Judges

Judges 9:8

⁸One day the trees set out

to anoint a king for themselves.

They said to the olive tree,

‘Reign over us.’

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
One day the trees	הָעֵצִ֔ים	hā·‘ê·ṣîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H6086 tree, trees, wood
set out	הָל֤וֹךְ	hā·lō·wḵ	Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute	H1980 go, come, walk
to anoint	לִמְשֹׁ֥חַ	lim·šō·aḥ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H4886 smear, anoint
a king	מֶ֑לֶךְ	me·leḵ	Noun - masculine singular	H4428 king
for themselves	עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם	‘ă·lê·hem	Preposition; third person masculine plural	H5921 height
They said	וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ	way·yō·mə·rū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H559 utter, say
to the olive tree	לַזַּ֖יִת	laz·za·yiṯ	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H2132 olive-tree, olive
Reign	מְלוֹכָה	mə·lō·ḵå̄h	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H4427 be or become king, or queen, reign
over us	עָלֵֽינוּ׃	‘ā·lê·nū	Preposition; first person common plural	H5921 height

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.