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Gaalגַּעַלsonבֶּןof Ebedעֶבֶדcameוַיָּבֹאwith his brothers,וְאֶחָיוand they passedוַיַּעַבְרוּinto Shechem,בִּשְׁכֶםand the lordsוַ בַּעֲלֵיof Shechemשְׁכֶםtrustedיִּבְטְחוּin him.בוֹ
Judges 9:26
Study it in the app“Gaal son of Ebed came with his brothers, and they passed into Shechem, and the lords of Shechem trusted in him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 9:26, word by word
- Gaalגַּעַלgaal
Gaal
Gaal, son of Ebed, who stirred up the people of Shechem against Abimelech. The name means "loathing."
Where else “gaal” appears- sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Ebedעֶבֶדeved
Ebed
Ebed, the father of Gaal; another man of the same name returned with Ezra (Ezra 8:6). The name means "servant."
Where else “eved” appears- cameיָּבֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appears- with his brothersאֶחָיechay
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “echay” appears- and they passedיַּעַבְרוּyaavru
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “yaavru” appears- into Shechemשְׁכֶםshechem
Shechem
See it on the mapWhere else “shechem” appears- and the lordsבַּעֲלֵיbaale
lord
The leaders or chief men of a city.
Where else “baale” appears- trustedיִּבְטְחוּyivtchu
trust
To rely on someone, YHWH or man.
Where else “yivtchu” appears
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
25The 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.
26 · This verse (above)
27They went out into the field and harvested their vineyards and trod the grapes, and they held a festival of praise; and they went into the house of their god and ate and drank and cursed Abimelech.