H5878 H5878
Harod, a spring where Gideon's army camped before battling the Midianites
The spring of Harod served as a strategic camping location for Gideon and his forces. This was the famous site where God reduced Gideon's army from thousands to just three hundred men through the water-drinking test. The name 'Harod' may be connected to trembling or fear, perhaps reflecting the anxiety of the untested soldiers. Modern translations carefully preserve this as 'spring of Harod' or 'Ein Harod,' maintaining the geographical precision crucial for understanding the narrative.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The spring where Gideon's army encamped in Judges 7:1, marking the beginning of one of Israel's most dramatic military victories. Cross-linguistic evidence (English: 'spring-of-Harod', Spanish: 'Ein-Jarod', French: 'source-de-Harod', German: 'Quelle-von-Harod') consistently emphasizes the water source element, reflecting the narrative importance of this location where God demonstrated that victory comes through divine power rather than military might. 1×
AR["عَيْن حَرُود"]·ben["হারোদ-প্রস্রবণের"]·DE["Quelle-von-Harod"]·EN["spring-of-Harod"]·FR["source-de-Harod"]·heb["עין חרוד"]·HI["एन-हरोद"]·ID["Mata-Air-Harod"]·IT["sorgente-di-Harod"]·jav["tuk-Harod"]·KO["엔-하로드에"]·PT["'Ein-Harod"]·RU["источника-Харод"]·ES["Ein-Jarod"]·SW["Chemchemi-ya-Harodi"]·TR["pınarı"]·urd["عین-حرود"]
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
† חֲרֹד n.pr.loc. only עֵין ח׳ (v. sub עַיִן), a camping-place of Gideon and Israel. Ju 7:1.