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His concubineוּפִילַגְשׁוֹwhoאֲשֶׁרwas in Shechemבִּשְׁכֶםsheהִיאalsoגַםbore himיָלְדָה לּוֹa son,בֵּןand he gaveוַיָּשֶׂםhim the nameאֶת שְׁמוֹAbimelech.אֲבִימֶלֶךְ
Judges 8:31
Study it in the app“His concubine who was in Shechem she also bore him a son, and he gave him the name Abimelech.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 8:31, word by word
- His concubineפִילַגְשׁfilagsh
concubine
Concubine: a woman joined to a man in a recognized way, but with fewer rights than the main wife. It was a custom of the time that the Bible tells without making it a model.
Where else “filagsh” appears- was in Shechemשְׁכֶםshechem
Shechem
See it on the mapWhere else “shechem” appears- bore himיָלְדָהyalda
bear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “yalda” appears- a sonבֵּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- and he gaveיָּשֶׂםyasem
appoint
To set someone as leader, or fix something.
Where else “yasem” appears- him the nameשְׁמshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- Abimelechאֲבִימֶלֶךְavimelech
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” appears
Places in this verse
Shechem
Today: Tell Balata ruins, near Nablus, West Bank
A city in the hills of central Israel, between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim, about 30 miles (50 km) north of Jerusalem.
Abram came there when he entered Canaan, and God promised him the land (Gen 12:6-7). Joshua gathered all Israel there to renew the covenant (Josh 24:1).
The context
30Gideon had seventy sons, who came out of his thigh, for he had many wives.
31 · This verse (above)
32Gideon son of Joash died at a good old age and was buried in the tomb of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.