Judges

Judges 9:37

37Then Gaal spoke up again, “Look, people are coming down from the center of the land,h and one company is coming by way of the Diviners’ Oak.i”

Footnotes

  • h 9:37 Literally the navel of the earth
  • i 9:37 Or the Diviners’ Terebinth or the diviners’ tree

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EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Then Gaalגַּעַל֮ga·‘alNoun - proper - masculine singularH1603 Gaal
spoke upלְדַבֵּר֒lə·ḏab·bêrPreposition-l; Verb - Piel - Infinitive constructH1696 speak
againוַיֹּ֨סֶףway·yō·sep̄Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularH3254 add
Lookהִנֵּה־hin·nêh-InterjectionH2009 lo! behold!
peopleעָם֙‘āmNoun - masculine singularH5971 people
are coming downיֽוֹרְדִ֔יםyō·wr·ḏîmVerb - Qal - Participle - masculine pluralH3381 come or go down, descend
fromמֵעִ֖םmê·‘imPreposition-mH5973 with
the centerטַבּ֣וּרṭab·būrNoun - masculine singular constructH2872 highest part, centre
of the landהָאָ֑רֶץhā·’ā·reṣArticle; Noun - feminine singularH776 earth, land
and oneאֶחָ֣ד’e·ḥāḏNumber - masculine singularH259 one
companyוְרֹאשׁ־wə·rōš-Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singularH7218 head
is comingבָּ֔אbāVerb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularH935 come in, come, go in, go
by way ofמִדֶּ֖רֶךְmid·de·reḵPreposition-m; Noun - common singular constructH1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner
the Diviners’מְעוֹנְנִֽים׃mə·‘ō·wn·nîmVerb - Piel - Participle - masculine pluralH6049 practice soothsaying
Oakאֵל֥וֹן’ê·lō·wnNoun - masculine singular constructH436 terebinth

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.