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AbimelechאֲבִימֶלֶךְwentוַיֵּלֶךְtoאֶלThebez,תֵּבֵץcampedוַיִּחַןagainst Thebez,בְּתֵבֵץand captured it.וַיִּלְכְּדָהּ
Judges 9:50
Study it in the app“Abimelech went to Thebez, camped against Thebez, and captured it.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 9:50, word by word
- 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- wentיֵּלֶךְyelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appears- Thebezתֵּבֵץtevets
Thebez
Thebez, a city near Shechem where Abimelech died (2 Samuel 11:21).
Where else “tevets” appears- campedיִּחַןyichan
encamp
To pitch tents and stay, or besiege a city.
Where else “yichan” appears- and captured itיִּלְכְּדָyilkda
capture
To conquer a city or seize someone.
Where else “yilkda” appears
The context
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.
50 · This verse (above)
51There was a strong tower in the middle of the city, and all the men and the women and all the lords of the city fled there; they shut it behind them and went up on the roof of the tower.