Judges 9:8
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Bible > Judges > Chapter 9 > Verse 8
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 NumbersKing James (Authorized) Version: the 1769 standard text in its Cambridge form of about 1900. Public domain.
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 HebrewSource: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)
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 כ] (מָלְכָ֥/ה ק) |
[mâlak כ] (me.lo.kha/h ק) | H4427 כ | HVqv2ms/Sh | (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.
- H1980 — הָלַךְ (hâlak, haw-lak'): akin to יָלַךְ (yâlak) H3212; 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 (Ziv) H2099); 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 (mâlak) H4427; 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 (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:
- 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.
Cross ReferencesCross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced (TSKe) — public domain. The keyword grouping is its editors' own, not our selection.
Verse Cross-References
- 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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