Judg 6:32 | NET2full | STEP | That very day Gideon’s father named him Jerub Baal , because he had said , “Let Baal fight with him, for it was his altar that was pulled down .”

‏ Judges 6:32

32 That very day Gideon’s father named him Jerub Baal, ^{▼▼tn Heb “He called him on that day Jerub Baal.” The name means, at least by popular etymology, “Let Baal fight” or “Let Baal defend himself.”} because he had said, “Let Baal fight with him, for it was his altar that was pulled down.”