H4080H–מִדְיָן–mid.yan

Then Jerubbaal, that is, Gideon, and all the people with him, got up early and put up their tents by the side of the water-spring of Harod; the tents of Midian were on the north side of him, under the hill of Moreh in the valley.

מִדְיָן֙ mid.Yan “Midian”

And the Lord said to Gideon, So great is the number of your people, that if I give the Midianites into their hands they will be uplifted in pride over me and will say, I myself have been my saviour.

מִדְיָ֖ן mid.Yan “Midian”

And the Lord said to Gideon, By those three hundred who were drinking with their tongues I will give you salvation and give the Midianites into your hands; let the rest of the people go away, every man to his place.

מִדְיָ֖ן mid.Yan “Midian”

So they took the vessels of the people, and their horns from their hands, and he sent them away, every man to his tent, keeping only the three hundred; and the tents of Midian were lower down in the valley.

מִדְיָ֔ן mid.Yan “Midian”

Now the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the people of the east were covering the valley like locusts; and their camels were like the sand by the seaside, without number.

וּמִדְיָ֨ן (מִדְיָ֨ן) mid.Yan “Midian”

When Gideon came there, a man was giving his friend an account of his dream, saying, See, I had a dream about a cake of barley bread which, falling into the tents of Midian, came on to the tent, overturning it so that it was stretched out flat on the ear

מִדְיָ֔ן mid.Yan “Midian”

And his friend in answer said, This is certainly the sword of Gideon, the son of Joash, the men of Israel: into their hands God has given up all the army of Midian.

מִדְיָ֖ן mid.Yan “Midian”

Then Gideon, hearing the story of the dream and the sense in which they took it, gave worship; then he went back to the tents of Israel, and said, Up! for the Lord has given the army of Midian into your hands.

מִדְיָֽן׃ mid.Yan “Midian”

And the men of Israel came together from Naphtali and from Asher and all Manasseh, and went after Midian.

מִדְיָֽן׃ mid.Yan “Midian”

Then Gideon sent through all the hill-country of Ephraim saying, Come down against Midian, and keep the ways across Jordan before they come. So all the men of Ephraim, massing themselves together, kept the ways across Jordan.

מִדְיָן֙ mid.Yan “Midian”

And they took the two chiefs of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and they put Oreb to death at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they put to death at the place of the grape-crushing in Zeeb, and they went after Midian; but the heads of Oreb and Zeeb they took across Jord

מִדְיָ֜ן mid.Yan “Midian”מִדְיָ֑ן mid.Yan “Midian”

And the men of Ephraim came and said to him, Why did you not send for us when you went to war against Midian? And they said sharp and angry words to him.

בְּמִדְיָ֑ן (מִדְיָ֑ן) mid.Yan “Midian”

God has given into your hands the chiefs of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; what have I been able to do in comparison with you? And when he said this, their feeling about him became kinder.

מִדְיָן֙ mid.Yan “Midian”

And he said to the men of Succoth, Give bread cakes to my people, for they are overcome with weariness, and I am going on after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.

מִדְיָֽן׃ mid.Yan “Midian”

And Zebah and Zalmunna went in flight; and he went after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and put all the army to the curse.

מִדְיָ֗ן mid.Yan “Midian”

Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, Be our ruler, you and your son and your son's son after him; for you have been our saviour from the hands of Midian.

מִדְיָֽן׃ mid.Yan “Midian”

The weight of the gold ear-rings which he got from them was one thousand, seven hundred shekels of gold; in addition to the moon-ornaments and jewels and the purple robes which were on the kings of Midian, and the chains on their camels' necks.

מִדְיָ֔ן mid.Yan “Midian”

So Midian was broken before the children of Israel and the Midianites never got back their strength. And the land had peace for forty years, in the days of Gideon.

מִדְיָ֗ן mid.Yan “Midian”

(For my father made war for you, and put his life in danger, and made you free from the hands of Midian;

מִדְיָֽן׃ mid.Yan “Midian”

And they went on from Midian and came to Paran; and, taking men from Paran with them, they came to Egypt, to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who gave him a house and gave orders for his food and gave him land.

מִמִּדְיָ֔ן (מִּדְיָ֔ן) mid.Yan “Midian”

And at the death of Husham, Hadad, the son of Bedad, who overcame Midian in the field of Moab, became king; his town was named Avith.

מִדְיָן֙ mid.Yan “Midian”

Do to them what you did to the Midianites; what you did to Sisera and Jabin, at the stream of Kishon:

כְּמִדְיָ֑ן (מִדְיָ֑ן) mid.Yan “Midian”

For by your hand the yoke on his neck and the rod on his back, even the rod of his cruel master, have been broken, as in the day of Midian.

מִדְיָֽן׃ mid.Yan “Midian”

And the Lord of armies will be shaking a whip against him, as when he overcame Midian at the rock of Oreb: and his rod will be lifted up against them as it was against the Egyptians.

מִדְיָ֖ן mid.Yan “Midian”

You will be full of camel-trains, even the young camels of Midian and Ephah; all from Sheba will come, with gold and spices, giving word of the great acts of the Lord.

מִדְיָן֙ mid.Yan “Midian”