What Does Judges 7:1 Mean?

“that were with him rose up early”

literally, to load up (on the back of man or beast), i.e., to start early in the morning

“Then Jerubbaal”

jerubbaal, a symbolic name of gideon

he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo

“who is Gideon”

gidon, an israelite

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“and all the people”

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc

“and pitched”

properly, to incline; by implication, to decline (of the slanting rays of evening); specifically, to pitch a tent; generally to encamp (for abode or s

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

“beside the well of Harod”

en-charod, a place in palestine

“so that the host”

an encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or e

“of the Midianites”

midjan, a son of abraham; also his country and (collectively) his descendants

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“were on the north side”

properly, hidden, i.e., dark; used only of the north as a quarter (gloomy and unknown)

“of them by the hill”

a hillock

“of Moreh”

moreh, a canaanite; also a hill (perhaps named from him)

“in the valley”

a vale (i.e., broad depression)