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He judgedוַיִּשְׁפֹּטIsraelאֶת יִשְׂרָאֵלtwenty-threeעֶשְׂרִים וְשָׁלֹשׁyears;שָׁנָהthen he diedוַיָּמָתand was buriedוַיִּקָּבֵרin Shamir.בְּשָׁמִיר
Judges 10:2
Study it in the app“He judged Israel twenty-three years; then he died and was buried in Shamir.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 10:2, word by word
- He judgedיִּשְׁפֹּטyishpot
govern
To rule the people, like Gideon or Samuel.
Where else “yishpot” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
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” appears- twenty-threeעֶשְׂרִיםesrim
twenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appears- twenty-threeשָׁלֹשׁshalosh
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shalosh” appears- yearsשָׁנָהshana
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears- then he diedיָּמָתyamat
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “yamat” appears- and was buriedיִּקָּבֵרyikaver
bury
Bury.
Where else “yikaver” appears- in Shamirשָׁמִירshamir
Shamir
Shamir: the name of a town of Judah in the hill country and of one in the hill country of Ephraim.
Where else “shamir” appears
The context
1After 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.
2 · This verse (above)
3After him arose Jair the Gileadite, and he judged Israel twenty-two years.