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Then allכָלthe treesהָעֵצִיםsaidוַיֹּאמְרוּtoאֶלthe thornbush,הָאָטָד‘Come,לֵךְyou,אַתָּהreignמְלָךְover us.’עָלֵינוּ
Judges 9:14
Study it in the app“Then all the trees said to the thornbush, ‘Come, you, reign over us.’”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 9:14, word by word
- 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- the thornbushאָטָדatad
Atad; thornbush
Thornbush, bramble; Atad, the name of a place.
Where else “atad” appears- ‘Comeלֵךְlech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lech” appears- reignמְלָךְmelach
reign
To be king of a people, or to begin ruling it as king.
Where else “melach” appears
The context
13But the vine said to them, ‘Should I give up my new wine, which cheers Elohim and men, and go to sway over the trees?’
14 · This verse (above)
15The thornbush said to the trees, ‘If in truth you are anointing me as king over you, come, take refuge in my shade; but if not, let fire come out from the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon.’