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And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many were overthrown and wounded, even unto the entering of the gate. (KJV)
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וַיִּרְדְּפֵ֣הוּvai.yir.de.Fe.huand he pursued him
Lemma: רָדַף (ra.daph) · Strong's: H7291
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to pursue
Used 142 times. Also: Genesis 14:14, Genesis 14:15, Genesis 31:23, Genesis 35:5, Genesis 44:4, Exodus 14:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7291; TAHOT Judges 9:40 word 1
אֲבִימֶ֔לֶךְ'a.vi.Me.lekhAbimelech
Lemma: אֲבִימֶ֫לֶךְ (a.vi.me.lekh) · Strong's: H0040H
Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)
Meaning: Abimelech
Used 41 times. Also: Judges 8:31, Judges 9:1, Judges 9:3, Judges 9:4, Judges 9:6, Judges 9:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0040H; TAHOT Judges 9:40 word 2
וַיָּ֖נָסvai.Ya.nosand he fled
Lemma: נוּס (nus) · Strong's: H5127
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to flee
Used 157 times. Also: Genesis 14:10, Genesis 19:20, Genesis 39:12, Genesis 39:13, Genesis 39:15, Genesis 39:18 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5127; TAHOT Judges 9:40 word 3
מִפָּנָ֑יוmi.pa.Navfrom before him
Lemma: פָּנֶה (pa.neh) · Strong's: H6440G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HNcmpc)
Meaning: face: before
Used 1388 times. Also: Genesis 6:11, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 7:1, Genesis 7:7, Genesis 10:9, Genesis 13:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6440G; TAHOT Judges 9:40 word 4
וַֽיִּפְּל֛וּvai.yi.pe.Luand they fell
Lemma: נָפַל (na.phal) · Strong's: H5307J
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
Meaning: to fall: kill
Used 98 times. Also: Genesis 44:14, Exodus 19:21, Exodus 32:28, Leviticus 26:7, Leviticus 26:8, Leviticus 26:36 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5307J; TAHOT Judges 9:40 word 5
חֲלָלִ֥יםcha.la.Lim[those] fatally wounded
Lemma: חָלָל (cha.lal) · Strong's: H2491A
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAampa)
Meaning: slain: killed
Used 83 times. Also: Genesis 34:27, Numbers 19:16, Numbers 19:18, Numbers 23:24, Numbers 31:8, Numbers 31:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2491A; TAHOT Judges 9:40 word 6
רַבִּ֖יםra.Bimmany
Lemma: רַב (rav) · Strong's: H7227A
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HAampa)
Meaning: many
Used 423 times. Also: Genesis 6:5, Genesis 7:11, Genesis 13:6, Genesis 21:34, Genesis 24:25, Genesis 25:23 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7227A; TAHOT Judges 9:40 word 7
עַד\־'ad-to
Lemma: עַד (ad) · Strong's: H5704
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: till
Used 1260 times. Also: Genesis 3:19, Genesis 6:7, Genesis 7:23, Genesis 8:5, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 10:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5704; TAHOT Judges 9:40 word 8
פֶּ֥תַחPe.tach[the] entrance of
Lemma: פֶּ֫תַח (pe.tach) · Strong's: H6607
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: entrance
Used 164 times. Also: Genesis 4:7, Genesis 6:16, Genesis 18:1, Genesis 18:2, Genesis 18:10, Genesis 19:6 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6607; TAHOT Judges 9:40 word 9
הַשָּֽׁעַר\׃ha.Sha.'arthe gate
Lemma: שַׁ֫עַר (sha.ar) · Strong's: H8179G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: gate
Used 347 times. Also: Genesis 19:1, Genesis 22:17, Genesis 23:10, Genesis 23:18, Genesis 24:60, Genesis 28:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8179G; TAHOT Judges 9:40 word 10
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| but Abimelech | → | אֲבִימֶ֫לֶךְ H0040H Abimelech |
| pursued him | → | רָדַף H7291 to pursue |
| and Gaal fled | → | נוּס H5127 to flee |
| before him | → | פָּנֶה H6440G face: before |
| And many [Shechemites] | → | רַב H7227A many |
| fell | → | נָפַל H5307J to fall: kill |
| wounded | → | חָלָל H2491A slain: killed |
| all the way | → | עַד H5704 till |
| to the entrance | → | פֶּ֫תַח H6607 entrance |
| of the gate | → | שַׁ֫עַר H8179G gate |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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