Hebrew Interlinear
Judges 9:4 Interlinear
Word-by-word Hebrew interlinear analysis of Judges 9:4, showing the original Hebrew text with Strong's numbers, transliteration, and English translation for each word.
“And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baalberith hired wherewith Abimelech persons vain and light him”
Word-by-Word Analysis
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וַיִּתְּנוּ | H5414 | And they gave | to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) |
| 2 | לוֹ֙ | H0 | ||
| 3 | שִׁבְעִ֣ים | H7657 | him threescore and ten | seventy |
| 4 | כֶּ֔סֶף | H3701 | pieces of silver | silver (from its pale color); by implication, money |
| 5 | מִבֵּ֖ית | H1004 | out of the house | a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) |
| 6 | בַּ֣עַל | H0 | ||
| 7 | בְּרִ֑ית | H1170 | of Baalberith | baal-berith, a special deity of the shechemites |
| 8 | וַיִּשְׂכֹּ֨ר | H7936 | hired | to hire |
| 9 | בָּהֶ֜ם | H0 | ||
| 10 | אֲבִימֶ֗לֶךְ | H40 | wherewith Abimelech | abimelek, the name of two philistine kings and of two israelites |
| 11 | אֲנָשִׁ֤ים | H582 | persons | properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified h0120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively) |
| 12 | רֵיקִים֙ | H7386 | vain | empty; figuratively, worthless |
| 13 | וּפֹ֣חֲזִ֔ים | H6348 | and light | to bubble up or froth (as boiling water), i.e., (figuratively) to be unimportant |
| 14 | וַיֵּֽלְכ֖וּ | H1980 | to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively) | |
| 15 | אַֽחֲרָֽיו׃ | H310 | him | properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses) |
Verse Context
Judges 9:3spake He is our brother And his mother's of him in the ears ...
Judges 9:4 (current)And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baalberith hired wherewith Abimelech persons vain and light him
Judges 9:5And he went house unto his father's at Ophrah and slew ...