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Judges 9:11 — King James Version← Study notes

But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?


Judges 9:11Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Judges 9:1113 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/תֹּ֤אמֶרwatōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
לָ/הֶם֙lāhem
pron
הַ/תְּאֵנָ֔הhatəʾēnāh
figparticleH8384
הֶ/חֳדַ֨לְתִּי֙heḥŏdalətiy
ceaseparticleH2308
end · fall · forbear · forsake ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
מָתְקִ֔/יmātəqiy
sweetnessnounH4987
וְ/אֶתwəʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)conjH853
תְּנוּבָתִ֖/יtənwbātiy
fruitnounH8570
increase
הַ/טּוֹבָ֑הhaṭwōbāh
beautifulparticleH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
וְ/הָ֣לַכְתִּ֔יwəhālakətiy
alongconjH1980
apace · behave · come · continually ···
לָ/נ֖וּעַlānwʿa
continuallypronH5128
fugitive · make · to up and down · be gone away ···
עַלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
הָ/עֵצִֽיםhāʿēṣiym
gallowsparticleH6086
carpenter · helve · pine · plank ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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