יְרֻבַּ֫עַל14 H3378
Jerubbaal ('let Baal contend'); the alternate name given to Gideon after he destroyed Baal's altar.
An alternate designation for Gideon son of Joash, bestowed after he tore down the altar of Baal in Ophrah. Judges 6:32 offers the folk etymology: his father declared 'let Baal contend against him,' daring the pagan god to defend his own honor. The name persists through the Gideon cycle (Judg 7-9), dominating the Abimelech narrative, where all nine chapter-9 occurrences use Jerubbaal rather than Gideon. Samuel invokes it in his farewell speech (1 Sam 12:11). In 2 Samuel 11:21, the variant Jerubbesheth replaces ba'al with bosheth ('shame'), reflecting later scribal discomfort with Baal-element names.
Senses
1. Jerubbaal (alternate name for Gideon) — The proper name Yerubbaal ('let Baal contend'), given to Gideon after demolishing the Baal altar at Ophrah (Judg 6:32). Used throughout the Gideon-Abimelech cycle (Judg 7:1; 8:29, 35; 9:1-57) and in Samuel's farewell (1 Sam 12:11). All 14 occurrences refer to the single individual. The variant Jerubbesheth (2 Sam 11:21) substitutes bosheth for ba'al. 14×
AR["يَرُبَّعَل", "يَرُبَّعْلَ"]·ben["যরুব্বালের", "যিরুব্বাল", "যিরুব্বালকে", "যিরুব্বালের"]·DE["Jerubbaal", "Yerubaal"]·EN["Jerubbaal", "Yerubaal"]·FR["Jerubbaal", "Yerubaal"]·heb["ירובעל"]·HI["यरुब्बाल", "यरुब्बाल-का", "यरुब्बाल-के"]·ID["Yerubaal"]·IT["Ierubbaal", "Yerubaal"]·jav["Yerubaal", "Yérubaal", "Yérubbaal"]·KO["여뢻바알을", "여룹바알", "여룹바알-의", "여룹바알이", "여룹바알이라고"]·PT["Yerubba'al", "Yerubbaal"]·RU["Йерубаала", "Йеруббаал", "Йеруббаала", "Йеруббаалом"]·ES["Yerubaal", "Yerubbaal", "Yerubáal"]·SW["Yerub-Baali", "Yerubaali"]·TR["Yerubaal", "Yerubaal-ı", "Yerubaal-ın", "Yerubaalın", "Yerubbaalin", "üzerine"]·urd["یربعل", "یربعل-کے", "یروبعل", "یَرُبّعَل-کا", "یَرُبّعَل-کے", "یَرُبّعَل-کے۔"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
יְרֻבַּ֫עַל14 n.pr.m. name given to Gideon (according to Ju 6:32, where expl. as let Baal contend (cf. Dr 2 S 4(×2) Köii. 1, 467); Impf. ירוב not elsewhere [yet תרוב Pr 3:30 Kt, and Inf. cstr. רוב Ju 21:23 Kt], hence WeSm 31 expl. as = יְרוּבַעַל, √ ירה, cf. יְרוּאֵל, יְרִיאֵל (p. 436 b), so GFM Ju Bu Ju Now Ju);—Ju 6:32; 7:1; 8:29, 35; 9:1 + 8 times 9 (-בָּ֑עַל 9:24, 57), 1 S 12:11; =…