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Judges 9:12

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But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?	Then said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, [and] reign over us.	And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Then said^H559 the trees^H6086 unto the vine^H1612, Come^H3212 thou, and reign^H4427 over us.

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Original Hebrew

וַיֹּאמְרוּ הָעֵצִים לַגָּפֶן לְכִי־אַתְּ [מָלֹוכִי כ] (מָלְכִי ק) עָלֵינוּ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יֹּאמְר֥וּ	va/i.yo.me.Ru	H559	HC/Vqw3mp	and/ they said
הָ/עֵצִ֖ים	ha./'e.Tzim	H6086	HTd/Ncmpa	the/ trees
לַ/גָּ֑פֶן	la./Ga.fen	H1612	HRd/Ncbsa	to the/ vine
לְכִי	le.khi-	H3212	HVqv2fs	come
אַ֖תְּ	'at	H859	HPp2fs	you
מלוכי	mâlak	H4427	HVqv2fs
עָלֵֽי/נוּ	'a.Lei./nu	H5921	HR/Sp1cp	over/ us

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H1612 — גֶּפֶן (gephen, gheh'-fen): from an unused root meaning to bend; a vine (as twining), especially the grape; vine, tree.
• H3212 — יָלַךְ (yâlak, yaw-lak'): a primitive root (compare הָלַךְ); to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses); [idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue, cause to run, spread, take away (-journey), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, [idiom] be weak.
• H4427 — מָלַךְ (mâlak, maw-lak'): a primitive root; to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel; consult, [idiom] indeed, be (make, set a, set up) king, be (make) queen, (begin to, make to) reign(-ing), rule, [idiom] surely.
• H6086 — עֵץ (ʻêts, ates): from עָצָה; a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks); [phrase] carpenter, gallows, helve, [phrase] pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H859 — אַתָּה (ʼattâh, at-taw'): or (shortened); אַתָּ; or אַת; feminine (irregular) sometimes אַתִּי; plural masculine אַתֶּם; feminine אַתֶּן; or אַתֵּנָהlemma אתֵּנָה missing vowel, corrected to אַתֵּנָה; or אַתֵּנָּה; a primitive pronoun of the second person; thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you; thee, thou, ye, you.
• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

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Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: HOME, SARCASM
• Nave’s: ALLEGORY, GRAPE, JOTHAM, JUDGE, PARABLES, SARCASM, VINE

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