and allוְאֵת כָּלthe evilרָעַתof the menאַנְשֵׁיof ShechemשְׁכֶםElohimאֱלֹהִיםbrought backהֵשִׁיבon their heads,בְּרֹאשָׁםand there cameוַתָּבֹאupon themאֲלֵיהֶםthe curseקִלֲלַתof Jothamיוֹתָםsonבֶּןof Jerubbaal.יְרֻבָּעַל
Judges 9:57
Study it in the app“and 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 9:57, word by word
- the evilרָעַתraat
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raat” appears- of the menאַנְשֵׁיanshe
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anshe” appears- of Shechemשְׁכֶםshechem
Shechem
See it on the mapWhere else “shechem” appears- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- brought backהֵשִׁיבheshiv
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “heshiv” appears- on their headsרֹאשָׁrosha
head
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rosha” appears- and there cameתָּבֹאtavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “tavo” appears- the curseקִלֲלַתkilalat
curse
Curse: words calling down evil on someone; the opposite of a blessing.
Where else “kilalat” appears- of 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- sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Jerubbaalיְרֻבָּעַלyerubaal
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
Places in this verse
Shechem
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).
The context
56So Elohim brought back the evil of Abimelech that he had done to his father in killing his seventy brothers;
57 · This verse (above)