Judges
Judges 9:2
2“Please ask all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Is it better for you that seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you, or just one man?’ Remember that I am your own flesh and blood.”
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Please | נָ֞א | nā | Interjection | H4994 I (we) pray, now |
| ask | דַּבְּרוּ־ | dab·bə·rū- | Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural | H1696 speak |
| all | כָל־ | ḵāl | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| the leaders | בַּעֲלֵ֣י | ba·‘ă·lê | Noun - masculine plural construct | H1167 owner, lord |
| of Shechem | שְׁכֶם֮ | šə·ḵem | Noun - proper - feminine singular | H7927 shoulder |
| Is it better | טּ֣וֹב | ṭō·wḇ | Adjective - masculine singular | H2896 pleasant, agreeable, good |
| for you | לָכֶם֒ | lā·ḵem | Preposition; second person masculine plural | |
| that seventy | שִׁבְעִ֣ים | šiḇ·‘îm | Number - common plural | H7657 seventy |
| men | אִ֗ישׁ | ’îš | Noun - masculine singular | H376 man |
| all | כֹּ֚ל | kōl | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| the sons | בְּנֵ֣י | bə·nê | Noun - masculine plural construct | H1121 son |
| of Jerubbaal | יְרֻבַּ֔עַל | yə·rub·ba·‘al | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3378 Jerubbaal |
| rule | הַמְשֹׁ֨ל | ham·šōl | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H4910 rule, have dominion, reign |
| over you | בָּכֶ֜ם | bā·ḵem | Preposition; second person masculine plural | |
| or | אִם־ | ’im- | Conjunction | H518 if |
| just one | אֶחָ֑ד | ’e·ḥāḏ | Number - masculine singular | H259 one |
| man | אִ֣ישׁ | ’îš | Noun - masculine singular | H376 man |
| Remember | וּזְכַרְתֶּ֕ם | ū·zə·ḵar·tem | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural | H2142 remember |
| that | כִּֽי־ | kî- | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| I | אָנִֽי׃ | ʾå̄·nī | Pronoun - first person common singular | H589 I |
| am your own flesh | וּבְשַׂרְכֶ֖ם | ū·ḇə·śar·ḵem | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine plural | H1320 flesh |
| and blood | עַצְמֵכֶם | ʿaṣ·mē·ḵɛm | Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine plural | H6106 bone, substance, self |
Cross-references
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Genesis 29:14 · Judges 8:30 · Hebrews 2:14 · 1 Chronicles 11:1
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.