Hebrew Interlinear
Judges 9:2 Interlinear
“Speak I pray you in the ears of all the men of Shechem Whether is better reign which are threescore and ten persons for you either that all the sons of Jerubbaal reign persons over you or that one over you remember also that I am your bone and your flesh ”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | דַּבְּרוּ | H1696 | Speak | perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue |
| 2 | נָ֞א | H4994 | 'i pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the imperative or future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction | |
| 3 | בְּאָזְנֵ֨י | H241 | I pray you in the ears | broadness. i.e., (concrete) the ear (from its form in man) |
| 4 | כָל | H3605 | properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | |
| 5 | בַּֽעֲלֵ֣י | H1167 | of all the men | a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense) |
| 6 | שְׁכֶם֮ | H7927 | of Shechem | shekem, a place in palestine |
| 7 | מַה | H4100 | properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and | |
| 8 | טּ֣וֹב | H2896 | Whether is better | good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good |
| 9 | לָכֶם֒ | H0 | ||
| 10 | מְשֹׁ֥ל | H4910 | reign | to rule |
| 11 | בָּכֶ֜ם | H0 | ||
| 12 | שִׁבְעִ֣ים | H7657 | which are threescore and ten | seventy |
| 13 | אִ֣ישׁ | H376 | persons | a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation) |
| 14 | כֹּ֚ל | H3605 | properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | |
| 15 | בְּנֵ֣י | H1121 | for you either that all the sons | a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or |
| 16 | יְרֻבַּ֔עַל | H3378 | of Jerubbaal | jerubbaal, a symbolic name of gideon |
| 17 | אִם | H518 | used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not | |
| 18 | מְשֹׁ֥ל | H4910 | reign | to rule |
| 19 | בָּכֶ֖ם | H0 | ||
| 20 | אִ֣ישׁ | H376 | persons | a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation) |
| 21 | אֶחָ֑ד | H259 | over you or that one | properly, united, i.e., one; or (as an ordinal) first |
| 22 | וּזְכַרְתֶּ֕ם | H2142 | over you remember | properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e., to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male |
| 23 | כִּֽי | H3588 | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | |
| 24 | עַצְמֵכֶ֥ם | H6106 | also that I am your bone | a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e., (as pron.) selfsame |
| 25 | וּבְשַׂרְכֶ֖ם | H1320 | and your flesh | flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man |
| 26 | אָֽנִי׃ | H589 | i |
Verse Context
Judges 9:1 And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal to Shechem ...
Judges 9:2 (current)Speak I pray you in the ears of all the men of Shechem Whether is better reign which are threescore and ten persons for you either that all the sons of Jerubbaal reign persons over you or that one over you remember also that I am your bone and your flesh
Judges 9:3spake He is our brother And his mother's of him in the ears ...