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It was toldוַיֻּגַּדto Abimelechלַאֲבִימֶלֶךְthatכִּיallכָּלthe lordsבַּעֲלֵיof the towerמִגְדַּלof Shechemשְׁכֶםhad gathered together.הִתְקַבְּצוּ
Judges 9:47
Study it in the app“It was told to Abimelech that all the lords of the tower of Shechem had gathered together.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 9:47, word by word
- It was toldיֻּגַּדyugad
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yugad” 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 lordsבַּעֲלֵיbaale
lord
The leaders or chief men of a city.
Where else “baale” appears- of the towerמִגְדַּלmigdal
tower
A tall, strong structure, for keeping watch or defense.
Where else “migdal” appears- of Shechemשְׁכֶםshechem
Shechem
See it on the mapWhere else “shechem” appears- had gathered togetherהִתְקַבְּצוּhitkabtsu
gather
To bring people to one place, or to come together there.
Where else “hitkabtsu” 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
46All the lords of the tower of Shechem heard it, and they went into the fortress of the house of El-berith.
47 · This verse (above)
48Abimelech went up Mount Zalmon, he and all the people who were with him; and Abimelech took the axes in his hand, cut down a branch of the trees, lifted it and put it on his shoulder; and he said to the people who were with him, “What you have seen me do, hurry, do as I have done.”