Study it in the app“There 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.”
There wasהָיָהa strongעֹזtowerוּמִגְדַּלin the middleבְתוֹךְof the city,הָעִירand allכָּלthe menהָאֲנָשִׁיםand the womenוְהַנָּשִׁיםand allוְכֹלthe lordsבַּעֲלֵיof the cityהָעִירfledוַיָּנֻסוּthere;שָׁמָּהthey shut itוַיִּסְגְּרוּbehind themבַּעֲדָםand went upוַיַּעֲלוּonעַלthe roofגַּגof the tower.הַמִּגְדָּל
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “haya” appearsstrength
Power to act or to withstand, attributed above all to God.
Where else “oz” appearstower
A tall, strong structure, for keeping watch or defense.
Where else “migdal” appearsmidst
The central point of something, or the company of several: in the midst of them.
Where else “toch” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appearswoman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “nashim” appearslord
The leaders or chief men of a city.
Where else “baale” appearsflee
To run off to get away from a danger or an enemy.
Where else “yanusu” appearsshut
To bolt a door, or leave someone shut in with no way out.
Where else “yisgru” appearsgo up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaalu” appearsroof, top
Roof, the flat top of a house; the top of something.
Where else “gag” appears50Abimelech went to Thebez, camped against Thebez, and captured it.
51 · This verse (above)
52Abimelech came to the tower and fought against it, and he approached the entrance of the tower to burn it with fire.
