Judges 7:13
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“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.”
לֶחֶם
Bread, food, grain. Lechem. Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that comes from the mouth of God. There is food for the body and food for the soul.
חֲלוֹם
a dream
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חֲלוֹם
Dream, vision in sleep. Chalom. Jacob dreamed and saw a ladder reaching to heaven. God still speaks in dreams. He has always communicated with His people.
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חָלַם
I have dreamed
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חָלַם
properly, to bind firmly, i.e. (by implication) to be (causatively to make) plump; also (through the figurative sense of dumbness) to dream
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הִנֵּה
here!
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הִנֵּה
Behold, look, see. Hinneh. The word used to get attention. Behold I stand at the door and knock. God is always trying to get our attention.
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סָפַר
was recounting
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סָפַר
To recount, to declare, to tell. Saphar. The heavens declare the glory of God. Everything in creation is telling the story of its Creator.
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מִדְיָן
Midian
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מִדְיָן
Midjan, a son of Abraham; also his country and (collectively) his descendants
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הָפַךְ
was tumbling
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הָפַךְ
to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
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צְלוּל
a round loaf of
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צְלוּל
a (round or flattened) cake
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שְׂעֹרָה
barleys
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שְׂעֹרָה
barley (as villose)
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גִּדְעוֹן
Gideon
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גִּדְעוֹן
Gidon, an Israelite
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