Judges 6:38
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
And it was so.כֵ֕ן
(chen)
3651: so, thusa prim. adverb
When he arose earlyוַיַּשְׁכֵּם֙
(vai·yash·kem)
7925: to start or rise earlya prim. root
the next morningמִֽמָּחֳרָ֔ת
(mim·ma·cho·rat,)
4283: the morrowfrom the same as machar
and squeezedוַיָּ֖זַר
(vai·ya·zar)
2115: to press down and outa prim. root
the fleece,הַגִּזָּ֑ה
(hag·giz·zah;)
1492: a fleecefrom gazaz
he drainedוַיִּ֤מֶץ
(vai·yi·metz)
4680: to drain, drain outa prim. root
the dewטַל֙
(tal)
2919: night mist, dewfrom an unused word
from the fleece,הַגִּזָּ֔ה
(hag·giz·zah,)
1492: a fleecefrom gazaz
a bowlהַסֵּ֖פֶל
(has·se·fel)
5602: a bowlof uncertain derivation
fullמְלֹ֥וא
(me·lo·v)
4393: fullness, that which fillsfrom male
of water.מָֽיִם׃
(ma·yim.)
4325: waters, watera prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
And it was so for he rose up early
shakam  (shaw-kam')
to load up (on the back of man or beast), i.e. to start early in the morning -- (arise, be up, get (oneself) up, rise up) early (betimes), morning.
on the morrow
mochorath  (mokh-or-awth')
the morrow or (adverbially) tomorrow -- morrow, next day.
and thrust
zuwr  (zoor)
to press together, &? tighten -- close, rush, thrust together.
the fleece
gazzah  (gaz-zaw')
a fleece -- fleece.
together
zuwr  (zoor)
to press together, &? tighten -- close, rush, thrust together.
and wringed
matsah  (maw-tsaw')
to suck out; by implication, to drain, to squeeze out -- suck, wring (out).
the dew
tal  (tal)
dew (as covering vegetation) -- dew.
out of the fleece
gazzah  (gaz-zaw')
a fleece -- fleece.
a bowl
cephel  (say'-fel)
a basin (as deepened out) -- bowl, dish.
full
mlo'  (mel-o')
fulness -- all along, all that is (there-)in, fill, (that whereof...was) full, fulness, (hand-)full, multitude.
of water
mayim  (mah'-yim)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen -- + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring).
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And it was so. When he arose early the next morning and squeezed the fleece, he drained the dew from the fleece, a bowl full of water.

King James Bible
And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
And that is what happened. When he got up early in the morning, he squeezed the fleece and wrung dew out of it, filling a bowl with water.

International Standard Version
And that is what happened: When he got up early the next morning, he wrung out the fleece to drain the dew from it and extracted a bowl full of water.

NET Bible
The LORD did as he asked. When he got up the next morning, he squeezed the fleece, and enough dew dripped from it to fill a bowl.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
And that is what happened. The next morning Gideon got up early. He squeezed out a bowl full of water from the wool.

King James 2000 Bible
And it was so: for he rose up early the next day, and squeezed the fleece together, and wrung the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water.
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