Judges

Judges 8:29–32

²⁹and he — Jerubbaal^d son of Joash — returned home and settled down.

³⁰Gideon had seventy sons of his own,^e since he had many wives. ³¹His concubine, who dwelt in Shechem, also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.

³²Later, Gideon son of Joash died at a ripe old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

Footnotes

d 8:29 Jerubbaal is another name for Gideon and probably means let Baal contend; also in verse 35; see Judges 6:32|JDG 6:32.
e 8:30 Hebrew who came from his own loins

Read all of Judges 8

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

Judges 8:29

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
and he	יְרֻבַּ֥עַל	yə·rub·ba·‘al	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3378 Jerubbaal
Jerubbaal	יְרֻבַּ֥עַל	yə·rub·ba·‘al	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3378 Jerubbaal
son	בֶּן־	ben-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1121 son
of Joash	יוֹאָ֖שׁ	yō·w·’āš	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3101 Joash
returned	וַיֵּ֛לֶךְ	way·yê·leḵ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1980 go, come, walk
home	בְּבֵיתֽוֹ׃	bə·ḇê·ṯōw	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H1004 house
and settled down	וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב	way·yê·šeḇ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3427 sit, remain, dwell

Judges 8:30

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Gideon	וּלְגִדְע֗וֹן	ū·lə·ḡiḏ·‘ō·wn	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1439 Gidon
had	הָיוּ֙	hā·yū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
seventy	שִׁבְעִ֣ים	šiḇ·‘îm	Number - common plural	H7657 seventy
sons	בָּנִ֔ים	bā·nîm	Noun - masculine plural	H1121 son
of his own	יֹצְאֵ֖י	yō·ṣə·’ê	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct	H3318 go or come out
since	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
he had	הָ֥יוּ	hā·yū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
many	רַבּ֖וֹת	rab·bō·wṯ	Adjective - feminine plural	H7227 much, many, great
wives	נָשִׁ֥ים	nā·šîm	Noun - feminine plural	H802 woman, wife, female

Judges 8:31

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
His concubine	וּפִֽילַגְשׁוֹ֙	ū·p̄î·laḡ·šōw	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H6370 concubine
who	אֲשֶׁ֣ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
in Shechem	בִּשְׁכֶ֔ם	biš·ḵem	Preposition-b; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H7927 shoulder
also	גַם־	ḡam-	Conjunction	H1571 also, moreover, yea
bore	יָֽלְדָה־	yā·lə·ḏāh-	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H3205 bear, bring forth, beget
him	לּ֥וֹ	lōw	Preposition; third person masculine singular	H8034 name
a son	בֵּ֑ן	bên	Noun - masculine singular
and he named	וַיָּ֥שֶׂם	way·yā·śem	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
him	שְׁמ֖וֹ	šə·mōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular
Abimelech	אֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ׃	’ă·ḇî·me·leḵ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H40 Abimelek

Judges 8:32

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Later	גִּדְע֥וֹן	giḏ·‘ō·wn	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1439 Gidon
Gideon	גִּדְע֥וֹן	giḏ·‘ō·wn	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1439 Gidon
son	בֶּן־	ben-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1121 son
of Joash	יוֹאָ֖שׁ	yō·w·’āš	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3101 Joash
died	וַיָּ֛מָת	way·yā·māṯ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H4191 die
at a ripe	טוֹבָ֑ה	ṭō·w·ḇāh	Adjective - feminine singular	H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good
old age	בְּשֵׂיבָ֣ה	bə·śê·ḇāh	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular	H7872 hoary head, old age
and was buried	וַיִּקָּבֵ֗ר	way·yiq·qā·ḇêr	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6912 bury
in the tomb	בְּקֶ֙בֶר֙	bə·qe·ḇer	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H6913 grave, sepulchre
of his father	אָבִ֔יו	’ā·ḇîw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H1 father
Joash	יוֹאָ֣שׁ	yō·w·’āš	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3101 Joash
in Ophrah	בְּעָפְרָ֖ה	bə·‘ā·p̄ə·rāh	Preposition-b; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H6084 perhaps modern
of the Abiezrites	הָֽעֶזְרִֽי׃פ	hā·‘ez·rî	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H33 Abiezrite

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Judges 8:29 1 Samuel 12:11 · Judges 7:1 · Judges 6:32

Judges 8:30 Judges 9:2 · Judges 9:5 · 1 Kings 11:3 · Deuteronomy 17:17

Judges 8:32 Genesis 25:8 · Job 42:17 · Job 5:26 · Genesis 15:15 · Judges 6:24

Cross-references from OpenBible.info, used under CC BY 4.0. The best-supported references for each verse are shown.

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.