Category Archives: Judges

וַיָּסִ֜ירוּ אֶת־אֱלֹהֵ֤י הַנֵּכָר֙ מִקִּרְבָּ֔ם וַיַּעַבְד֖וּ אֶת־יְהוָ֑ה וַתִּקְצַ֥ר נַפְשֹׁ֖ו בַּעֲמַ֥ל יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ פ And they removed the foreign gods from their midst and served YHWH, and His soul was grieved with the misery of Yisra’el.   Morphology וַיָּסִ֜ירוּ (vayyasiru) – Root: סור … Continue reading →

וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל אֶל־יְהוָה֙ חָטָ֔אנוּ עֲשֵׂה־אַתָּ֣ה לָ֔נוּ כְּכָל־הַטֹּ֖וב בְּעֵינֶ֑יךָ אַ֛ךְ הַצִּילֵ֥נוּ נָ֖א הַיֹּ֥ום הַזֶּֽה׃ And the children of Yisra’el said to YHWH, “We have sinned; do to us whatever is good in Your eyes. Only deliver us, please, this day.”   … Continue reading →

לְכ֗וּ וְזַֽעֲקוּ֙ אֶל־הָ֣אֱלֹהִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּחַרְתֶּ֖ם בָּ֑ם הֵ֛מָּה יֹושִׁ֥יעוּ לָכֶ֖ם בְּעֵ֥ת צָרַתְכֶֽם׃ Go and cry out to the gods whom you have chosen; let them save you in the time of your distress.”   Morphology לְכ֗וּ (leku) – Root: הלך (halakh); … Continue reading →

וְאַתֶּם֙ עֲזַבְתֶּ֣ם אֹותִ֔י וַתַּעַבְד֖וּ אֱלֹהִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֑ים לָכֵ֥ן לֹֽא־אֹוסִ֖יף לְהֹושִׁ֥יעַ אֶתְכֶֽם׃ But you have abandoned Me and served other gods; therefore, I will no longer save you.   Morphology וְאַתֶּם֙ (ve-atem) – Root: אתם (atem); Form: Independent personal pronoun, 2nd person … Continue reading →

וְצִידֹונִ֤ים וַֽעֲמָלֵק֙ וּמָעֹ֔ון לָחֲצ֖וּ אֶתְכֶ֑ם וַתִּצְעֲק֣וּ אֵלַ֔י וָאֹושִׁ֥יעָה אֶתְכֶ֖ם מִיָּדָֽם׃ And the Tsidonim, and ʿAmaleq, and Maʿon oppressed you, and you cried out to Me, and I saved you from their hand.   Morphology וְצִידֹונִ֤ים (ve-Tsidonim) – Root: צידון (Tsidon); … Continue reading →

וַ֥יֹּאמֶר יְהוָ֖ה אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל הֲלֹ֤א מִמִּצְרַ֨יִם֙ וּמִן־הָ֣אֱמֹרִ֔י וּמִן־בְּנֵ֥י עַמֹּ֖ון וּמִן־פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃ And YHWH said to the sons of Yisraʾel, “Did I not [save you] from Mitsrayim, and from the Emori, and from the sons of ʿAmmon, and from the Pelishtim?   … Continue reading →

וַֽיִּזְעֲקוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֶל־יְהוָ֖ה לֵאמֹ֑ר חָטָ֣אנוּ לָ֔ךְ וְכִ֤י עָזַ֨בְנוּ֙ אֶת־אֱלֹהֵ֔ינוּ וַֽנַּעֲבֹ֖ד אֶת־הַבְּעָלִֽים׃ פ And the sons of Yisraʾel cried out to YHWH, saying, “We have sinned against You, for we have forsaken our God and have served the Baʿalim.”   … Continue reading →

וַיַּעַבְר֤וּ בְנֵֽי־עַמֹּון֙ אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן לְהִלָּחֵ֛ם גַּם־בִּיהוּדָ֥ה וּבְבִנְיָמִ֖ין וּבְבֵ֣ית אֶפְרָ֑יִם וַתֵּ֥צֶר לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מְאֹֽד׃ And the sons of ʿAmmon crossed the Yarden to fight also against Yehuda and against Binyamin and against the house of Efrayim, and it distressed Yisraʾel greatly.   Morphology … Continue reading →

וַֽיִּרְעֲצ֤וּ וַיְרֹֽצְצוּ֙ אֶת־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בַּשָּׁנָ֖ה הַהִ֑יא שְׁמֹנֶ֨ה עֶשְׂרֵ֜ה שָׁנָ֗ה אֶֽת־כָּל־בְּנֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֲשֶׁר֙ בְּעֵ֣בֶר הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן בְּאֶ֥רֶץ הָאֱמֹרִ֖י אֲשֶׁ֥ר בַּגִּלְעָֽד׃ And they oppressed and crushed the sons of Yisraʾel in that year, eighteen years, all the sons of Yisraʾel who were beyond … Continue reading →

וַיִּֽחַר־אַ֥ף יְהוָ֖ה בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַֽיִּמְכְּרֵם֙ בְּיַד־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים וּבְיַ֖ד בְּנֵ֥י עַמֹּֽון׃ And the anger of YHWH burned against Yisraʾel, and He gave them into the hand of the Pelishtim and into the hand of the sons of ʿAmmon.   Morphology וַיִּֽחַר־אַ֥ף (vayyiḥar-af) – … Continue reading →

וַיֹּסִ֣פוּ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל לַעֲשֹׂ֣ות הָרַע֮ בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָה֒ וַיַּעַבְד֣וּ אֶת־הַבְּעָלִ֣ים וְאֶת־הָעַשְׁתָּרֹ֡ות וְאֶת־אֱלֹהֵ֣י אֲרָם֩ וְאֶת־אֱלֹהֵ֨י צִידֹ֜ון וְאֵ֣ת אֱלֹהֵ֣י מֹואָ֗ב וְאֵת֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י בְנֵי־עַמֹּ֔ון וְאֵ֖ת אֱלֹהֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֑ים וַיַּעַזְב֥וּ אֶת־יְהוָ֖ה וְלֹ֥א עֲבָדֽוּהוּ׃ And the sons of Yisraʾel again did evil in the eyes of YHWH, … Continue reading →

וַיָּ֣מָת יָאִ֔יר וַיִּקָּבֵ֖ר בְּקָמֹֽון׃ פ And Yaʾir died, and he was buried in Qamon.   Morphology וַיָּ֣מָת (vayyamat) – Root: מות (mut); Form: Qal wayyiqtol 3rd person masculine singular; Translation: “And he died”; Notes: Indicates past action. יָאִ֔יר (Yaʾir) – … Continue reading →

וַֽיְהִי־לֹ֞ו שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים בָּנִ֗ים רֹֽכְבִים֙ עַל־שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים עֲיָרִ֔ים וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים עֲיָרִ֖ים לָהֶ֑ם לָהֶ֞ם יִקְרְא֣וּ חַוֹּ֣ת יָאִ֗יר עַ֚ד הַיֹּ֣ום הַזֶּ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּאֶ֥רֶץ הַגִּלְעָֽד׃ And he had thirty sons, riding on thirty donkeys, and they had thirty cities, which are called Ḥavvot Yaʾir to this … Continue reading →

וַיָּ֣קָם אַחֲרָ֔יו יָאִ֖יר הַגִּלְעָדִ֑י וַיִּשְׁפֹּט֙ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וּשְׁתַּ֖יִם שָׁנָֽה׃ And after him arose Yaʾir the Gileʿadi, and he judged Yisraʾel twenty-two years.   Morphology וַיָּ֣קָם (vayyaqam) – Root: קום (qum); Form: Qal wayyiqtol 3rd person masculine singular; Translation: “And he … Continue reading →

וַיִּשְׁפֹּט֙ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וְשָׁלֹ֖שׁ שָׁנָ֑ה וַיָּ֖מָת וַיִּקָּבֵ֥ר בְּשָׁמִֽיר׃ פ And he judged Yisraʾel twenty-three years, and he died and was buried in Shamir.   Morphology וַיִּשְׁפֹּט֙ (vayyishpot) – Root: שפט (shafat); Form: Qal wayyiqtol 3rd person masculine singular; Translation: “And … Continue reading →

וַיָּקָם֩ אַחֲרֵ֨י אֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְ לְהֹושִׁ֣יעַ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל תֹּולָ֧ע בֶּן־פּוּאָ֛ה בֶּן־דֹּודֹ֖ו אִ֣ישׁ יִשָּׂשֶׂכָ֑ר וְהֽוּא־יֹשֵׁ֥ב בְּשָׁמִ֖יר בְּהַ֥ר אֶפְרָֽיִם׃ And after Avimelekh arose to save Yisraʾel, Tolaʿ son of Puʾa, son of Dodo, a man of Yissasḵar, and he dwelt in Shamir in the hill … Continue reading →

וְאֵ֗ת כָּל־רָעַת֙ אַנְשֵׁ֣י שְׁכֶ֔ם הֵשִׁ֥יב אֱלֹהִ֖ים בְּרֹאשָׁ֑ם וַתָּבֹ֣א אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם קִֽלֲלַ֖ת יֹותָ֥ם בֶּן־יְרֻבָּֽעַל׃ פ And all the evil of the men of Shekhem God brought back upon their heads, and came upon them the curse of Yotam son of Yerubbaʿal.   … Continue reading →

וַיָּ֣שֶׁב אֱלֹהִ֔ים אֵ֖ת רָעַ֣ת אֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֤ר עָשָׂה֙ לְאָבִ֔יו לַהֲרֹ֖ג אֶת־שִׁבְעִ֥ים אֶחָֽיו׃ And God repaid the evil of Avimelekh, which he had done to his father, to kill his seventy brothers.   Morphology וַיָּ֣שֶׁב (vayyāshev) – Root: שׁוב (shuv); Form: Hiphil … Continue reading →

וַיִּרְא֥וּ אִֽישׁ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל כִּ֣י מֵ֣ת אֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ אִ֥ישׁ לִמְקֹמֹֽו׃ And the men of Yisraʾel saw that Avimelekh was dead, and each man went to his place.   Morphology וַיִּרְא֥וּ (vayyirʾu) – Root: ראה (raʾah); Form: Qal wayyiqtol 3rd person masculine plural; … Continue reading →

וַיִּקְרָ֨א מְהֵרָ֜ה אֶל־הַנַּ֣עַר נֹשֵׂ֣א כֵלָ֗יו וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לֹו֙ שְׁלֹ֤ף חַרְבְּךָ֙ וּמֹ֣ותְתֵ֔נִי פֶּן־יֹ֥אמְרוּ לִ֖י אִשָּׁ֣ה הֲרָגָ֑תְהוּ וַיִּדְקְרֵ֥הוּ נַעֲרֹ֖ו וַיָּמֹֽת׃ And he quickly called to the young man who carried his weapons and said to him, “Draw your sword and kill me, lest … Continue reading →

וַתַּשְׁלֵ֞ךְ אִשָּׁ֥ה אַחַ֛ת פֶּ֥לַח רֶ֖כֶב עַל־רֹ֣אשׁ אֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ וַתָּ֖רִץ אֶת־גֻּלְגָּלְתֹּֽו׃ And a certain woman threw a millstone upon the head of Avimelekh and crushed his skull.   Morphology וַתַּשְׁלֵ֞ךְ (vattashlekh) – Root: שלך (shalakh); Form: Hifil wayyiqtol 3rd person feminine singular; … Continue reading →

וַיָּבֹ֤א אֲבִימֶ֨לֶךְ֙ עַד־הַמִּגְדָּ֔ל וַיִּלָּ֖חֶם בֹּ֑ו וַיִּגַּ֛שׁ עַד־פֶּ֥תַח הַמִּגְדָּ֖ל לְשָׂרְפֹ֥ו בָאֵֽשׁ׃ And Avimelekh came up to the tower and fought against it, and he drew near to the entrance of the tower to burn it with fire.   Morphology וַיָּבֹ֤א (vayyavo) … Continue reading →

וּמִגְדַּל־עֹז֮ הָיָ֣ה בְתֹוךְ־הָעִיר֒ וַיָּנֻ֨סוּ שָׁ֜מָּה כָּל־הָאֲנָשִׁ֣ים וְהַנָּשִׁ֗ים וְכֹל֙ בַּעֲלֵ֣י הָעִ֔יר וַֽיִּסְגְּר֖וּ בַּעֲדָ֑ם וַֽיַּעֲל֖וּ עַל־גַּ֥ג הַמִּגְדָּֽל׃ And a strong tower was in the middle of the city, and all the men and the women and all the lords of the city … Continue reading →

וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ אֶל־תֵּבֵ֑ץ וַיִּ֥חַן בְּתֵבֵ֖ץ וַֽיִּלְכְּדָֽהּ׃ And Avimelekh went to Tevetz, and he encamped against Tevetz and captured it.   Morphology וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ (vayyelekh) – Root: הלך (halakh); Form: Qal wayyiqtol 3rd person masculine singular; Translation: “And he went”; Notes: Describes … Continue reading →

וַיִּכְרְת֨וּ גַם־כָּל־הָעָ֜ם אִ֣ישׁ שֹׂוכֹ֗ה וַיֵּ֨לְכ֜וּ אַחֲרֵ֤י אֲבִימֶ֨לֶךְ֙ וַיָּשִׂ֣ימוּ עַֽל־הַצְּרִ֔יחַ וַיַּצִּ֧יתוּ עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם אֶֽת־הַצְּרִ֖יחַ בָּאֵ֑שׁ וַיָּמֻ֜תוּ גַּ֣ם כָּל־אַנְשֵׁ֧י מִֽגְדַּל־שְׁכֶ֛ם כְּאֶ֖לֶף אִ֥ישׁ וְאִשָּֽׁה׃ פ And all the people also cut down each a branch, and they followed after Avimelekh, and they placed them … Continue reading →

וַיַּ֨עַל אֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְ הַר־צַלְמֹ֗ון הוּא֮ וְכָל־הָעָ֣ם אֲשֶׁר־אִתֹּו֒ וַיִּקַּח֩ אֲבִימֶ֨לֶךְ אֶת־הַקַּרְדֻּמֹּ֜ות בְּיָדֹ֗ו וַיִּכְרֹת֙ שֹׂוכַ֣ת עֵצִ֔ים וַיִּ֨שָּׂאֶ֔הָ וַיָּ֖שֶׂם עַל־שִׁכְמֹ֑ו וַיֹּ֜אמֶר אֶל־הָעָ֣ם אֲשֶׁר־עִמֹּ֗ו מָ֤ה רְאִיתֶם֙ עָשִׂ֔יתִי מַהֲר֖וּ עֲשׂ֥וּ כָמֹֽונִי׃ And Avimelekh went up to Mount Tsalmon, he and all the people who were with … Continue reading →

וַיֻּגַּ֖ד לַאֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ כִּ֣י הִֽתְקַבְּצ֔וּ כָּֽל־בַּעֲלֵ֖י מִֽגְדַּל־שְׁכֶֽם׃ And it was told to Avimelekh that all the lords of the Tower of Shekhem had gathered together.   Morphology וַיֻּגַּ֖ד (vayyuggad) – Root: נגד (nagad); Form: Hofal wayyiqtol 3rd person masculine singular; Translation: … Continue reading →

וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֔וּ כָּֽל־בַּעֲלֵ֖י מִֽגְדַּל־שְׁכֶ֑ם וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ אֶל־צְרִ֔יחַ בֵּ֖ית אֵ֥ל בְּרִֽית׃ And all the lords of Migdal-Shekhem heard, and they went into the stronghold of the house of El-berith.   Morphology וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֔וּ (vayishməʿu) – Root: שמע (shamaʿ); Form: Qal wayyiqtol 3rd person masculine … Continue reading →

וַאֲבִימֶ֜לֶךְ נִלְחָ֣ם בָּעִ֗יר כֹּ֚ל הַיֹּ֣ום הַה֔וּא וַיִּלְכֹּד֙ אֶת־הָעִ֔יר וְאֶת־הָעָ֥ם אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֖הּ הָרָ֑ג וַיִּתֹּץ֙ אֶת־הָעִ֔יר וַיִּזְרָעֶ֖הָ מֶֽלַח׃ פ And Avimelekh fought against the city that whole day, and he captured the city and killed the people who were in it, and he … Continue reading →

וַאֲבִימֶ֗לֶךְ וְהָרָאשִׁים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עִמֹּ֔ו פָּשְׁט֕וּ וַיַּ֣עַמְד֔וּ פֶּ֖תַח שַׁ֣עַר הָעִ֑יר וּשְׁנֵ֣י הָֽרָאשִׁ֗ים פָּֽשְׁט֛וּ עַֽל־כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֥ר בַּשָּׂדֶ֖ה וַיַּכּֽוּם׃ And Avimelekh and the companies that were with him advanced and stood at the entrance of the city gate, while the two other companies attacked … Continue reading →