Judges 7:12
Old Testament • 17 words with Strong's data
"And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude."
Word-by-Word Analysis
מִדְיָן
Midyân
Midjan, a son of Abraham; also his country and (collectively) his descendants
עֲמָלֵק
ʻĂmâlêq
Amalek, a descendant of Esau; also his posterity and their country
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
קָדִים
qâdîym
the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind)
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
עָבַר
ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...
גַּיְא
gayʼ
a gorge (from its lofty sides; hence, narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent)
דָּמָה
dâmâh
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
אַרְבֶּה
ʼarbeh
a locust (from its rapid increase)
חוּץ
chûwts
properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoors
מִסְפָּר
miçpâr
a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration
חוֹל
chôwl
sand (as round or whirling particles)
יָם
yâm
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artif...
פֵּאָה
pêʼâh
properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e. direction, region, extremity
Key Terms in This Verse
מִדְיָן Midyân
Midjan, a son of Abraham; also his country and (collectively) his descendants
Study H4080 →עֲמָלֵק ʻĂmâlêq
Amalek, a descendant of Esau; also his posterity and their country
Study H6002 →עָבַר ʻâbar
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
Study H5674 →גַּיְא gayʼ
a gorge (from its lofty sides; hence, narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent)
Study H1516 →קָדִים qâdîym
the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind)
Study H6921 →מִסְפָּר miçpâr
a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration
Study H4557 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →Cross References
For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it.
Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thou...
And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;
And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, even as the sand that is upon the sea shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many.
There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
Lord, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.
And Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the valley of Jezreel.
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