Editing Gideon (section)

==Names==
The nineteenth-century [[Strong's Concordance]] derives the name "Jerubbaal" from "Baal will contend", in accordance with the folk etymology, given in {{bibleverse|Judges|6:32}}.<ref name=StrongH3378 />{{efn|name=Mud}} According to biblical scholar [[Lester L. Grabbe|Lester Grabbe]] (2007), "[Judges] 6.32 gives a nonsensical etymology of his name; it means something like 'Let Baal be great.{{'"}}{{sfn|Grabbe|2007|p=99}}<ref>the verbal root rby or rbb in Noth 1928 in Rollston 2021</ref>

Likewise, where Strong gave the meaning "[[hewer]]" to the name Gideon,<ref name=StrongH1438 /> Biblical scholar Simon John DeVries (1975) suggests the etymology "driver".{{sfn|DeVries|1975|p=79}}

The "besheth" part of the name "Jerubbesheth" ({{Bibleverse|2 Samuel|11:21|HE}}) means "shame". This a pious editorialization of "Baal", as is also found in the names of Saul's son [[Ish-bosheth]] and grandson [[Mephibosheth]].<ref name="Mandelkern1937">{{cite book|editor-first =Solomon | editor-last = Mandelkern|title=Heykhal ha-Ḳodesh/Veteris Testamenti Concordantiæ|publisher=Schocken|page=1474}}
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