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Then the treesהָעֵצִיםsaidוַיֹּאמְרוּto the fig tree,לַתְּאֵנָה‘Come,לְכִיyou,אַתְּreignמָלְכִיover us.’עָלֵינוּ
Judges 9:10
Study it in the app“Then the trees said to the fig tree, ‘Come, you, reign over us.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 9:10, word by word
- Then the treesעֵצִיםetsim
tree
A tall plant with trunk and branches, giving fruit, shade or timber.
Where else “etsim” appears- saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- to the fig treeתְּאֵנָהteena
fig tree
The fig-bearing plant; sitting under one's own means living in peace.
Where else “teena” appears- ‘Comeלְכִיlechi
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lechi” appears- reignמָלְכִיmalchi
reign
To be king of a people, or to begin ruling it as king.
Where else “malchi” appears
The context
9But the olive tree said to them, ‘Should I give up my fatness, by which through me Elohim and men are honored, and go to sway over the trees?’
10 · This verse (above)
11But the fig tree said to them, ‘Should I give up my sweetness and my good fruit and go to sway over the trees?’