Study it in the app“He sent messengers to Abimelech deceitfully, saying, “Look, Gaal son of Ebed and his brothers have come to Shechem, and look, they are stirring up the city against you.”
He sentוַיִּשְׁלַחmessengersמַלְאָכִיםtoאֶלAbimelechאֲבִימֶלֶךְdeceitfully,בְּתָרְמָהsaying,לֵאמֹר“Look,הִנֵּהGaalגַעַלsonבֶּןof Ebedעֶבֶדand his brothersוְאֶחָיוhave comeבָּאִיםto Shechem,שְׁכֶמָהand look,וְהִנָּםthey are stirring upצָרִיםthe cityאֶת הָעִירagainst you.עָלֶיךָ
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “yishlach” appearsmessenger
Someone sent on an errand.
Where else “malachim” 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” appearsdeceit
Deceit, cunning. In Judges 9:31 it is also read as the name of a place, "Tormah."
Where else “tarma” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearsGaal
Gaal, son of Ebed, who stirred up the people of Shechem against Abimelech. The name means "loathing."
Where else “gaal” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appearsEbed
Ebed, the father of Gaal; another man of the same name returned with Ezra (Ezra 8:6). The name means "servant."
Where else “eved” appearsbrother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “echay” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “baim” appearsShechem
See it on the mapWhere else “shechema” appearsbe an enemy
To be someone's enemy.
Where else “tsarim” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears“Deceitfully” (in secret from Gaal) translates a word that appears only here; it can also be read as a place name (“in Tormah”). “Stirring up” is, word for word, “pressing” or “besieging” the city against you.
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).
30Zebul, the chief of the city, heard the words of Gaal son of Ebed, and his anger burned.
31 · This verse (above)
32Now then, rise by night, you and the people who are with you, and lie in ambush in the field.
