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Gaalגַעַלwent outוַיֵּצֵאbeforeלִפְנֵיthe lordsבַּעֲלֵיof Shechemשְׁכֶםand foughtוַיִּלָּחֶםagainst Abimelech.בַּאֲבִימֶלֶךְ
Judges 9:39
Study it in the app“Gaal went out before the lords of Shechem and fought against Abimelech.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 9:39, word by word
- Gaalגַעַלgaal
Gaal
Gaal, son of Ebed, who stirred up the people of Shechem against Abimelech. The name means "loathing."
Where else “gaal” appears- went outיֵּצֵאyetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- the lordsבַּעֲלֵיbaale
lord
The leaders or chief men of a city.
Where else “baale” appears- of Shechemשְׁכֶםshechem
Shechem
See it on the mapWhere else “shechem” appears- and foughtיִּלָּחֶםyilachem
fight
To struggle against an enemy with weapons and give battle; God also fights for his people.
Where else “yilachem” appears- against 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
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
38Zebul 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.”
39 · This verse (above)
40Abimelech pursued him, and he fled before him, and many fell slain, up to the entrance of the gate.