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He presentedוַיַּקְרֵבthe tributeאֶת הַמִּנְחָהto Eglonלְעֶגְלוֹןkingמֶלֶךְof Moab.מוֹאָבNow Eglonוְעֶגְלוֹןwas a manאִישׁveryמְאֹדfat.בָּרִיא
Judges 3:17
Study it in the app“He presented the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was a man very fat.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 3:17, word by word
- He presentedיַּקְרֵבyakrev
bring near
To bring something, or offer a gift to YHWH.
Where else “yakrev” appears- the tributeמִּנְחָהmincha
tribute
What a conquered people must pay the king who rules them.
Where else “mincha” appears- to Eglonעֶגְלוֹןeglon
Eglon
Eglon: a Canaanite city of the Shephelah; also the name of a king of Moab (Judges 3).
Where else “eglon” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Moabמוֹאָבmoav
Moab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appears- was a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- veryמְאֹדmeod
very
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appears- fatבָּרִיאbari
fat
Fat, well fed.
Where else “bari” appears
Places in this verse
Moab
Today: western Jordan, east of the Dead Sea
The land east of the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan.
The Moabites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:37). Ruth came from Moab (Ruth 1:1-4), and Moses died in its territory (Deut 34:5).
The context
16Ehud made for himself a sword; it had two edges, a cubit in length, and he strapped it under his clothes, on his right thigh.
17 · This verse (above)
18When he had finished presenting the tribute, he sent away the people who carried the tribute.