Judges 9:8 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הָל֤וֹךְ	ha.Lokh	certainly <to go>	H1980 →
הָֽלְכוּ֙	ha.le.Khu	they went	H1980 →
הָעֵצִ֔ים	ha.'e.Tzim	the trees	H6086 →
לִמְשֹׁ֥חַ	lim.Sho.ach	to anoint	H4886 →
עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם	'a.lei.Hem	over them	H5921 →
מֶ֑לֶךְ	Me.lekh	a king	H4428 →
וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ	vai.yo.me.Ru	and they said	H559 →
לַזַּ֖יִת	la.Za.yit	to the olive tree	H2132 →
מָלְכָ֥ה	me.lo.khah	reign !	H4427 →
עָלֵֽינוּ׃	'a.Lei.nu	over us	H5921 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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2 Kings 14:9
But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a…
leads to
- Judges 9:8–15
  One day the trees set out to anoint a king for themselves. They said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us.’
- Hosea 9:6
  For even if they flee destruction, Egypt will gather them and Memphis will bury them. Their precious silver will be taken over by thistles, and thorns will overrun their tents.
- Proverbs 26:9
  Like a thorn that falls into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
- 2 Chronicles 33:11
  So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.
- 2 Samuel 12:1–4
  Then the LORD sent Nathan to David, and when he arrived, he said, “There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

2 Kings 14:9But Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah: “A thistle in Lebanon sent a message to a cedar in Lebanon, saying, ‘Give your daughter to my son in marriage.’ Then a wild beast in Lebanon came along and trampled the thistle.Daniel 4:10–18In these visions of my mind as I was lying in bed, I saw this come to pass: There was a tree in the midst of the land, and its height was great.Judges 8:22–23Then the Israelites said to Gideon, “Rule over us—you and your son and grandson—for you have saved us from the hand of Midian.”Ezekiel 17:3–10and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of feathers of many colors, came to Lebanon and took away the top of the cedar.

A parallel passage
Daniel 4:10
SATELLITE ('Trees and Kings'). Jotham's fable - the trees (olive, fig, vine, bramble) seek a king and only the worthless bramble accepts - set against Daniel 4's world-tree felled: two parables on kingship and trees, one satirical, one apocalyptic.
MT-ASV; H6086

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