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Adoni-bezekאֲדֹנִי בֶזֶקfled,וַיָּנָסand they pursued him,וַיִּרְדְּפוּ אַחֲרָיוseized him,וַיֹּאחֲזוּ אֹתוֹand cut offוַיְקַצְּצוּthe thumbsאֶת בְּהֹנוֹתof his handsיָדָיוand of his feet.וְרַגְלָיו
Judges 1:6
Study it in the app“Adoni-bezek fled, and they pursued him, seized him, and cut off the thumbs of his hands and of his feet.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 1:6, word by word
- Adoni-bezekאֲדֹנִיadoni
Adoni-bezek
Adoni-bezek: a Canaanite king of Bezek. His name means "lord of Bezek."
Where else “adoni” appears- fledיָּנָסyanas
flee
To run off to get away from a danger or an enemy.
Where else “yanas” appears- and they pursued himיִּרְדְּפוּyirdfu
pursue
To go after someone to catch them.
Where else “yirdfu” appears- seized himיֹּאחֲזוּyochazu
seize
To take something in the hand and not let go.
Where else “yochazu” appears- and cut offיְקַצְּצוּyekatstsu
cut off
To split something into pieces with a cutting tool.
Where else “yekatstsu” appears- the thumbsבְּהֹנוֹתbehonot
thumb, big toe
The thumb of the hand or the big toe of the foot.
Where else “behonot” appears- of his handsיָדָיyaday
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yaday” appears- and of his feetרַגְלָיraglay
foot
The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.
Where else “raglay” appears
The context
5They found Adoni-bezek at Bezek and fought against him, and they struck the Canaanite and the Perizzite.
6 · This verse (above)
7Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings, with the thumbs of their hands and of their feet cut off, used to gather scraps under my table. As I have done, so Elohim has repaid me.” They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.