Judges 7:13
And as Gideon arrived, a man was telling his friend about a dream. “Behold, I had a dream,” he said, “and I saw a loaf of barley bread come tumbling into the Midianite camp. It struck the tent so hard that the tent overturned and collapsed.”
BSB
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ASV
And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man telling a dream unto his fellow; and he said, Behold, I dreamed a dream; and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the camp of Midian, and came unto the tent, and smote it so that it fell, and turned it upside down, so that the tent lay flat.
KJV
And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.
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27 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּבֹ֣א | vai.ya.Vo' | and he came | H935 → |
| גִדְע֔וֹן | gid.'on | Gideon | H1439 → |
| וְהִ֨נֵּה־ | ve.Hi.neh- | and there! | H2009 → |
| אִ֔ישׁ | 'Ish | a man | H376 → |
| מְסַפֵּ֥ר | me.sa.Per | [was] recounting | H5608 → |
| לְרֵעֵ֖הוּ | le.re.'E.hu | to neighbor his | H7453 → |
| חֲל֑וֹם | cha.Lom | a dream | H2472 → |
| וַיֹּ֜אמֶר | vai.Yo.mer | and he said | H559 → |
| הִנֵּ֧ה | hi.Neh | here! | H2009 → |
| חֲל֣וֹם | cha.Lom | a dream | H2472 → |
| חָלַ֗מְתִּי | cha.Lam.ti | I have dreamed | H2492 → |
| וְהִנֵּ֨ה | ve.hi.Neh | and there! | H2009 → |
| צְלִ֜יל | tze.lol | a round loaf of | H6742 → |
| לֶ֤חֶם | Le.chem | bread of | H3899 → |
| שְׂעֹרִים֙ | se.'o.Rim | barley<s> | H8184 → |
| מִתְהַפֵּךְ֙ | mit.ha.peKh | [was] tumbling | H2015 → |
| בְּמַחֲנֵ֣ה | be.ma.cha.Neh | in [the] camp of | H4264 → |
| מִדְיָ֔ן | mid.Yan | Midian | H4080 → |
| וַיָּבֹ֣א | vai.ya.Vo' | and it came | H935 → |
| עַד־ | 'ad- | to | H5704 → |
| הָ֠אֹהֶל | Ha.'o.hel | the tent | H168 → |
| וַיַּכֵּ֧הוּ | vai.ya.Ke.hu | and it struck it | H5221 → |
| וַיִּפֹּ֛ל | vai.yi.Pol | and it fell | H5307 → |
| וַיַּהַפְכֵ֥הוּ | vai.ya.haf.Khe.hu | and it overturned it | H2015 → |
| לְמַ֖עְלָה | le.Ma'.lah | <to> upwards <towards> | H4605 → |
| וְנָפַ֥ל | ve.na.Fal | and it fell | H5307 → |
| הָאֹֽהֶל׃ | ha.'O.hel | the tent | H168 → |
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