Hebrew Interlinear

Judges 9:51 Interlinear

of the tower But there was a strong within of the city and thither fled all the men and women and all they of the city and shut it to them and gat them up to the top of the tower

Word-by-Word Analysis

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1הַמִּגְדָּֽל׃H4026of the towera tower (from its size or height); by analogy, a rostrum; figuratively, a (pyramidal) bed of flowers
2עֹז֮H5797But there was a strongstrength in various applications (force, security, majesty, praise)
3הָיָ֣הH1961to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
4בְתוֹךְH8432withina bisection, i.e., (by implication) the center
5הָעִ֔ירH5892of the citya city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
6וַיָּנֻ֨סוּH5127and thither fledto flit, i.e., vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
7שָׁ֜מָּהH8033there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
8כָּלH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
9הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֣יםH582all the menproperly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified h0120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
10וְהַנָּשִׁ֗יםH802and womena woman
11וְכֹל֙H3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
12בַּֽעֲלֵ֣יH1167and all theya master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)
13הָעִ֔ירH5892of the citya city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
14וַֽיִּסְגְּר֖וּH5462and shutto shut up; figuratively, to surrender
15בַּֽעֲדָ֑םH1157in up to or over against; generally at, beside, among, behind, for, etc
16וַֽיַּעֲל֖וּH5927it to them and gat them upto ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
17עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
18גַּ֥גH1406to the topa roof; by analogy, the top of an altar
19הַמִּגְדָּֽל׃H4026of the towera tower (from its size or height); by analogy, a rostrum; figuratively, a (pyramidal) bed of flowers

Verse Context

Judges 9:50 Abimelech against Thebez and encamped against Thebez...
Judges 9:51 (current)of the tower But there was a strong within of the city and thither fled all the men and women and all they of the city and shut it to them and gat them up to the top of the tower
Judges 9:52came And Abimelech of the tower and fought ...

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