Judg 8:16 | TSK | e4.org | the elders ; , ; thorns taught Heb. made to know, Instead of wyyoda , Houbigant, Lev. Clerc, and others read wyyadosh , "and he tore or threshed;" and this is not only agreeable to what Gideon threatened ( ), but is supported by the LXX Vulgate, Chaldee, Syriac, and Arabic. The Hebrew Text might easily have been corrupted simply by the change of ωΡ , shin , into ς , ayin , letters very similar to each other.

‏ Judges 8:16

the elders Judg 8:7; Prov 10:13, Prov 19:29; Ezra 2:6

taught Heb. made to know, Instead of wyyoda, Houbigant, Lev. Clerc, and others read wyyadosh, "and he tore or threshed;" and this is not only agreeable to what Gideon threatened (Judg 8:7), but is supported by the LXX Vulgate, Chaldee, Syriac, and Arabic. The Hebrew Text might easily have been corrupted simply by the change of ωΡ, shin, into ς, ayin, letters very similar to each other.