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So Elohimוַ אֱלֹהִיםbrought backיָּשֶׁבthe evilאֵת רָעַתof Abimelechאֲבִימֶלֶךְthatאֲשֶׁרhe had doneעָשָׂהto his fatherלְאָבִיוin killingלַהֲרֹגhis seventyאֶת שִׁבְעִיםbrothers;אֶחָיו
Judges 9:56
Study it in the app“So Elohim brought back the evil of Abimelech that he had done to his father in killing his seventy brothers;”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 9:56, word by word
- So Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- brought backיָּשֶׁבyashev
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “yashev” appears- the evilרָעַתraat
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raat” appears- of 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- he had doneעָשָׂהasa
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asa” appears- to his fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- in killingהֲרֹגharog
kill
Kill, slay.
Where else “harog” appears- his seventyשִׁבְעִיםshivim
seventy
Seventy.
Where else “shivim” appears- brothersאֶחָיechay
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “echay” appears
The context
55The men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, and they went each to his place.
56 · This verse (above)
57and all the evil of the men of Shechem Elohim brought back on their heads, and there came upon them the curse of Jotham son of Jerubbaal.