32
Now then,וְעַתָּהriseקוּםby night,לַיְלָהyouאַתָּהand the peopleוְהָעָםwhoאֲשֶׁרare with you,אִתָּךְand lie in ambushוֶאֱרֹבin the field.בַּשָּׂדֶה
Judges 9:32
Study it in the app“Now then, rise by night, you and the people who are with you, and lie in ambush in the field.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 9:32, word by word
- riseקוּםkum
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “kum” appears- by nightלַיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears- and the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- and lie in ambushאֱרֹבerov
lie in wait
Lie in wait: wait in hiding to attack.
Where else “erov” appears- in the fieldשָּׂדֶהsade
field
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sade” appears
The context
31He 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.
32 · This verse (above)
33And in the morning, as the sun rises, you shall rise early and rush upon the city; and when he and the people who are with him come out against you, you shall do to him as your hand finds.