Judges 9:43
in Judges 9So he took his men, divided them into three companies, and lay in wait in the fields. When he saw the people coming out of the city, he rose up against them and attacked them.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field; and he looked, and, behold, the people came forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them.
KJV
And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people were come forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them.
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This verse in Judges 9
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThe record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And he took the people,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
The consequence was that he allowed himself to be drawn into an ambush, was defeated, the city of Shechem destroyed and strewn with salt. The people took refuge in the stronghold, which was set on fire, and all in it perished.
The words behind it
17 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּקַּ֣ח | vaiyikach | and he took | H3947 → | 966 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָעָ֗ם | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| וַֽיֶּחֱצֵם֙ | vaiyechetzem | and he divided them | H2673 → | |
| לִשְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה | lishloshah | into three | H7969 → | 432 times |
| רָאשִׁ֔ים | rashim | companies | H7218 → | 599 times |
| וַיֶּאֱרֹ֖ב | vaiyeero | and he lay in wait | H693 → | 41 times |
| בַּשָּׂדֶ֑ה | basadeh | in the field | H7704 → | 334 times |
| וַיַּ֗רְא | vaiyar' | and he saw | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| וְהִנֵּ֤ה | vehineh | and there! | H2009 → | 843 times |
| הָעָם֙ | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| יֹצֵ֣א | yotze' | [was] going out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הָעִ֔יר | hair | the city | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| וַיָּ֥קָם | vaiyakom | and he rose up | H6965 → | 628 times |
| עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם | ʾaleihem | on them | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| וַיַּכֵּֽם׃ | vaiyakem | and he struck down them | H5221 → | 499 times |
וַיִּקַּ֣חand he took
vaiyikachH3947 →966 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הָעָ֗םthe people
haamH5971 →1873 times
וַֽיֶּחֱצֵם֙and he divided them
vaiyechetzemH2673 →
לִשְׁלֹשָׁ֣הinto three
lishloshahH7969 →432 times
רָאשִׁ֔יםcompanies
rashimH7218 →599 times
וַיֶּאֱרֹ֖בand he lay in wait
vaiyeeroH693 →41 times
בַּשָּׂדֶ֑הin the field
basadehH7704 →334 times
וַיַּ֗רְאand he saw
vaiyar'H7200 →1300 times
וְהִנֵּ֤הand there!
vehinehH2009 →843 times
הָעָם֙the people
haamH5971 →1873 times
יֹצֵ֣א[was] going out
yotze'H3318 →1067 times
מִן־from
min-H4480 →1188 times
הָעִ֔ירthe city
hairH5892 →1090 times
וַיָּ֥קָםand he rose up
vaiyakomH6965 →628 times
עֲלֵיהֶ֖םon them
ʾaleihemH5921 →5755 times
וַיַּכֵּֽם׃and he struck down them
vaiyakemH5221 →499 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
About Judges
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).