If only someone would putוּמִי יִתֵּןthisהַזֶּהpeopleאֶת הָעָםin my hand!בְּיָדִיThen I would removeוְאָסִירָהAbimelech.”אֶת אֲבִימֶלֶךְAnd he saidוַיֹּאמֶרto Abimelech,לַאֲבִימֶלֶךְ“Increaseרַבֶּהyour armyצְבָאֲךָand come out.”וָצֵאָה
Judges 9:29
Study it in the app“If only someone would put this people in my hand! Then I would remove Abimelech.” And he said to Abimelech, “Increase your army and come out.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 9:29, word by word
- If only someone would putיִתֵּןyiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yiten” appears- peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- in my handיָדִyadi
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yadi” appears- Then I would removeאָסִירָהasira
remove
To take away something from where it was: an altar, a load, an office, loyal love.
Where else “asira” 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- And he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Increaseרַבֶּהrabe
increase
To make an amount larger, adding and adding.
Where else “rabe” appears- your armyצְבָאֲtsevaa
army
An army.
Where else “tsevaa” appears- and come outצֵאָtsea
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “tsea” appears
The context
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?
29 · This verse (above)
30Zebul, the chief of the city, heard the words of Gaal son of Ebed, and his anger burned.