Judges

Judges 9:31

³¹So he covertly sent messengers to Abimelech^f to say, “Look, Gaal son of Ebed and his brothers have come to Shechem and are stirring up^g the city against you.

Footnotes

f 9:31 Or he sent messengers to Abimelech in Arumah; see verse 41.
g 9:31 Or besieging or closing up

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So he covertly sent	וַיִּשְׁלַ֧ח	way·yiš·laḥ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7971 send
messengers	מַלְאָכִ֛ים	mal·’ā·ḵîm	Noun - masculine plural	H4397 messenger
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
Abimelech	אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ	’ă·ḇî·me·leḵ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H40 Abimelek
to say	לֵאמֹ֑ר	lê·mōr	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H559 utter, say
Look	הִנֵּה֩	hin·nêh	Interjection	H2009 lo! behold!
Gaal	גַ֨עַל	ḡa·‘al	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1603 Gaal
son	בֶּן־	ben-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H1121 son
of Ebed	עֶ֤בֶד	‘e·ḇeḏ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H5651 Ebed
and his brothers	וְאֶחָיו֙	wə·’e·ḥāw	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H251 brother
have come	בָּאִ֣ים	bā·’îm	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H935 come in, come, go in, go
to Shechem	שְׁכֶ֔מָה	šə·ḵe·māh	Noun - proper - feminine singular; third person feminine singular	H7927 shoulder
and are stirring up	צָרִ֥ים	ṣā·rîm	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H6696 confine, bind, besiege
the city	הָעִ֖יר	hā·‘îr	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H5892 excitement
against you	עָלֶֽיךָ׃	‘ā·le·ḵā	Preposition; second person masculine singular	H5921 height

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.