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The next dayוַיְהִי מִמָּחֳרָתthe peopleהָעָםwent outוַיֵּצֵאinto the field,הַשָּׂדֶהand it was toldוַיַּגִּדוּto Abimelech.לַאֲבִימֶלֶךְ
Judges 9:42
Study it in the app“The next day the people went out into the field, and it was told to Abimelech.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 9:42, word by word
- The next dayיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- The next dayמָּחֳרָתmachorat
next day
The next day, tomorrow.
Where else “machorat” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- went outיֵּצֵאyetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appears- into the fieldשָּׂדֶהsade
field
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sade” appears- and it was toldיַּגִּדוּyagidu
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yagidu” appears- to 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
The context
41Abimelech stayed at Arumah, and Zebul drove out Gaal and his brothers, so that they could not live in Shechem.
42 · This verse (above)
43He took the people, divided them into three companies, and lay in ambush in the field. He looked, and there were the people coming out of the city; and he rose against them and struck them.