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Then Jerubbaal
Yrubba`al (yer-oob-bah'-al)
Baal will contend; Jerubbaal, a symbol. name of Gideon -- Jerubbaal.
who is Gideon
Gid`own (ghid-ohn')
feller (i.e. warrior); Gidon, an Israelite -- Gideon.
and all the people
`am (am)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock -- folk, men, nation, people.
that were with him rose up early
shakam (shaw-kam')
to load up (on the back of man or beast), i.e. to start early in the morning -- (arise, be up, get (oneself) up, rise up) early (betimes), morning.
and pitched
chanah (khaw-naw')
to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch a tent; gen. to encamp (for abode or siege)
beside the well of Harod
`Eyn Charod (ane khar-ode')
fountain of trembling; En-Charod, a place in Palestine -- well of Harod.
so that the host
machaneh (makh-an-eh')
an encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or even the sacred courts)
of the Midianites
Midyan (mid-yawn')
Midjan, a son of Abraham; also his country and (collectively) his descendants -- Midian, Midianite.
were on the north side
tsaphown (tsaw-fone')
hidden, i.e. dark; used only of the north as a quarter (gloomy and unknown) -- north(-ern, side, -ward, wind).
of them by the hill
gib`ah (ghib-aw')
a hillock -- hill, little hill.
of Moreh
Mowreh (mo-reh')
Moreh, a Canaanite; also a hill (perhaps named from him) -- Moreh.
in the valley
`emeq (ay'-mek)
a vale (i.e. broad depression) -- dale, vale, valley (often used as a part of proper names). |
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