Lexicon
פֻּרָה
pu.rah
H6513
N:N-M-P Hebrew

Purah

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pu.rah is a proper name borne by the servant who goes with Gideon to the camp.

The supplied verses use the noun as the proper name of Gideon’s servant, named as the companion instructed to go down to the camp and as the one who goes with him.

Senses in use

  1. Name of Gideon’s accompanying servant · dominant

    In Judges 7:10, the noun is tagged Proper and identifies the servant told to go down to the camp with Gideon; the APB renders the clause “with your servant Purah.” In Judges 7:11, the same Proper-noun use identifies the servant who goes down with him to the camp’s edge; the APB renders “he and his servant Purah.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as “Purah” in both verses, within phrases identifying Gideon’s servant. The verse is read as a whole, but both clauses plainly name the accompanying servant.

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