Gaalגַּעַלsawוַיַּרְאthe peopleאֶת הָעָםand saidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלZebul,זְבֻל“Look,הִנֵּהpeopleעָםare coming downיוֹרֵדfrom the topsמֵרָאשֵׁיof the mountains.”הֶהָרִיםZebulזְבֻלsaid to him,וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו“The shadowאֵת צֵלof the mountainsהֶהָרִיםyouאַתָּהare seeingרֹאֶהas men.”כָּאֲנָשִׁים
Judges 9:36
Study it in the app“Gaal 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 9:36, 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- sawיַּרְאyar
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “yar” 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 saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- Zebulזְבֻלzevul
Zebul
Zebul, the officer whom Abimelech had in Shechem and ruler of the city. The name means "dwelling."
Where else “zevul” appears- are coming downיוֹרֵדyored
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yored” appears- from the topsרָאשֵׁיrashe
top
Literally "the head": the highest part, as of a mountain.
Where else “rashe” appears- of the mountainsהָרִיםharim
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “harim” appears- “The shadowצֵלtsel
shadow
A shadow: the dark shape something leaves when it blocks the light, and which soon passes.
Where else “tsel” appears- as menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appears
The context
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.
36 · This verse (above)
37Gaal again spoke and said, “Look, people are coming down from the center of the land, and one company is coming by the way of the oak of Meonenim.”