Study it in the app“They gave him seventy pieces of silver from the house of Baal-berith, and with them Abimelech hired empty and reckless men, and they followed him.”
They gave himוַיִּתְּנוּ לוֹseventyשִׁבְעִיםpieces of silverכֶּסֶףfrom the houseמִבֵּיתּof Baal-berith,בַעַל בְּרִיתand with themבָּהֶםAbimelechאֲבִימֶלֶךְhiredוַיִּשְׂכֹּרemptyרֵיקִיםand recklessוּפֹחֲזִיםmen,אֲנָשִׁיםand they followed him.וַיֵּלְכוּ אַחֲרָיו
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yitnu” appearsseventy
Seventy.
Where else “shivim” appearsmoney
What is paid and received in exchange, weighed out in silver.
Where else “kesef” appearstemple
The temple: "the house of YHWH".
Where else “bet” appearsBaal-berith
Baal-berith, a false god worshiped in Shechem. The name means "Baal of the covenant" or "lord of the covenant."
Where else “vaal” appearsAbimelech
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” appearshire
Hire: pay someone for work or for the use of something.
Where else “yiskor” appearsempty
Empty; figuratively, worthless, idle.
Where else “rekim” appearsreckless
Reckless, unrestrained: a person who rushes into everything without thinking. The picture of the word is water that boils over.
Where else “fochazim” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appearsgo along
To accompany someone on the way, to go along with him.
Where else “yelchu” appears3His mother’s brothers spoke about him in the ears of all the lords of Shechem all these words, and their heart inclined toward Abimelech, for they said, “He is our brother.”
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5He went to his father’s house at Ophrah and killed his brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal, seventy men, on one stone. But Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left, for he hid himself.
