They went outוַיֵּצְאוּinto the fieldהַשָּׂדֶהand harvestedוַיִּבְצְרוּtheir vineyardsאֶת כַּרְמֵיהֶםand trod the grapes,וַיִּדְרְכוּand they heldוַיַּעֲשׂוּa festival of praise;הִלּוּלִיםand they wentוַיָּבֹאוּinto the houseבֵּיתof their godאֱלֹהֵיהֶםand ateוַיֹּאכְלוּand drankוַיִּשְׁתּוּand cursedוַיְקַלְלוּAbimelech.אֶת אֲבִימֶלֶךְ
Judges 9:27
Study it in the app“They 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 9:27, word by word
- They went outיֵּצְאוּyetsu
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetsu” appears- into the fieldשָּׂדֶהsade
field
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sade” appears- and harvestedיִּבְצְרוּyivtsru
gather grapes
To cut grape clusters.
Where else “yivtsru” appears- their vineyardsכַּרְמֵיkarme
vineyard
Vineyard.
Where else “karme” appears- and trod the grapesיִּדְרְכוּyidrchu
tread
To step on; crush grapes underfoot.
Where else “yidrchu” appears- and they heldיַּעֲשׂוּyaasu
prepare
To prepare food; offer a sacrifice; keep a feast.
Where else “yaasu” appears- a festival of praiseהִלּוּלִיםhilulim
praise, rejoicing
Praise, joyful celebration of the harvest.
Where else “hilulim” appears- and they wentיָּבֹאוּyavou
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “yavou” appears- into the houseבֵּיתbet
temple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “bet” appears- of their godאֱלֹהֵיelohe
gods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “elohe” appears- and ateיֹּאכְלוּyochlu
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “yochlu” appears- and drankיִּשְׁתּוּyishtu
drink
Drink.
Where else “yishtu” appears- and cursedיְקַלְלוּyekallu
curse
To speak words against someone that wish him harm.
Where else “yekallu” 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 context
26Gaal son of Ebed came with his brothers, and they passed into Shechem, and the lords of Shechem trusted in him.
27 · This verse (above)
28Gaal son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerubbaal, and Zebul his officer? Serve the men of Hamor, the father of Shechem! And why should we serve him?