Judges 9:11
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
עֵץ
ʻêts
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
עָזַב
ʻâzab
to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
מֶתֶק
metheq
figuratively, pleasantness (of discourse)
טוֹב
ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good...
פְּרִי
pᵉrîy
fruit (literally or figuratively)
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
נוּעַ
nûwaʻ
to waver, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (as subjoined)
עֵץ
ʻêts
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
Key Terms in This Verse
נוּעַ nûwaʻ
to waver, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (as subjoined)
Study H5128 →טוֹב ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goo...
Study H2896 →יָלַךְ yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Study H3212 →Cross References
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