But the fig treeהַתְּאֵנָהsaid to them,וַתֹּאמֶר לָהֶם‘Should I give upהֶחֳדַלְתִּיmy sweetnessאֶת מָתְקִיand my goodהַטּוֹבָהfruitוְאֶת תְּנוּבָתִיand goוְהָלַכְתִּיto swayלָנוּעַoverעַלthe trees?’הָעֵצִים
Judges 9:11
Study it in the app“But the fig tree said to them, ‘Should I give up my sweetness and my good fruit and go to sway over the trees?’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 9:11, word by word
- But the fig treeתְּאֵנָהteena
fig tree
The fig-bearing plant; sitting under one's own means living in peace.
Where else “teena” appears- said to themתֹּאמֶרtomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appears- ‘Should I give upחֳדַלְתִּיchodalti
cease, stop
Stop doing something, cease; leave off.
Where else “chodalti” appears- my sweetnessמָתְקִmatki
sweetness
Sweetness: the sweetness of a fruit.
Where else “matki” appears- and my goodטּוֹבָהtova
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tova” appears- fruitתְּנוּבָתִtenuvati
produce
Produce, what the field yields.
Where else “tenuvati” appears- and goהָלַכְתִּיhalachti
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “halachti” appears- to swayנוּעַnua
stagger
To shake, tremble, totter.
Where else “nua” appears- the trees?’עֵצִיםetsim
tree
A tall plant with trunk and branches, giving fruit, shade or timber.
Where else “etsim” appears
The context
10Then the trees said to the fig tree, ‘Come, you, reign over us.’
11 · This verse (above)
12Then the trees said to the vine, ‘Come, you, reign over us.’