Judges 7:5
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“So he brought down the people unto the water: and the Lord said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink.”
יְהֹוָה
LORD. Yahweh. The covenant name of God. I AM WHO I AM. The self-existent eternal One who was is and always will be.
כֹּל
every
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כֹּל
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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מִן
some of
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מִן
properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
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כָּרַע
he will bow down
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כָּרַע
to bend the knee; by implication, to sink, to prostrate
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יָצַג
you will set
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יָצַג
to place permanently
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גִּדְעוֹן
Gideon
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גִּדְעוֹן
Gidon, an Israelite
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לָקַק
he will lap up
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לָקַק
to lick or lap
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בֶּרֶךְ
knees/ his
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בֶּרֶךְ
a knee
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