Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to divide 1a2) to half, cut in two 1b) (Niphal) to be divided">2673 [e] וַיַּ֛חַץ way-ya-ḥaṣ And he divided [into] Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 853 [e] אֶת־ ’eṯ- - DirObjM 1a) 3, 300, third">7969 [e] שְׁלֹשׁ־ šə-lōš- three Number-fsc 1a) as simple number 1b) as part of larger number 1c) as a fraction-one one-hundredth (1/100)">3967 [e] מֵא֥וֹת mê-’ō-wṯ hundred Number-fp 1a) man, male (in contrast to woman, female) 1b) husband 1c) human being, person (in contrast to God) 1d) servant 1e) mankind 1f) champion 1g) great man 2) whosoever 3) each (adjective)">376 [e] הָאִ֖ישׁ hā-’îš the men Art | N-ms 1a) 3, 300, third">7969 [e] שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה šə-lō-šāh three Number-ms 1a) head (of man, animals) 1b) top, tip (of mountain) 1c) height (of stars) 1d) chief, head (of man, city, nation, place, family, priest) 1e) head, front, beginning 1f) chief, choicest, best 1g) head, division, company, band 1h) sum">7218 [e] רָאשִׁ֑ים rā-šîm; companies N-mp 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to give, bestow, grant, permit, ascribe, employ, devote, consecrate, dedicate, pay wages, sell, exchange, lend, commit, entrust, give over, deliver up, yield produce, occasion, produce, requite to, report, mention, utter, stretch out, extend 1a2) to put, set, put on, put upon, set, appoint, assign, designate 1a3) to make, constitute 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be given, be bestowed, be provided, be entrusted to, be granted to, be permitted, be issued, be published, be uttered, be assigned 1b2) to be set, be put, be made, be inflicted 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be given, be bestowed, be given up, be delivered up 1c2) to be put upon">5414 [e] וַיִּתֵּ֨ן way-yit-tên and he put Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 7782 [e] שׁוֹפָר֤וֹת šō-w-p̄ā-rō-wṯ a trumpet N-mp 1a) hand (of man) 1b) strength, power (fig.) 1c) side (of land), part, portion (metaph.) (fig.) 1d) (various special, technical senses) 1d1) sign, monument 1d2) part, fractional part, share 1d3) time, repetition 1d4) axle-trees, axle 1d5) stays, support (for laver) 1d6) tenons (in tabernacle) 1d7) a phallus, a hand (meaning unsure) 1d8) wrists">3027 [e] בְּיַד־ bə-yaḏ- into hand Prep-b | N-fsc 1a) all, the whole of 1b) any, each, every, anything 1c) totality, everything">3605 [e] כֻּלָּם֙ kul-lām of every man N-msc | 3mp 3537 [e] וְכַדִּ֣ים wə-ḵad-dîm and with pitchers Conj-w | N-fp 1a) empty (of vessels) 1b) empty, idle, worthless (ethically)">7386 [e] רֵקִ֔ים rê-qîm, empty Adj-mp 3940 [e] וְלַפִּדִ֖ים wə-lap-pi-ḏîm and torches Conj-w | N-mp 1a) midst, middle 1b) into, through (after verbs of motion) 1c) among (of a number of persons) 1d) between (of things arranged by twos) 1e) from among (as to take or separate etc)">8432 [e] בְּת֥וֹךְ bə-ṯō-wḵ inside Prep-b | N-msc 3537 [e] הַכַּדִּֽים׃ hak-kad-dîm. the pitchers Art | N-fp

New American Standard Bible
He divided the 300 men into three companies, and he put trumpets and empty pitchers into the hands of all of them, with torches inside the pitchers.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then he divided the 300 men into three companies and gave each of the men a trumpet in one hand and an empty pitcher with a torch inside it in the other."

three companies. This small number of men, thus divided, would be able to encompass the whole camp of the Midianites. Concealing the lamps in the pitchers, they would pass unobserved to their appointed stations; then, in the dead of the night, when most of the enemy were fast asleep, all at once breaking their pitchers one against another, with as much noise as they could, and blowing the trumpets and shouting; they would occasion an exceedingly great alarm. The obedience of faith alone could have induced such an expedient, which no doubt God directed Gideon to employ. --Scott. a trumpet. Heb. trumpets in the hand of all of them. empty

2 Corinthians 4:7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency …

lamps. or fire-brands, or torches

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