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Judges 9

Jue. 9:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Speak
dabar (Hebrew #1696)
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
KJV usage: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, X well, X work.
Pronounce: daw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
, I pray you, in the ears
'ozen (Hebrew #241)
broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)
KJV usage: + advertise, audience, + displease, ear, hearing, + show.
Pronounce: o'-zen
Origin: from 238
of all the men
ba`al (Hebrew #1167)
a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)
KJV usage: + archer, + babbler, + bird, captain, chief man, + confederate, + have to do, + dreamer, those to whom it is due, + furious, those that are given to it, great, + hairy, he that hath it, have, + horseman, husband, lord, man, + married, master, person, + sworn, they of.
Pronounce: bah'-al
Origin: from 1166
of Shechem
Shkem (Hebrew #7927)
ridge; Shekem, a place in Palestine
KJV usage: Shechem.
Pronounce: shek-em'
Origin: the same as 7926
, βWhether is better
towb (Hebrew #2896)
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
KJV usage: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)).
Pronounce: tobe
Origin: from 2895
for you, either that all the sons
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of Jerubbaal
Yrubba`al (Hebrew #3378)
Baal will contend; Jerubbaal, a symbol. name of Gideon
KJV usage: Jerubbaal.
Pronounce: yer-oob-bah'-al
Origin: from 7378 and 1168
, which areb threescore and ten
shib`iym. (Hebrew #7657)
seventy
KJV usage: seventy, threescore and ten (+ -teen).
Pronounce: shib-eem'
Origin: multiple of 7651
persons
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
, reign
mashal (Hebrew #4910)
to rule
KJV usage: (have, make to have) dominion, governor, X indeed, reign, (bear, cause to, have) rule(-ing, -r), have power.
Pronounce: maw-shal'
Origin: a primitive root
over you, or that one
'echad (Hebrew #259)
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
KJV usage: a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-)ly, each (one), + eleven, every, few, first, + highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
Pronounce: ekh-awd'
Origin: a numeral from 258
reign
mashal (Hebrew #4910)
to rule
KJV usage: (have, make to have) dominion, governor, X indeed, reign, (bear, cause to, have) rule(-ing, -r), have power.
Pronounce: maw-shal'
Origin: a primitive root
over you? remember
zakar (Hebrew #2142)
properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; also (as denominative from 2145) to be male
KJV usage: X burn (incense), X earnestly, be male, (make) mention (of), be mindful, recount, record(-er), remember, make to be remembered, bring (call, come, keep, put) to (in) remembrance, X still, think on, X well.
Pronounce: zaw-kar'
Origin: a primitive root
also that I am your bone
`etsem (Hebrew #6106)
a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame
KJV usage: body, bone, X life, (self-)same, strength, X very.
Pronounce: eh'tsem
Origin: from 6105
d and your flesh
basar (Hebrew #1320)
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphem.) the pudenda of a man
KJV usage: body, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-)kind, + nakedness, self, skin.
Pronounce: baw-sawr'
Origin: from 1319
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what is good? whether, etc.
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Jue. 8:30• 30Y tuvo Gedeón setenta hijos que salieron de su muslo, porque tuvo muchas mujeres. (Jue. 8:30)
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Gn. 29:14• 14Y Labán le dijo: Ciertamente hueso mío y carne mía eres. Y estuvo con él el tiempo de un mes. (Gn. 29:14)

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Flesh,
Jerubbaal,
Man,
Shechem,
Son,
Ten

Cross References

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Whether, etc.
Heb. What is good?
whether, etc.
threescore.
Jue. 8:30• 30Y tuvo Gedeón setenta hijos que salieron de su muslo, porque tuvo muchas mujeres. (Jue. 8:30)
your bone.
Gn. 29:14• 14Y Labán le dijo: Ciertamente hueso mío y carne mía eres. Y estuvo con él el tiempo de un mes. (Gn. 29:14)
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2 S. 19:13• 13Asimismo diréis á Amasa: ¿No eres tú también hueso mío y carne mía? Así me haga Dios, y así me añada, si no fueres general del ejército delante de mí para siempre, en lugar de Joab. (2 S. 19:13)
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1 Cr. 11:1• 1Entonces todo Israel se juntó á David en Hebrón, diciendo: He aquí nosotros somos tu hueso y tu carne. (1 Cr. 11:1)
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Ef. 5:30• 30Porque somos miembros de su cuerpo, de su carne y de sus huesos. (Ef. 5:30)
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He. 2:14• 14Así que, por cuanto los hijos participaron de carne y sangre, él también participó de lo mismo, para destruir por la muerte al que tenía el imperio de la muerte, es á saber, al diablo, (He. 2:14)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the citizensb of Shechem, Which is better for you, that seventy persons, all sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you, or that one man rule over you? And remember that I am your bone and your flesh.

JND Translation Notes

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Strictly, "masters," "possessors," and throughout this chapter, 14 times. See Josh. 24.11.