Study it in the app“Now then, if you have acted in truth and integrity in making Abimelech king, and if you have done well with Jerubbaal and with his house, and if you have done to him as his hands deserved —”
Now then,וְעַתָּהifאִםyou have actedעֲשִׂיתֶםin truthבֶּאֱמֶתand integrityוּבְתָמִיםin makingוַAbimelechאֶת אֲבִימֶלֶךְking,תַּמְלִיכוּand ifוְאִםyou have doneעֲשִׂיתֶםwellטוֹבָהwithעִםJerubbaalיְרֻבַּעַלand withוְעִםhis house,בֵּיתוֹand ifוְאִםyou have doneעֲשִׂיתֶםto himלוֹas his handsיָדָיוdeservedכִּגְמוּל—
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asitem” appearstruth
What corresponds to the facts, what is so and not otherwise.
Where else “emet” appearsblameless
Without reproach, whole, like Noah.
Where else “tamim” appearsAbimelech
Abimelech, the name of Philistine kings of Gerar in the days of Abraham and of Isaac, and of other men, such as a son of Gideon. The name means "my father is king"; it may have been a title of the kings of that place.
Where else “avimelech” appearsmake king
To set someone up as king, proclaim him and give him the throne.
Where else “tamlichu” appearsgood
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tova” appearsJerubbaal
Jerubbaal, the other name of Gideon. It means "let Baal contend": it was given to him when he tore down the altar of Baal (Judges 6:32).
Where else “yerubaal” appearshousehold
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “bet” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yaday” appearsrecompense
What one receives for what one did.
Where else “gemul” appears15The 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.’
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17for my father fought for you and risked his life and delivered you from the hand of Midian,
