Study it in the app“The lords of Shechem set against him men in ambush on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed everyone who passed by them on the road. And it was told to Abimelech.”
The lordsבַעֲלֵיof Shechemשְׁכֶםsetוַיָּשִׂימוּagainst himלוֹmen in ambushמְאָרְבִיםonעַלthe topsרָאשֵׁיof the mountains,הֶהָרִיםand they robbedוַיִּגְזְלוּeveryoneאֵת כָּלwhoאֲשֶׁרpassedיַעֲבֹרby themעֲלֵיהֶםon the road.בַּדָּרֶךְAnd it was toldוַיֻּגַּדto Abimelech.לַאֲבִימֶלֶךְ
lord
The leaders or chief men of a city.
Where else “vaale” appearsShechem
See it on the mapWhere else “shechem” appearsput
To put something somewhere.
Where else “yasimu” appearslie in wait
Lie in wait: wait in hiding to attack.
Where else “mearvim” appearstop
Literally "the head": the highest part, as of a mountain.
Where else “rashe” appearsmountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “harim” appearsseize, rob
Take by force, rob, tear away.
Where else “yigzlu” appearspass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “yaavor” appearsroad
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “darech” appearstell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yugad” 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” 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).
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.
25 · This verse (above)
26Gaal son of Ebed came with his brothers, and they passed into Shechem, and the lords of Shechem trusted in him.
