Study it in the app“He said to Zebah and to Zalmunna, “Where are the men whom you killed at Tabor?” They said, “As you are, so were they, each one like the appearance of the sons of a king.””
He saidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלZebahזֶבַחand toוְאֶלZalmunna,צַלְמֻנָּע“Where areאֵיפֹהthe menהָאֲנָשִׁיםwhomאֲשֶׁרyou killedהֲרַגְתֶּםat Tabor?”בְּתָבוֹרThey said,וַיֹּאמרוּ“As you are,כָּמוֹךָso were they,כְמוֹהֶםeach oneאֶחָדlike the appearanceכְּתֹאַרof the sonsבְּנֵיof a king.”הַמֶּלֶךְ
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsZebah
Zebah, one of the two kings of Midian whom Gideon pursued and killed. The name means "sacrifice."
Where else “zevach” appearsZalmunna
Zalmunna, one of the two kings of Midian whom Gideon pursued and killed.
Where else “tsalmuna” appearswhere?
Where? From what place?
Where else “efo” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appearskill
Kill, slay.
Where else “haragtem” appearsTabor
See it on the mapWhere else “tavor” appearseach
Literally "one": all of them, one by one.
Where else “echad” appearsform
Form, figure, the shape of the body; appearance.
Where else “toar” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsThe question is, word for word, “where are…?”; from the answer it can be understood that Gideon is asking what they were like.
Tabor
Today: Mount Tabor, Lower Galilee, Israel
An isolated mountain in northern Israel at the edge of the Jezreel Valley, about 11 miles (17 km) west of the Sea of Galilee.
Barak gathered ten thousand men there and, with Deborah, defeated Sisera (Judg 4:6, 14).
17And he tore down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city.
18 · This verse (above)
19He said, “They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. As surely as YHWH lives, if you had let them live, I would not kill you.”
