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Judges 9:8
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And when they told [it] to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.
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The trees went forth [on a time] to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us.
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But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
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Verse Text
KJV with Strong's Numbers
The treesH6086 went forthH1980 H1980 on a time to anointH4886 a kingH4428 over them; and they saidH559 unto the olive treeH2132, ReignH4427 thou over us.
Original Hebrew
הָלֹוךְ הָלְכוּ הָעֵצִים לִמְשֹׁחַ עֲלֵיהֶם מֶלֶךְ וַיֹּאמְרוּ לַזַּיִת [מְלֹוכָה כ] (מָלְכָה ק) עָלֵינוּ׃
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Morphology | Gloss |
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הָל֤וֹךְ |
ha.Lokh | H1980 | HVqa | certainly (to go) |
הָֽלְכוּ֙ |
ha.le.Khu | H1980 | HVqp3cp | they went |
הָ/עֵצִ֔ים |
ha./'e.Tzim | H6086 | HTd/Ncmpa | the/ trees |
לִ/מְשֹׁ֥חַ |
li/m.Sho.ach | H4886 | HR/Vqc | to/ anoint |
עֲלֵי/הֶ֖ם |
'a.lei./Hem | H5921 | HR/Sp3mp | over/ them |
מֶ֑לֶךְ |
Me.lekh | H4428 | HNcmsa | a king |
וַ/יֹּאמְר֥וּ |
va/i.yo.me.Ru | H559 | HC/Vqw3mp | and/ they said |
לַ/זַּ֖יִת |
la./Za.yit | H2132 | HRd/Ncmsa | to the/ olive tree |
מלוכ/ה |
mâlak | H4427 | HVqv2ms/Sh | |
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.
- H1980 — הָלַךְ (hâlak, haw-lak'): akin to יָלַךְ; a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively); (all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, [phrase] be eased, enter, exercise (self), [phrase] follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), [phrase] greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, [idiom] more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), [phrase] send, speedily, spread, still, surely, [phrase] tale-bearer, [phrase] travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-) faring man, [idiom] be weak, whirl.
- H2132 — זַיִת (zayith, zay'-yith): probably from an unused root (akin to זִו); an olive (as yielding illuminating oil), the tree, the branch or the berry; olive (tree, -yard), Olivet.
- 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.
- H4428 — מֶלֶךְ (melek, meh'-lek): from מָלַךְ; a king; king, royal.
- H4886 — מָשַׁח (mâshach, maw-shakh'): a primitive root; to rub with oil, i.e. to anoint; by implication, to consecrate; also to paint; anoint, paint.
- 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:
- 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.
Cross References
Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)
- Reign — Judges 8:22-23
- The trees — 2 Kings 14:9, Ezekiel 17:3-10, Daniel 4:10-18
Reciprocal references (7): 2 Samuel 14:5, 2 Chronicles 25:18, Ezekiel 17:2, Ezekiel 31:9, Matthew 13:3, Romans 11:17, 1 Corinthians 12:15
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