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ifוְאִםin truthבֶּאֱמֶתand integrityוּבְתָמִיםyou have actedעֲשִׂיתֶםwithעִםJerubbaalיְרֻבַּעַלand withוְעִםhis houseבֵּיתוֹthisהַזֶּהday,הַיּוֹםrejoiceשִׂמְחוּin Abimelech,בַּאֲבִימֶלֶךְand may heהוּאalsoוְ גַּםrejoiceיִשְׂמַחin you.בָּכֶם
Judges 9:19
Study it in the app“if 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 9:19, word by word
- in truthאֱמֶתemet
truth
What corresponds to the facts, what is so and not otherwise.
Where else “emet” appears- and integrityתָמִיםtamim
blameless
Without reproach, whole, like Noah.
Where else “tamim” appears- you have actedעֲשִׂיתֶםasitem
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asitem” appears- Jerubbaalיְרֻבַּעַלyerubaal
Jerubbaal
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” appears- his houseבֵּיתbet
household
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “bet” appears- dayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears- rejoiceשִׂמְחוּsimchu
rejoice
To feel glad and show it, above all at the feast before YHWH.
Where else “simchu” appears- in Abimelechאֲבִימֶלֶךְavimelech
Abimelech
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” appears
The context
18but 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 —
19 · This verse (above)
20But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech and consume the lords of Shechem and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the lords of Shechem and from the house of Millo and consume Abimelech.”