Gaalגַּעַלsonבֶּןof Ebedעֶבֶדwent outוַיֵּצֵאand stoodוַיַּעֲמֹדat the entranceפֶּתַחof the gateשַׁעַרof the city;הָעִירand Abimelechוַ אֲבִימֶלֶךְroseיָּקָםfromמִןthe place of ambush,הַמַּאְרָבwith the peopleוְהָעָםwhoאֲשֶׁרwere with him.אִתּוֹ
Judges 9:35
Study it in the app“Gaal 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 9:35, word by word
- Gaalגַּעַלgaal
Gaal
Gaal, son of Ebed, who stirred up the people of Shechem against Abimelech. The name means "loathing."
Where else “gaal” appears- sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Ebedעֶבֶדeved
Ebed
Ebed, the father of Gaal; another man of the same name returned with Ezra (Ezra 8:6). The name means "servant."
Where else “eved” appears- went outיֵּצֵאyetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appears- and stoodיַּעֲמֹדyaamod
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “yaamod” appears- at the entranceפֶּתַחpetach
entrance, door
Entrance, doorway, door, opening.
Where else “petach” appears- of the gateשַׁעַרshaar
gate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaar” appears- of the cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- and 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- the place of ambushמַּאְרָבmarav
ambush
The place where the troops of an ambush hide.
Where else “marav” appears- with the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears
The context
34Abimelech rose by night, with all the people who were with him, and they lay in ambush against Shechem in four companies.
35 · This verse (above)
36Gaal saw the people and said to Zebul, “Look, people are coming down from the tops of the mountains.” Zebul said to him, “The shadow of the mountains you are seeing as men.”