Judges 9:3 — King James Version← Study notes

“And his mother’s brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother.”

Judges 9:3 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Judges 9:320 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יְדַבְּר֨וּwayədabərw

answerconjH1696

appoint · bid · command · commune ···

אֲחֵֽיʾăḥēy

brothernounH251

brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'

אִמּ֜/וֹʾimwō

damnounH517

mother · parting

עָלָ֗י/וʿālāyw

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

בְּ/אָזְנֵי֙bəʾāzənēy

audiencepronH241

advertise · displease · ear · hearing ···

כָּלkāl

all (mannernounH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

בַּעֲלֵ֣יbaʿălēy

captainnounH1167

archer · babbler · bird · chief man ···

שְׁכֶ֔םšəkem

ShechemnounH7927

אֵ֥תʾēt

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

כָּלkāl

all (mannernounH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

הַ/דְּבָרִ֖יםhadəbāriym

wordparticleH1697

advice · affair · answer · any such ···

הָ/אֵ֑לֶּהhāʾēleh

an- other; one sortparticleH428

so · some · such · them ···

וַ/יֵּ֤טwayēṭ

applyconjH5186

afternoon · bow (down · -ing) · carry aside ···

לִבָּ/ם֙libām

heartnounH3820

care for · consent · considered · courag ···

אַחֲרֵ֣יʾaḥărēy

after (thatpronH310

-ward) · again · at · away from ···

אֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְʾăbiymelekə

AbimelechnounH40

כִּ֥יkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

אָמְר֖וּʾāmərw

answerverbH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

אָחִ֥י/נוּʾāḥiynw

brothernounH251

brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'

הֽוּאhwʾ

heprepH1931

as for her · him · it · the same ···

ℹWords 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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