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So he saidוַיֹּאמֶרalsoגַּםto the menלְאַנְשֵׁיof Penuel,פְנוּאֵלsaying,לֵאמֹר“When I returnבְּשׁוּבִיin peace,בְשָׁלוֹםI will tear downאֶתֹּץthisהַזֶּהtower.”אֶת הַמִּגְדָּל
Judges 8:9
Study it in the app“So he said also to the men of Penuel, saying, “When I return in peace, I will tear down this tower.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 8:9, word by word
- So he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- to the menאַנְשֵׁיanshe
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anshe” appears- of Penuelפְנוּאֵלfenuel
Penuel, Peniel
Penuel (or Peniel): "face of God". A place by the Jabbok river, later a town; also the name of two Israelites.
Where else “fenuel” appears- “When I returnשׁוּבִshuvi
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shuvi” appears- in peaceשָׁלוֹםshalom
peace
Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.
Where else “shalom” appears- I will tear downאֶתֹּץetots
tear down
Tear down, pull down, break down.
Where else “etots” appears- towerמִּגְדָּלmigdal
tower
A tall, strong structure, for keeping watch or defense.
Where else “migdal” appears
The context
8From there he went up to Penuel and spoke to them in the same way, and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered.
9 · This verse (above)
10Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their camps with them, about fifteen thousand, all who were left of all the camp of the sons of the east; and those who had fallen were a hundred and twenty thousand men who drew the sword.