1. Jerubbaal (alternate name for Gideon) — The proper name Yerubbaal (יְרֻבַּעַל), meaning 'let Baal contend,' given to Gideon son of Joash after he tore down Baal's altar (Judg 6:32). All 14 occurrences refer to the same individual. English renders as Jerubbaal/Yerubaal; Spanish Yerubáal/Yerubbaal; Hindi यरुब्बाल (Yarubbaal); Arabic يَرُبَّعَل (Yarubba'al); Korean 여룹바알 (Yeorubba-al); Swahili Yerub-Baali/Yerubaali. The minor transliteration differences across senses (e.g., double-b vs. single-b in English) are orthographic variants, not semantic distinctions. Both clusters cover the same person across Judges 6-9 and 1 Samuel 12:11. 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۔"]
Senses
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; =…