי והנה צליל לחם שערים מתהפך במחנה מדין ויבא עדהאהל ויכהו ויפל ויהפכהו למעלה ונפל האהל
Camel, and look man number to dream and said behold dream fence, wall, enclosure staff, goad, control water, sea, waves mark, sign, cross of and look eat that i camp witness tent to i fall tent.and~he~will~COME(V) AND.GODAND and~BEHOLD MAN much~RECORD(V)~ing to~COMPANION~him DREAM and~he~will~SAY(V) BEHOLD DREAM I~DREAM(V) and~BEHOLD CAKE CAKE BREAD BARLEY~s self~OVERTURN(V)~ing in~CAMP MIDIAN and~he~will~COME(V) UNTIL the~TENT and~he~will~CRUSH(V)~him and~he~will~FALL(V) and~he~will~OVERTURN(V)~him to~ABOVE and~FALL(V) the~TENTGideon came there just as one man was narrating a dream to another. “Listen,” he was saying, “I had this dream: There was a commotionhcommotion Meaning of Heb. uncertain.—a loaf of barley bread was whirling through the Midianite camp. It came to a tent and struck it, and it fell; it turned it upside down, and the tent collapsed.”
Judges 7:14 Gematria: 4953
ויען רעהו ויאמר אין זאת בלתי אםחרב גדעון בןיואש איש ישראל נתן האלהים בידו אתמדין ואתכלהמחנהפ
And said without this mother waste camel, man he give power in.and~he~will~ANSWER(V) COMPANION~him and~he~will~SAY(V) WITHOUT THIS EXCEPT IF SWORD AND.GODAND SON TO.JASHUBI MAN YISRA'EL GIVE(V) the~POWER~s in~HAND~him AT MIDIAN and~AT ALL the~CAMPTo this the other responded, “That can only mean the sword of the Israelite Gideon son of Joash.ithe Israelite Gideon son of Joash Or “Gideon son of Joash, Israel’s man in charge”; cf. Kimhi. God is delivering Midian and the entire camp into his hands.”jThe loaf of bread symbolizes the agricultural Israelites; the tent, the nomadic Midianites.
Judges 7:15 Gematria: 5751
ויהי כשמע גדעון אתמספר החלום ואתשברו וישתחו וישב אלמחנה ישראל ויאמר קומו כינתן יהוה בידכם אתמחנה מדין
And existed hear camel, number dream and he swore these camp he and said like the proper name of the god of israel; the tetragrammaton in camp.and~he~will~EXIST(V) like~HEAR(V) AND.GODAND AT NUMBER the~DREAM and~AT SHATTERING~him and~he~will~self~BOW(V) and~he~will~TURN.BACK(V) TOWARD CAMP YISRA'EL and~he~will~SAY(V) RAISE(V)~you(mp) GIVEN.THAT GIVE(V) YHWH in~HAND~you(mp) AT CAMP MIDIANWhen Gideon heard the dream told and interpreted, he bowed low. Returning to the camp of Israel, he shouted, “Come on! GOD has delivered the Midianite camp into your hands!”
Judges 7:16 Gematria: 5775
ויחץ אתשלשמאות האיש שלשה ראשים ויתן שופרות בידכלם וכדים ריקים ולפדים בתוך הכדים
That to mark man three and gave that that and mouth like and like door head, top, beginning hand, arm, deed sun, horizon, circles and to in the midst of the.and~he~will~DIVIDE(V) AT THREE HUNDRED the~MAN THREE HEAD~s and~he~will~GIVE(V) HORN~s in~HAND ALL~them and~JAR~s EMPTY and~TORCH~s in~IN.THE.MIDST.OF the~JAR~s ? ?He divided the three hundred men into three columns and equipped them all with a ram’s horn and an empty jar, with a torch in each jar.
Judges 7:17 Gematria: 4216
ויאמר אליהם ממני תראו וכן תעשו והנה אנכי בא בקצה המחנה והיה כאשראעשה כן תעשון
And said these from me so and look i come camp and existed so.and~he~will~SAY(V) TOWARD~them FROM~me you(mp)~will~SEE(V) and~SO you(mp)~will~DO(V) and~BEHOLD I COME(V)~ing in~END the~CAMP and~he~will~EXIST(V) like~WHICH I~will~DO(V) SO you(mp)~will~DO(V)“Watch me,” he said, “and do the same. When I get to the outposts of the camp, do exactly as I do.
Judges 7:18 Gematria: 6747
ותקעתי בשופר אנכי וכלאשר אתי ותקעתם בשופרות גםאתם סביבות כלהמחנה ואמרתם ליהוה ולגדעוןפ
In that and mouth i and like to i me (object) in that that and mouth camel, around like camp to, for lord, yahweh and to camel,and~I~will~THRUST(V) in~the~HORN I and~ALL WHICH AT~me and~you(mp)~will~THRUST(V) in~the~HORN~s ALSO YOU AROUND~s ALL the~CAMP and~you(mp)~will~SAY(V) to~YHWH and~to~AND.GODANDWhen I and all those with me blow our horns, you too, all around the camp, will blow your horns and shout, ‘For GOD and for Gideon!’”
Judges 7:19 Gematria: 7448
ויבא גדעון ומאהאיש אשראתו בקצה המחנה ראש האשמרת התיכונה אך הקם הקימו אתהשמרים ויתקעו בשופרות ונפוץ הכדים אשר בידם
Camel, and hundred man which him (object) camp surely the that guard and in that that and mouth the which.and~he~will~COME(V) AND.GODAND and~HUNDRED MAN WHICH AT~him in~END the~CAMP HEAD the~WATCH the~MIDDLE SURELY RAISE(V) they~did~RAISE(V) AT the~GUARD(V)~ing(p) and~they~will~THRUST(V) in~the~HORN~s and~SCATTER(V) the~JAR~s WHICH in~HAND~themGideon and the hundred men with him arrived at the outposts of the camp, at the beginning of the middle watch, just after the sentries were posted. They sounded the horns and smashed the jars that they had with them,kThey sounded … with them Emendation yields “He sounded the horn and smashed the jar that he had with him.”
Judges 7:20 Gematria: 7054
ויתקעו שלשת הראשים בשופרות וישברו הכדים ויחזיקו בידשמאולם בלפדים ובידימינם השופרות לתקוע ויקראו חרב ליהוה ולגדעון
And that to teeth the in that that and mouth and they swore the in the that that and mouth and they called waste to, for lord, yahweh and to camel.and~they~will~THRUST(V) THREE the~HEAD~s in~the~HORN~s and~they~will~BURST(V) the~JAR~s and~they~will~SEIZE(V) in~HAND LEFT~them in~the~TORCH~s and~in~HAND RIGHT~them the~HORN~s to~THRUST(V) and~they~will~CALL.OUT(V) SWORD to~YHWH and~to~AND.GODANDand the three columns blew their horns and broke their jars. Holding the torches in their left hands and the horns for blowing in their right hands, they shouted, “A sword for GOD and for Gideon!”
Judges 7:21 Gematria: 2524
ויעמדו איש תחתיו סביב למחנה וירץ כלהמחנה ויריעו ויניסו וינוסו
And they stood man under around camp like camp and and.and~they~will~STAND(V) MAN UNDER~him AROUND to~the~CAMP and~he~will~RUN(V) ALL the~CAMP and~they~will~SHOUT(V) and~they~will~FLEE(V) and~they~will~FLEE(V)They remained standing where they were, surrounding the camp; but the entire camp ran about yelling, and took to flight.
Judges 7:22 Gematria: 7840
ויתקעו שלשמאות השופרות וישם יהוה את חרב איש ברעהו ובכלהמחנה וינס המחנה עדבית השטה צררתה עד שפתאבל מחולה עלטבת
And that to mark the that that and mouth the proper name of the god of israel; the tetragrammaton waste man in and in like camp camp witness the that witness.and~they~will~THRUST(V) THREE HUNDRED the~HORN~s and~he~will~PLACE(V) YHWH AT SWORD MAN in~COMPANION~him and~in~ALL the~CAMP and~he~will~FLEE(V) the~CAMP UNTIL THE.ACACIA THE.ACACIA PRESS UNTIL LIP MAHOL MAHOL UPON ?For when the three hundred horns were sounded, GOD turned every man’s sword against his fellow, throughout the camp, and the entire host fled as far as Beth-shittah and on to Zererah—as far as the outskirts of Abel-meholah near Tabbath.
Judges 7:23 Gematria: 3505
ויצעק אישישראל מנפתלי ומןאשר ומןכלמנשה וירדפו אחרי מדין
Man he from naphtali and kind which and they pursued after/behind.and~he~will~CRY.OUT(V) MAN YISRA'EL from~NAPHTALI and~FROM AND.I..HAPPY and~FROM ALL MENASHSHEH and~they~will~PURSUE(V) AFTER MIDIANAnd now Israel’s side from Naphtali and Asher and from all of Manasseh rallied for the pursuit of the Midianites.
Judges 7:24 Gematria: 7437
ומלאכים שלח גדעון בכלהר אפרים לאמר רדו לקראת מדין ולכדו להם אתהמים עד בית ברה ואתהירדן ויצעק כלאיש אפרים וילכדו אתהמים עד בית ברה ואתהירדן
Fill like send camel, in like ephrayim saying to them (m.) the waters witness in and like man ephrayim the waters witness in and.and~MESSENGER~s SEND(V) AND.GODAND in~ALL HILL EPHRAYIM to~SAY(V) GO.DOWN(V)~you(mp) to~CALL(V) MIDIAN and~CAPTURE(V)~you(mp) TO.THEY~them AT the~WATER~s2 UNTIL HOUSE SON and~AT the~THE.YARDEN and~he~will~CRY.OUT(V) ALL MAN EPHRAYIM and~they~will~CAPTURE(V) AT the~WATER~s2 UNTIL HOUSE SON and~AT the~THE.YARDENGideon also sent messengers all through the hill country of Ephraim with this order: lMeaning of rest of verse uncertain. “Go down ahead of the Midianites and seize their access to the water all along the Jordan down to Beth-barah.” So Ephraim’s entire contingent rallied and seized the waterside down to Beth-barah by the Jordan.
Judges 7:25 Gematria: 6410
וילכדו שנישרי מדין אתערב ואתזאב ויהרגו אתעורב בצורעורב ואתזאב הרגו ביקבזאב וירדפו אלמדין וראשערב וזאב הביאו אלגדעון מעבר לירדן
Second noble of evening and weapon, and weapon, in he will buri weapon, and they pursued evening and weapon the or these camel, to yarden.and~they~will~CAPTURE(V) TWO HEAVY~s MIDIAN AT 'VRB and~AT AND.EZBAI and~they~will~KILL(V) AT 'VRB in~FLINT 'VRB and~AT AND.EZBAI they~did~KILL(V) in~WINE.TROUGH AND.EZBAI and~they~will~PURSUE(V) TOWARD MIDIAN and~HEAD 'VRB and~AND.EZBAI they~did~COME(V) TOWARD AND.GODAND from~SIDE to~the~THE.YARDENThey pursued the Midianites and captured Midian’s two generals, Oreb and Zeeb. They killed Oreb at the Rock of Oreb and they killed Zeeb at the Winepress of Zeeb; and they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb from the other side of the Jordan to Gideon.