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But the vineהַגֶּפֶןsaid to them,וַתֹּאמֶר לָהֶם‘Should I give upהֶחֳדַלְתִּיmy new wine,אֶת תִּירוֹשִׁיwhich cheersהַמְשַׂמֵּחַElohimאֱלֹהִיםand men,וַאֲנָשִׁיםand goוְהָלַכְתִּיto swayלָנוּעַoverעַלthe trees?’הָעֵצִים
Judges 9:13
Study it in the app“But the vine said to them, ‘Should I give up my new wine, which cheers Elohim and men, and go to sway over the trees?’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 9:13, word by word
- But the vineגֶּפֶןgefen
vine
Vine: the plant that bears grapes.
Where else “gefen” 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 new wineתִּירוֹשִׁtiroshi
new wine
New wine: the juice of freshly trodden grapes.
Where else “tiroshi” appears- which cheersמְשַׂמֵּחַmesameach
gladden
To make someone feel glad and cheered.
Where else “mesameach” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- and menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” 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
12Then the trees said to the vine, ‘Come, you, reign over us.’
13 · This verse (above)
14Then all the trees said to the thornbush, ‘Come, you, reign over us.’