Judges 9:12

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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 saidH559 the treesH6086 unto the vineH1612, ComeH3212 thou, and reignH4427 over us.


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 כ] (מָלְכִ֥י ק)
[mâlak כ] (ma.lo.khi ק) H4427 כ HVqv2fs (reign ק)
עָלֵֽי/נוּ
'a.Lei./nu H5921 HR/Sp1cp over/ us
Where the Hebrew text is written one way but traditionally read another, both are shown: [written form כ] (Ketiv) and (read form ק) (Qere).
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 (hâlak) H1980); 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 (ʻâtsâh) H6095; 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 (ʼattâ); or אַת (ʼath); feminine (irregular) sometimes אַתִּי (ʼattîy); plural masculine אַתֶּם (ʼattem); feminine אַתֶּן (ʼatten); or אַתֵּנָה (ʼattênâh); or אַתֵּנָּה (ʼattênnâh); 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 (ʻal) H5920 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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