Study it in the app““Speak, please, in the ears of all the lords of Shechem: ‘Which is better for you, that seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you, or that one man rule over you?’ And remember that I am your bone and your flesh.””
“Speak,דַּבְּרוּplease,נָאin the earsבְּאָזְנֵיof allכָלthe lordsבַּעֲלֵיof Shechem:שְׁכֶם‘Whichמַהis betterטּוֹבfor you,לָכֶםthat seventyהַ שִׁבְעִיםmen,אִישׁallכֹּלthe sonsבְּנֵיof Jerubbaal,יְרֻבַּעַלruleמְשֹׁלover you,בָּכֶםorאִםthat oneאֶחָדmanאִישׁruleמְשֹׁלover you?’בָּכֶםAnd rememberוּזְכַרְתֶּםthatכִּיIאָנִיam your boneעַצְמֵכֶםand your flesh.”וּבְשַׂרְכֶם
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “dabru” appearshearing
The ear that listens: "incline your ear".
Where else “azne” appearslord
The leaders or chief men of a city.
Where else “baale” appearsShechem
See it on the mapWhere else “shechem” appearsbetter
Worth more or more profitable than something it is compared with.
Where else “tov” appearsseventy
Seventy.
Where else “shivim” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” 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” appearsrule
To hold sway over something or someone.
Where else “meshol” appearsone
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appearsremember
To bring something to mind and keep it present so as to act on it.
Where else “zechartem” appearsbone
Each hard piece of the skeleton; also the body itself, of the dead or the living.
Where else “atsme” appearsflesh
The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.
Where else “vesar” appears“The lords of Shechem” were the leading men of the city, its owners or the citizens with a voice.
Shechem
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).
1Abimelech son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem, to the brothers of his mother, and spoke to them and to all the family of the house of the father of his mother, saying,
2 · This verse (above)
3His mother’s brothers spoke about him in the ears of all the lords of Shechem all these words, and their heart inclined toward Abimelech, for they said, “He is our brother.”
