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Judges 9:1

Now Abimelech son of Jerubbaal went to his mother’s brothers at Shechem and said to them and to all the clan of his mother,
Judges 9:1
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Original language and places

Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Hebrew)

וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ אֲבִימֶ֤לֶךְ בֶּן־יְרֻבַּ֙עַל֙ שְׁכֶ֔מָה אֶל־אֲחֵ֖י אִמּ֑וֹ וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם וְאֶל־כָּל־מִשְׁפַּ֛חַת בֵּית־אֲבִ֥י אִמּ֖וֹ לֵאמֹֽר׃

  1. וַיֵּ֨לֶךְvai.Ye.lekh“and he went”
    Conjunction + Verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from הָלַךְ · “went” · Strong's H1980G
  2. אֲבִימֶ֤לֶךְ'a.vi.Me.lekh“Abimelech”
    Noun, proper name of a man · from אֲבִימֶ֫לֶךְ · “Abimelech” · Strong's H0040H
  3. בֶּן־ben-“[the] son of”
    Noun, masculine, singular, construct · from בֵּן · “child” · Strong's H1121A
  4. יְרֻבַּ֙עַל֙ye.ru.Ba.'al“Jerub-Baal”
    Noun, proper name of a man · from יְרֻבַּ֫עַל · “Jerubbaal” · Strong's H3378
  5. שְׁכֶ֔מָהshe.Khe.mah“Shechem towards”
    Noun, proper name of a place + Suffix, directional · from שְׁכֶם · “Shechem” · Strong's H7927G
  6. אֶל־'el-“to”
    Preposition · from אֶל · “to(wards)” · Strong's H0413
  7. אֲחֵ֖י'a.Chei“[the] brothers of”
    Noun, masculine, plural, construct · from אָח · “male-relative” · Strong's H0251H
  8. אִמּ֑וֹ'i.Mo“mother his”
    Noun, feminine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from אֵם · “mother” · Strong's H0517
  9. וַיְדַבֵּ֣רvay.da.Ber“and he spoke”
    Conjunction + Verb, piel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from דָבַר · “speak” · Strong's H1696G
  10. אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם'a.lei.Hem“to them”
    Preposition + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural · from אֶל · “to(wards)” · Strong's H0413
  11. וְאֶל־ve.'el-“and to”
    Conjunction + Preposition · from אֶל · “to(wards)” · Strong's H0413
  12. כָּל־kol-“all”
    Noun, masculine, singular, construct · from כֹּל · “all” · Strong's H3605
  13. מִשְׁפַּ֛חַתmish.Pa.chat“[the] clan of”
    Noun, feminine, singular, construct · from מִשְׁפָּחָה · “family” · Strong's H4940
  14. בֵּית־beit-“[the] house of”
    Noun, masculine, singular, construct · from בַּ֫יִת · “home” · Strong's H1004M
  15. אֲבִ֥י'a.Vi“[the] father of”
    Noun, masculine, singular, construct · from אָב · “father” · Strong's H0001G
  16. אִמּ֖וֹ'i.Mo“mother his”
    Noun, feminine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from אֵם · “mother” · Strong's H0517
  17. לֵאמֹֽר׃le.Mor“<to> saying”
    Preposition + Verb, qal, infinitive construct, common · from אָמַר · “to say” · Strong's H0559
Places named in this verse
  • Places: OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data, CC BY 4.0. Coordinates from OpenStreetMap (ODbL) are left out. Source (version 7eb18a5)
  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)