Judges 9:2
Old Testament • 19 words with Strong's data
"Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh."
Word-by-Word Analysis
דָבַר
dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
פָּלַל
pâlal
to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray
אֹזֶן
ʼôzen
broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
הֵן
hên
lo! also there(-fore), (un-) less, whether, but, if
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...
אוֹ
ʼôw
desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
יְרֻבַּעַל
Yᵉrubbaʻal
Jerubbaal, a symbolic name of Gideon
עֶשֶׂר
ʻeser
ten (as an accumulation to the extent of the digits)
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
מַלְכוּת
malkûwth
a rule; concretely, a dominion
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
מַלְכוּת
malkûwth
a rule; concretely, a dominion
זָכַר
zâkar
properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
עֶצֶם
ʻetsem
a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame
בָּשָׂר
bâsâr
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman
Key Terms in This Verse
עֶצֶם ʻetsem
a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame
Study H6106 →אוֹ ʼôw
desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if
Study H176 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →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 →זָכַר zâkar
properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
Study H2142 →Cross References
And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month.
And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives.
Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil...
Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.
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