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Elohimאֱלֹהִיםsentוַיִּשְׁלַחan evilרָעָהspiritרוּחַbetweenבֵּיןAbimelechאֲבִימֶלֶךְandוּבֵיןthe lordsבַּעֲלֵיof Shechem,שְׁכֶםand the lordsוַ בַעֲלֵיof ShechemשְׁכֶםbetrayedיִּבְגְּדוּAbimelech,בַּאֲבִימֶלֶךְ
Judges 9:23
Study it in the app“Elohim sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the lords of Shechem, and the lords of Shechem betrayed Abimelech,”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 9:23, word by word
- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- sentיִּשְׁלַחyishlach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “yishlach” appears- an evilרָעָהraa
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appears- spiritרוּחַruach
spirit
What moves a person inside: their life, their mood.
Where else “ruach” appears- 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 lordsבַּעֲלֵיbaale
lord
The leaders or chief men of a city.
Where else “baale” appears- of Shechemשְׁכֶםshechem
Shechem
See it on the mapWhere else “shechem” appears- betrayedיִּבְגְּדוּyivgdu
act treacherously
Be unfaithful: break one's word or someone's trust.
Where else “yivgdu” appears
Translation note
It can be understood that Elohim caused the agreement between them to break, and they began to distrust one another, as payment for the blood that had been shed (verse 24).
Places in this verse
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).
The context
22Abimelech was prince over Israel three years.
23 · This verse (above)
24so that the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid on Abimelech their brother, who killed them, and on the lords of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to kill his brothers.