Judges 8:12

‘ And Zebah and Zalmunna fled, and he pursued after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited with terror all the host.'

The name Zebah means ‘slaughter, sacrifice'. It was intended to indicate his fearsomeness as a warrior, but here indicates his destiny. Before the servant of Yahweh he could do nothing. He himself became the slaughter and sacrifice. Zalmunna probably means ‘shelter withheld'. The two kings fled the battlefield and were captured, and their terrified men scattered and fled. (As often with names they were possibly adapted when turned into Hebrew to convey a message).