And Abdonוַ עַבְדּוֹןsonבֶּןof Hillelהִלֵּלthe Pirathoniteהַפִּרְעָתוֹנִיdiedיָּמָתand was buriedוַיִּקָּבֵרat Pirathonבְּפִרְעָתוֹןin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Ephraim,אֶפְרַיִםin the hill countryבְּהַרof the Amalekites.הָעֲמָלֵקִי
Judges 12:15
Study it in the app“And Abdon son of Hillel the Pirathonite died and was buried at Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 12:15, word by word
- And Abdonעַבְדּוֹןavdon
Abdon
Abdon: a Levite city in Asher; also a personal name.
Where else “avdon” appears- sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Hillelהִלֵּלhilel
Hillel
Hillel, the father of the judge Abdon. The name means "he has praised."
Where else “hilel” appears- the Pirathoniteפִּרְעָתוֹנִיpiratoni
Pirathonite
Pirathonite: a person from Pirathon.
Where else “piratoni” appears- diedיָּמָתyamat
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “yamat” appears- and was buriedיִּקָּבֵרyikaver
bury
Bury.
Where else “yikaver” appears- at Pirathonפִרְעָתוֹןfiraton
Pirathon
Pirathon, a town in the land of Ephraim where the judge Abdon was buried.
Where else “firaton” appears- in the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Ephraimאֶפְרַיִםefrayim
Ephraim
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” appears- in the hill countryהַרhar
hill country
A whole region of high ground, like that of Ephraim or Judah.
Where else “har” appears- of the Amalekitesעֲמָלֵקִיamaleki
Amalekite
Amalekite(s): a nomadic people of southern Canaan, enemies of Israel from the exodus onward.
Where else “amaleki” appears
The context
14He had forty sons and thirty sons of his sons, who rode on seventy donkeys. He judged Israel eight years.
15 · This verse (above)