Study it in the app“Abimelech fought against the city all that day; he captured the city and killed the people who were in it, and he tore down the city and sowed it with salt.”
Abimelechוַאֲבִימֶלֶךְfoughtנִלְחָםagainst the cityבָּעִירallכֹּלthatהַהוּאday;הַיּוֹםhe capturedוַיִּלְכֹּדthe cityאֶת הָעִירand killedוְ הָרָגthe peopleאֶת הָעָםwhoאֲשֶׁרwere in it,בָּהּand he tore downוַיִּתֹּץthe cityאֶת הָעִירand sowed itוַיִּזְרָעֶהָwith salt.מֶלַח
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” appearsfight
To struggle against an enemy with weapons and give battle; God also fights for his people.
Where else “nilcham” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearscapture
To conquer a city or seize someone.
Where else “yilkod” appearskill
Kill, slay.
Where else “harag” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearstear down
Tear down, pull down, break down.
Where else “yitots” appearssow
To put seed in the ground.
Where else “yizrae” appearssalt
Salt. "The Salt Sea" is the Dead Sea.
Where else “melach” appearsIt can be understood as a sign that the city was to remain barren and deserted; Deuteronomy 29:23 speaks of a land that is “brimstone and salt, a burning,” that “will not be sown.”
44Abimelech and the companies that were with him rushed forward and stood at the entrance of the gate of the city, while the two companies rushed upon all who were in the field and struck them.
45 · This verse (above)
46All the lords of the tower of Shechem heard it, and they went into the fortress of the house of El-berith.
