He wentוַיָּבֹאto his father’sאָבִיוhouseבֵיתat Ophrahעָפְרָתָהand killedוַיַּהֲרֹגhis brothers,אֶת אֶחָיוthe sonsבְּנֵיof Jerubbaal,יְרֻבַּעַלseventyשִׁבְּעִיםmen,אִישׁonעַלoneאֶחָתstone.אֶבֶןBut Jothamוַ יוֹתָםthe youngestהַקָּטֹןsonבֶּןof Jerubbaalיְרֻבַּעַלwas left,יִּוָּתֵרforכִּיhe hid himself.נֶחְבָּא
Judges 9:5
Study it in the app“He went to his father’s house at Ophrah and killed his brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal, seventy men, on one stone. But Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left, for he hid himself.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 9:5, word by word
- He wentיָּבֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appears- to his father’sאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- houseבֵיתvet
household
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “vet” appears- at Ophrahעָפְרָתָafrata
Ophrah
Ophrah: a town of Benjamin; another of the same name, in Manasseh, was Gideon's.
Where else “afrata” appears- and killedיַּהֲרֹגyaharog
kill
Kill, slay.
Where else “yaharog” appears- his brothersאֶחָיechay
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “echay” appears- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appears- of Jerubbaalיְרֻבַּעַלyerubaal
Jerubbaal
Jerubbaal, the other name of Gideon. It means "let Baal contend": it was given to him when he tore down the altar of Baal (Judges 6:32).
Where else “yerubaal” appears- seventyשִׁבְּעִיםshibim
seventy
Seventy.
Where else “shibim” appears- menאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- oneאֶחָתechat
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echat” appears- stoneאֶבֶןeven
stone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “even” appears- But Jothamיוֹתָםyotam
Jotham
Jotham, the youngest son of Gideon, the only one who escaped the slaughter of his brothers. Later a king of Judah bore the same name (2 Kings 15:32). It means "YHWH is perfect."
Where else “yotam” appears- the youngestקָּטֹןkaton
youngest
The youngest son or daughter of the family, the last one born.
Where else “katon” appears- was leftיִּוָּתֵרyivater
be left
For a part to stay when the rest has gone or been used.
Where else “yivater” appears- he hid himselfנֶחְבָּאnechba
hide
Hide oneself.
Where else “nechba” appears
The context
4They gave him seventy pieces of silver from the house of Baal-berith, and with them Abimelech hired empty and reckless men, and they followed him.
5 · This verse (above)
6All the lords of Shechem gathered, and all the house of Millo, and they went and made Abimelech king by the oak of the standing stone that is in Shechem.