8. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Judges 7:8:1 ⧉וַיִּקְח֣וּvayikkhuand they took Judges 7:8:2 ⧉אֶת־צֵדָה֩ettsedathe provisions Judges 7:8:3 ⧉הָעָ֨םhaamthe people Judges 7:8:4 ⧉בְּיָדָ֜םbeyadamin their hand Judges 7:8:5 ⧉וְאֵ֣תveetand Judges 7:8:6 ⧉שׁוֹפְרֹֽתֵיהֶ֗םshoferoteyehemtheir trumpets Judges 7:8:7 ⧉וְאֵ֨תveetand Judges 7:8:8 ⧉כָּל־אִ֤ישׁkalishevery man Judges 7:8:9 ⧉יִשְׂרָאֵל֙yisraelof Israel Judges 7:8:10 ⧉שִׁלַּח֙shillakhhe sent away Judges 7:8:11 ⧉אִ֣ישׁisheach man Judges 7:8:12 ⧉לְאֹֽהָלָ֔יוleohalavto his tent Judges 7:8:13 ⧉וּבִשְׁלֹשׁ־מֵא֥וֹתuvishloshmeotbut with three hundred Judges 7:8:14 ⧉הָאִ֖ישׁhaishthe men Judges 7:8:15 ⧉הֽ͏ֶחֱזִ֑יקhekhezikhe kept Judges 7:8:16 ⧉וּמַחֲנֵ֣הumakhaneand the camp of Judges 7:8:17 ⧉מִדְיָ֔ןmidyanMidian Judges 7:8:18 ⧉הָ֥יָהhayawas Judges 7:8:19 ⧉ל֖וֹloto him Judges 7:8:20 ⧉מִתַּ֥חַתmittakhatbelow Judges 7:8:21 ⧉בָּעֵֽמֶק׃פbaemekin the valley |
8. Formal Translation So they took the provisions and their trumpets into their hands, and he sent every man of Israel to his tent, but he retained three hundred men. The Midianite camp lay beneath him in the valley. |
8. Dynamic Translation They took the provisions and trumpets into their hands. Then Gideon dismissed the rest of the Israelites to their tents, but he held onto three hundred. The Midianite camp lay below him in the valley. |