Study it in the app“After Abimelech there arose to save Israel Tola son of Puah, son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he lived in Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim.”
AfterאַחֲרֵיAbimelechאֲבִימֶלֶךְthere aroseוַיָּקָםto saveלְהוֹשִׁיעַIsraelאֶת יִשְׂרָאֵלTolaתּוֹלָעsonבֶּןof Puah,פּוּאָהsonבֶּןof Dodo,דּוֹדוֹa manאִישׁof Issachar;יִשָּׂשכָרand heוְהוּאlivedיֹשֵׁבin Shamirבְּשָׁמִירin the hill countryבְּהַרof Ephraim.אֶפְרָיִם
Abimelech
Abimelech, the name of Philistine kings of Gerar in the days of Abraham and of Isaac, and of other men, such as a son of Gideon. The name means "my father is king"; it may have been a title of the kings of that place.
Where else “avimelech” appearsrise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakam” appearssave
To rescue someone from danger.
Where else “hoshia” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsTola
Tola, a son of Issachar; also one of the judges of Israel.
Where else “tola” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appearsPuah
Puah, a son of Issachar; also the father of Tola the judge.
Where else “pua” appearsDodo
Dodo, grandfather of the judge Tola. Two other men of the Bible bear this name (2 Samuel 23:9, 24). It means "his beloved."
Where else “dodo” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearsIssachar
Issachar, a son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him. The name sounds like "wages".
Where else “yisashchar” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshev” appearsShamir
Shamir: the name of a town of Judah in the hill country and of one in the hill country of Ephraim.
Where else “shamir” appearshill country
A whole region of high ground, like that of Ephraim or Judah.
Where else “har” appearsEphraim
Ephraim, the second son of Joseph; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later a name of the northern kingdom. The name sounds like "be fruitful".
Where else “efrayim” appears1 · This verse (above)
2He judged Israel twenty-three years; then he died and was buried in Shamir.
