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Abimelechאֲבִימֶלֶךְroseוַיָּקָםby night,לָיְלָהwith allוְכָלthe peopleהָעָםwhoאֲשֶׁרwere with him,עִמּוֹand they lay in ambushוַיֶּאֶרְבוּagainstעַלShechemשְׁכֶםin fourאַרְבָּעָהcompanies.רָאשִׁים
Judges 9:34
Study it in the app“Abimelech rose by night, with all the people who were with him, and they lay in ambush against Shechem in four companies.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 9:34, word by word
- 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- roseיָּקָםyakam
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakam” appears- by nightלָיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- and they lay in ambushיֶּאֶרְבוּyeervu
lie in wait
Lie in wait: wait in hiding to attack.
Where else “yeervu” appears- Shechemשְׁכֶםshechem
Shechem
See it on the mapWhere else “shechem” appears- in fourאַרְבָּעָהarbaa
four
Four.
Where else “arbaa” appears- companiesרָאשִׁיםrashim
chief
Literally "the head": the one who leads, or the best of something.
Where else “rashim” 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
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.
34 · This verse (above)
35Gaal son of Ebed went out and stood at the entrance of the gate of the city; and Abimelech rose from the place of ambush, with the people who were with him.