Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 3381 [e] וַיּ֥וֹרֶד way-yō-w-reḏ So he brought down Conj-w | V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms 853 [e] אֶת־ ’eṯ- - DirObjM 5971 [e] הָעָ֖ם hā-‘ām the people Art | N-ms 413 [e] אֶל־ ’el- to Prep 4325 [e] הַמָּ֑יִם ham-mā-yim; the water Art | N-mp   ס s - Punc 559 [e] וַיֹּ֨אמֶר way-yō-mer And said Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 3068 [e] יְהוָ֜ה Yah-weh Yahweh N-proper-ms 413 [e] אֶל־ ’el- to Prep 1439 [e] גִּדְע֗וֹן giḏ-‘ō-wn, Gideon N-proper-ms 3605 [e] כֹּ֣ל kōl Everyone N-ms 834 [e] אֲשֶׁר־ ’ă-šer- who Pro-r 3952 [e] יָלֹק֩ yā-lōq laps V-Qal-Imperf-3ms 3956 [e] בִּלְשׁוֹנ֨וֹ bil-šō-w-nōw with his tongue Prep-b | N-csc | 3ms 4480 [e] מִן־ min- from Prep 4325 [e] הַמַּ֜יִם ham-ma-yim the water Art | N-mp 834 [e] כַּאֲשֶׁ֧ר ka-’ă-šer as Prep-k | Pro-r 3952 [e] יָלֹ֣ק yā-lōq laps V-Qal-Imperf-3ms 3611 [e] הַכֶּ֗לֶב hak-ke-leḇ, a dog Art | N-ms 3322 [e] תַּצִּ֤יג taṣ-ṣîḡ you shall set apart V-Hifil-Imperf-2ms 853 [e] אוֹתוֹ֙ ’ō-w-ṯōw - DirObjM | 3ms 905 [e] לְבָ֔ד lə-ḇāḏ, by himself Prep-l | N-ms 3605 [e] וְכֹ֛ל wə-ḵōl and likewise everyone Conj-w | N-ms 834 [e] אֲשֶׁר־ ’ă-šer- who Pro-r 3766 [e] יִכְרַ֥ע yiḵ-ra‘ gets down V-Qal-Imperf-3ms 5921 [e] עַל־ ‘al- on Prep 1290 [e] בִּרְכָּ֖יו bir-kāw his knees N-fdc | 3ms 8354 [e] לִשְׁתּֽוֹת׃ liš-tō-wṯ. to drink Prep-l | V-Qal-Inf

New American Standard Bible
So he brought the people down to the water. And the LORD said to Gideon, "You shall separate everyone who laps the water with his tongue as a dog laps, as well as everyone who kneels to drink."

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So he brought the people down to the water, and the LORD said to Gideon, "Separate everyone who laps water with his tongue like a dog. Do the same with everyone who kneels to drink."

lappeth. The original word yalok, is precisely the sound which the dog makes in lapping. It appears that it is not unusual for the Arabs to drink water out of the palms of their hands; and, from this account, we learn that the Israelites did so occasionally. Dr. A. Clarke, in his edition of Harmer, has presented us with the following curious MS note from Dr. Russell. 'When they take water with the palms of their hands, they naturally place themselves on their hams, to be nearer the water; but when they drink from a pitcher or gourd, fresh filled, they do not sit down on purpose to drink, but drink standing, and very often put the sleeve of their shirt over the mouth of the vessel, by way of strainer, lest small leeches might have been taken up with the water. For the same reason they often prefer taking the water with the palm of the hand to lapping it from the surface.' From the letters of Busbequius we learn, that the Eastern people are not in the habit of drinking standing. The

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