Lexical Definition

‎יְרֻבַּעַל‎ Yᵉrubbaʻal (yer-oob-bah'-al) Jerubbaal ^N:N-M-P
from ‎רִיב‎ and ‎בַּעַל‎; Baal will contend

Jerubbaal.

• § Jerubbaal = "let Baal contend"
• Jerubbaal, a symbolic name of Gideon

1) name given to Gideon by his father when he destroyed the altar of Baal

Extended Information

name of: גִּדְעוֹן

• A man living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jdg.6.11
• son of: Joash (יוֹאָשׁ)
• father of: Jether (יֶתֶר), Abimelech (אֲבִימֶלֶךְ) and Jotham (יוֹתָם); also called Jerubbaal at Jdg.6.32 7.1 8.29, 35 9.1, 2, 5, 16, 19, 24, 28, 57 1xJerubbesheth at 2Sa.11.21
• Another name of gid.on (‎ג‎ִּ‎ד‎ְ‎עו‎ֹ‎ן‎ "Gideon" גִּדְעוֹן)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Also see: יְרֻבֶּשֶׁת | יָרׇבְעָם

‎יְרֻבַּ֫עַל‎₁₄ proper name, masculine name given to Gideon (according to Judg 6:32, where explanation as let Baal contend (compare Dr^{284, 4} Kö^{ii. 1, 467}); Imperfect ‎ירוב‎ not elsewhere [yet ‎תרוב‎ Prov 3:30 Kt, and Infinitive construct ‎רוב‎ Judg 21:28 Kt], hence We^{Sm 31 explanation as} = ‎יְרוּבַעַל‎, √ ‎ירח‎, compare ‎יְרוּאֵל‎, ‎יְרִיאֵל‎ (p.436b), so GFM^Ju Bu^Ju Now^Ju); — Judg 6:32; Judg 7:1; Judg 8:29; Judg 8:35; Judg 9:1 + 8 t. 9 (‎בָּ֑עַל‎- Judg 9:24; Judg 9:57), 1Sam 12:11 = ‎יְרֻכֶּ֫שֶׁת‎ 2Sam 11:21 (see ‎בּשֶׁת‎ 2, below ‎בושׁ‎); Ιεροβααλ ( usually; so ᵐ5^L 1Sam 12:11; 2Sam 11:21, where ᵐ5^B Ιεροβοαμ). — ‎יָרבְעָם‎, see ‎רבב‎. p. 914.

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