Study it in the app“So 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.”
So allכָּלthe peopleהָעָםalsoגַםcut downוַיִּכְרְתוּeach oneאִישׁhis branchשׂוֹכֹהand followedוַיֵּלְכוּ אַחֲרֵיAbimelech;אֲבִימֶלֶךְthey put themוַיָּשִׂימוּagainstעַלthe fortressהַצְּרִיחַand setוַיַּצִּיתוּthe fortressאֶת הַצְּרִיחַon fireבָּאֵשׁover them,עֲלֵיהֶםso that allוַ כָּלthe menאַנְשֵׁיof the towerמִגְדַּלof Shechemשְׁכֶםalsoגַּםdied,יָּמֻתוּabout a thousandכְּאֶלֶףmenאִישׁand women.וְאִשָּׁה
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearscut down
To cut a tree or branch with an axe to get timber.
Where else “yichrtu” appearseach
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appearsbranch
Branch of a tree. It appears only in Judges 9.
Where else “socho” appearsgo along
To accompany someone on the way, to go along with him.
Where else “yelchu” 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” appearsput
To put something somewhere.
Where else “yasimu” appearsstronghold, inner chamber
Stronghold, a strong and closed place; perhaps an underground chamber. A rare word whose sense is not entirely certain.
Where else “tseriach” appearsset on fire
Set on fire, burn.
Where else “yatsitu” appearsfire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appearstower
A tall, strong structure, for keeping watch or defense.
Where else “migdal” appearsShechem
See it on the mapWhere else “shechem” appearsdie
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “yamutu” appearsthousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “elef” appearswoman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appearsShechem
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).
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.”
49 · This verse (above)
50Abimelech went to Thebez, camped against Thebez, and captured it.
