Judges

Judges 9:45

⁴⁵And all that day Abimelech fought against the city until he had captured it and killed its people. Then he demolished the city and sowed it with salt.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And all	כֹּ֚ל	kōl	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
that	הַה֔וּא	ha·hū	Article; Pronoun - third person masculine singular	H1931 he, she
day	הַיּ֣וֹם	hay·yō·wm	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3117 day
Abimelech	וַאֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְ	wa·’ă·ḇî·me·leḵ	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H40 Abimelek
fought	נִלְחָ֣ם	nil·ḥām	Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular	H3898 fight, do battle
against the city	בָּעִ֗יר	bā·‘îr	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H5892 excitement
until he had captured it	וַיִּלְכֹּד֙	way·yil·kōḏ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3920 capture, seize, take (by lot)
and killed	הָרָ֑ג	hā·rāḡ	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H2026 kill, slay
its people	הָעָ֥ם	hā·‘ām	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5971 people
Then he demolished	וַיִּתֹּץ֙	way·yit·tōṣ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5422 pull down, break down
the city	הָעִ֔יר	hā·‘îr	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H5892 excitement
and sowed	וַיִּזְרָעֶ֖הָ	way·yiz·rā·‘e·hā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H2232 sow, scatter seed
it with salt	מֶֽלַח׃פ	me·laḥ	Noun - masculine singular	H4417 salt

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