No it was not. The tests he selected “were designed to demonstrate the Lord’s control of the dew. This is significant because in Canaanite thinking the storm god Baal controlled the rain and the dew. In one Ugaritic legend Baal’s weakness results in the disappearance of rain and dew…. One of Baal’s daughters is even named Dew
(Tallaya
)…. Gideon had destroyed Baal’s altar to fight
with his son. Indeed Gideon’s new name, Jerubbaal, made him a potential and likely target for one of Baal’s lightning bolts. By seeing a demonstration of God’s sovereignty over the dew, an area supposedly under the control of Baal, Gideon could be assured that he was insulated from Baal’s vengeance.”1
37 behold, I am laying a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew on the fleece alone, and it is dry on all the ground, then I shall know that you will save Israel by my hand, as you have said.”