Judges 9:7 — King James Version← Study notes

“And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.”

Judges 9:7 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Judges 9:719 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יַּגִּ֣דוּwayagidw

and people toldconjH5046

certainly · certify · declare · denounce ···

לְ/יוֹתָ֗םləywōtām

to JothampronH3147

וַ/יֵּ֨לֶךְ֙wayēlekə

awayconjH3212

again · bear · bring · carry ···

וַֽ/יַּעֲמֹד֙wayaʿămōd

and he stoodconjH5975

appoint · arise · cease · confirm ···

בְּ/רֹ֣אשׁbərōʾš

on the top ofpronH7218

beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···

הַרhar

the mountain ofnounH2022

mount · promotion

גְּרִזִ֔יםgəriziym

GerizimnounH1630

וַ/יִּשָּׂ֥אwayiśāʾ

and he lifted upconjH5375

advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···

קוֹל֖/וֹqwōlwō

voice hisnounH6963

aloud · crackling · cry · fame ···

וַ/יִּקְרָ֑אwayiqərāʾ

and he called outconjH7121

that are bidden · call (for · forth · self ···

וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶרwayōʾmer

and he saidconjH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

לָ/הֶ֗םlāhem

pron

שִׁמְע֤וּšiməʿw

listenverbH8085

attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···

אֵלַ/י֙ʾēlay

to mepronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

בַּעֲלֵ֣יbaʿălēy

O citizens ofnounH1167

archer · babbler · bird · chief man ···

שְׁכֶ֔םšəkem

ShechemnounH7927

וְ/יִשְׁמַ֥עwəyišəmaʿ

so he may listenconjH8085

attentively · carefully · certainly · consent ···

אֲלֵי/כֶ֖םʾălēykem

to youpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

אֱלֹהִֽיםʾĕlōhiym

GodnounH430

exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···

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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