Study it in the app“When they told it to Jotham, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim, lifted up his voice, called out, and said to them, “Listen to me, lords of Shechem, so that Elohim may listen to you.”
When they told itוַיַּגִּדוּto Jotham,לְיוֹתָםhe wentוַיֵּלֶךְand stoodוַיַּעֲמֹדon the topבְּרֹאשׁof MountהַרGerizim,גְּרִזִיםlifted upוַיִּשָּׂאhis voice,קוֹלוֹcalled out,וַיִּקְרָאand said to them,וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם“Listenשִׁמְעוּto me,אֵלַיlordsבַּעֲלֵיof Shechem,שְׁכֶםso that Elohimוְ אֱלֹהִיםmay listenיִשְׁמַעto you.אֲלֵיכֶם
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yagidu” appearsJotham
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” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appearsstand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “yaamod” appearstop
Literally "the head": the highest part, as of a mountain.
Where else “rosh” appearsmountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appearsGerizim
Gerizim, a mountain in the center of Canaan, facing Ebal.
Where else “gerizim” appearslift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “yisa” appearsvoice
What is heard when someone speaks or sings; also the voice of God.
Where else “kol” appearscry out
To shout to YHWH for help, call on his name.
Where else “yikra” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearslisten
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shimu” appearslord
The leaders or chief men of a city.
Where else “baale” appearsShechem
See it on the mapWhere else “shechem” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearsShechem
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).
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.
7 · This verse (above)
8The trees went out to anoint over themselves a king, and they said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us.’
