Judges 9:36

“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.””

Judges 9:36 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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from the topsרָאשֵׁיrashe

top

Literally "the head": the highest part, as of a mountain.

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of the mountainsהָרִיםharim

mountain

A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.

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“The shadowצֵלtsel

shadow

A shadow: the dark shape something leaves when it blocks the light, and which soon passes.

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as menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

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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.”

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