Zebulזְבֻלsaid to him,וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו“Whereאַיֵּהnowאֵפוֹאis your mouth,פִיךָwith whichאֲשֶׁרyou said,תֹּאמַר‘Whoמִיis Abimelech,אֲבִימֶלֶךְthatכִּיwe should serve him?’נַעַבְדֶנּוּIs notהֲלֹאthisזֶהthe peopleהָעָםwhomאֲשֶׁרyou despised?מָאַסְתָּה בּוֹGo out,צֵאplease,נָאnowעַתָּהand fightוְהִלָּחֶםagainst them.”בּוֹ
Judges 9:38
Study it in the app“Zebul said to him, “Where now is your mouth, with which you said, ‘Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him?’ Is not this the people whom you despised? Go out, please, now and fight against them.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 9:38, word by word
- Zebulזְבֻלzevul
Zebul
Zebul, the officer whom Abimelech had in Shechem and ruler of the city. The name means "dwelling."
Where else “zevul” appears- said to himיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- nowאֵפוֹאefo
then
Then; so, now.
Where else “efo” appears- is your mouthפִיfi
mouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “fi” appears- is 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- we should serve him?’נַעַבְדֶnaavde
serve
To serve a person.
Where else “naavde” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- you despisedמָאַסְתָּהmaasta
reject
To regard something or someone as worthless and put it away.
Where else “maasta” appears- Go outצֵאtse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “tse” appears- and fightהִלָּחֶםhilachem
fight
To struggle against an enemy with weapons and give battle; God also fights for his people.
Where else “hilachem” appears
The context
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.”
38 · This verse (above)
39Gaal went out before the lords of Shechem and fought against Abimelech.