Study it in the app“Abimelech 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.””
Abimelechאֲבִימֶלֶךְwent upוַיַּעַלMountהַרZalmon,צַלְמוֹןheהוּאand allוְכָלthe peopleהָעָםwhoאֲשֶׁרwere with him;אִתּוֹand Abimelechאֲבִימֶלֶךְtookוַיִּקַּחthe axesאֶת הַקַּרְדֻּמּוֹתin his hand,בְּיָדוֹcut downוַיִּכְרֹתa branchשׂוֹכַתof the trees,עֵצִיםlifted itוַיִּשָּׂאֶהָand put itוַיָּשֶׂםonעַלhis shoulder;שִׁכְמוֹand he saidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלthe peopleהָעָםwhoאֲשֶׁרwere with him,עִמּוֹ“Whatמָהyou have seenרְאִיתֶםme do,עָשִׂיתִיhurry,מַהֲרוּdoעֲשׂוּas I have done.”כָמוֹנִי
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” appearsgo up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaal” appearsmountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appearsZalmon
Zalmon, a mountain near Shechem. The name means "shady." Also the name of one of David's mighty men (2 Samuel 23:28).
Where else “tsalmon” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearstake
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “yikach” appearsaxe
Axe: a tool for cutting trees and branches.
Where else “kardumot” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appearscut down
To cut a tree or branch with an axe to get timber.
Where else “yichrot” appearsbranch
Branch of a tree. It appears only in Judges 9.
Where else “sochat” appearstree
A tall plant with trunk and branches, giving fruit, shade or timber.
Where else “etsim” appearslift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “yisae” appearsput
To put something somewhere.
Where else “yasem” appearsshoulder
The part of the body by the neck where a load is carried.
Where else “shichm” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “reitem” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asiti” appearshurry
To act without delay, with haste and energy.
Where else “maharu” appears47It was told to Abimelech that all the lords of the tower of Shechem had gathered together.
48 · This verse (above)
49So all the people also cut down each one his branch and followed Abimelech; they put them against the fortress and set the fortress on fire over them, so that all the men of the tower of Shechem also died, about a thousand men and women.
