Study it in the app“but you have risen up against my father’s house today and killed his sons, seventy men, on one stone, and made Abimelech king, the son of his slave woman, over the lords of Shechem, because he is your brother —”
but youוְאַתֶּםhave risen upקַמְתֶּםagainstעַלmy father’sאָבִיhouseבֵּיתtodayהַיּוֹםand killedוַתַּהַרְגוּhis sons,אֶת בָּנָיוseventyשִׁבְעִיםmen,אִישׁonעַלoneאֶחָתstone,אֶבֶןand made Abimelech king,וַתַּמְלִיכוּ אֶת אֲבִימֶלֶךְthe sonבֶּןof his slave woman,אֲמָתוֹoverעַלthe lordsבַּעֲלֵיof Shechem,שְׁכֶםbecauseכִּיheהוּאis your brotherאֲחִיכֶם—
rise against
To rise against someone to attack or confront him.
Where else “kamtem” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearshousehold
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “bet” appearstoday
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appearskill
Kill, slay.
Where else “tahargu” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banay” appearsseventy
Seventy.
Where else “shivim” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearsone
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echat” appearsstone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “even” appearsmake king
To set someone up as king, proclaim him and give him the throne.
Where else “tamlichu” 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” appearsfemale slave, maidservant
Female slave, maidservant.
Where else “amat” appearslord
The leaders or chief men of a city.
Where else “baale” appearsShechem
See it on the mapWhere else “shechem” appearsbrother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appearsShechem
Today: Tell Balata ruins, near Nablus, West Bank
A city in the hills of central Israel, between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim, about 30 miles (50 km) north of Jerusalem.
Abram came there when he entered Canaan, and God promised him the land (Gen 12:6-7). Joshua gathered all Israel there to renew the covenant (Josh 24:1).
17for my father fought for you and risked his life and delivered you from the hand of Midian,
18 · This verse (above)
19if in truth and integrity you have acted with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, rejoice in Abimelech, and may he also rejoice in you.
