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Jothamיוֹתָםfledוַיָּנָסand escaped,וַיִּבְרַחand he wentוַיֵּלֶךְto Beerבְּאֵרָהand livedוַיֵּשֶׁבthereשָׁםbecauseמִפְּנֵיof Abimelechאֲבִימֶלֶךְhis brother.אָחִיו
Judges 9:21
Study it in the app“Jotham fled and escaped, and he went to Beer and lived there because of Abimelech his brother.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 9:21, word by word
- Jothamיוֹתָםyotam
Jotham
Jotham, the youngest son of Gideon, the only one who escaped the slaughter of his brothers. Later a king of Judah bore the same name (2 Kings 15:32). It means "YHWH is perfect."
Where else “yotam” appears- fledיָּנָסyanas
flee
To run off to get away from a danger or an enemy.
Where else “yanas” appears- and escapedיִּבְרַחyivrach
flee
To run away to save oneself from a danger or from someone.
Where else “yivrach” appears- and he wentיֵּלֶךְyelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appears- to Beerבְּאֵרָbeera
Beer
Beer, a place in the wilderness where YHWH gave Israel water; also a place in Canaan. The name means "well."
Where else “beera” appears- and livedיֵּשֶׁבyeshev
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yeshev” appears- becauseפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- of 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- his brotherאָחִיachi
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appears
The context
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.”
21 · This verse (above)
22Abimelech was prince over Israel three years.