The Meaning of Judges 7:16 Explained

Judges 7:16

KJV: And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.

YLT: And he divideth the three hundred men into three detachments, and putteth trumpets into the hand of all of them, and empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.

Darby: And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and put trumpets into the hands of all of them and empty jars, with torches inside the jars.

ASV: And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put into the hands of all of them trumpets, and empty pitchers, with torches within the pitchers.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Judges 7:16?

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What is the context of Judges 7:16?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And he divided the three hundred men [into] three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.

What does Judges 7:16 Mean?

Context Summary

Judges 7:9-23 - The Sword Of Jehovah And Of Gideon

Gideon asked for the sign of the fleece, but God, without his asking, gave him that of the barley-cake. It was only barley-bread, the cheapest and commonest kind of food, but it overthrew a tent. Gideon was quick to recognize the symbol of his weakness and helplessness, but he recognized also the presage of victory. Lying there in the moonless night, with his head toward that tent, he worshiped and hastened back to his camp. We remember what Jesus made of barley-loaves. See John 6:9; John 6:13.

The blare of the trumpets, the breaking of the pitchers, the flashing of the lights, and the shouting from three sides of the camp startled the sleeping host into panic. Surely this scene was in Paul's thought when he said that God's light had shone forth on the midnight darkness of that age; and then confessed that the light was contained in the earthen vessel of mortality, "that the excellency of the power might be of God." Let us not be too greatly disturbed when the sorrows and persecutions of earth break up our peace and strength-this is the breaking of the earthen vessel. Our business must be to see that the torch burns within, 2 Corinthians 4:6, etc. [source]

Chapter Summary: Judges 7

¹ Gideon's army of thirty-two thousand is brought to three hundred
⁹ He is encouraged by the dream and interpretation of the burley cake
¹⁶ His plan of trumpets and lamps in pitchers
²⁴ The Ephraimites take Oreb and Zeeb

What do the individual words in Judges 7:16 mean?

And he divided [into] - three hundred the men three companies and he put a trumpet into hand of every man and with pitchers empty and torches inside the pitchers

וַיַּ֛חַץ אֶת־ שְׁלֹשׁ־ מֵא֥וֹת הָאִ֖ישׁ שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה רָאשִׁ֑ים וַיִּתֵּ֨ן שׁוֹפָר֤וֹת בְּיַד־ כֻּלָּם֙ וְכַדִּ֣ים רֵקִ֔ים וְלַפִּדִ֖ים בְּת֥וֹךְ הַכַּדִּֽים

וַיַּ֛חַץ	And he divided [into]
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: חָצָה Sense: to divide, cut in two, cut short, live half (of one’s life).
אֶת־	-
Parse: Direct object marker Root: אֹות Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
שְׁלֹשׁ־	three
Parse: Number, feminine singular construct Root: מִשְׁלֹשׁ Sense: three, triad.
מֵא֥וֹת	hundred
Parse: Number, feminine plural Root: מֵאָה Sense: hundred.
הָאִ֖ישׁ	the men
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: אִישׁ Sense: man.
שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה	three
Parse: Number, masculine singular Root: מִשְׁלֹשׁ Sense: three, triad.
רָאשִׁ֑ים	companies
Parse: Noun, masculine plural Root: רֹאשׁ Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.
וַיִּתֵּ֨ן	and he put
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: יָתַן Sense: to give, put, set.
שׁוֹפָר֤וֹת	a trumpet
Parse: Noun, masculine plural Root: שֹׁופָר Sense: horn, ram’s horn.
בְּיַד־	into hand
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct Root: יָד Sense: hand.
כֻּלָּם֙	of every man
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine plural Root: כֹּל Sense: all, the whole.
וְכַדִּ֣ים	and with pitchers
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine plural Root: כַּד Sense: jar, large jar (portable).
רֵקִ֔ים	empty
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural Root: רֵיק Sense: empty, vain.
וְלַפִּדִ֖ים	and torches
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine plural Root: לַפִּיד Sense: torch.
בְּת֥וֹךְ	inside
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: תָּוֶךְ Sense: midst, middle.
הַכַּדִּֽים	the pitchers
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine plural Root: כַּד Sense: jar, large jar (portable).

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