Hebrew Interlinear
Judges 9:4 Interlinear
“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 ...