Judges

Judges 9:49

⁴⁹So each man also cut his own branch and followed Abimelech. Then they piled the branches against the inner chamber and set it on fire above them, killing everyone in the tower of Shechem, about a thousand men and women.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So each	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
man	אִ֣ישׁ	’îš	Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
also	גַם־	ḡam-	Conjunction	H1571 also, moreover, yea
cut	וַיִּכְרְת֨וּ	way·yiḵ·rə·ṯū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H3772 cut off, cut down
his own branch	שׂוֹכֹ֗ה	śō·w·ḵōh	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H7754 branch or brushwood
and followed	וַיֵּ֨לְכ֜וּ	way·yê·lə·ḵū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H1980 go, come, walk
Abimelech	אֲבִימֶ֙לֶךְ֙	’ă·ḇî·me·leḵ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H40 Abimelek
Then they piled	וַיָּשִׂ֣ימוּ	way·yā·śî·mū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7760 put, place, set
against	עַֽל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the inner chamber	הַצְּרִ֔יחַ	haṣ·ṣə·rî·aḥ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H6877 excavation, underground chamber
and set	וַיַּצִּ֧יתוּ	way·yaṣ·ṣî·ṯū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H3341 kindle, burn
on fire	בָּאֵ֑שׁ	bā·’êš	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - common singular	H784 fire
above them	עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם	‘ă·lê·hem	Preposition; third person masculine plural	H5921 height
killing	וַיָּמֻ֜תוּ	way·yā·mu·ṯū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H4191 die
everyone	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
in the tower	מִֽגְדַּל־	miḡ·dal-	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4026 tower
of Shechem	שְׁכֶ֛ם	šə·ḵem	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H7927 shoulder
about a thousand	כְּאֶ֖לֶף	kə·’e·lep̄	Preposition-k; Number - masculine singular construct	H505 thousand
men	אִ֥ישׁ	’îš	Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
and women	וְאִשָּֽׁה׃פ	wə·’iš·šāh	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular	H802 woman, wife, female

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.