18. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Judges 9:18:1 ⧉וְאַתֶּ֞םveatemand you Judges 9:18:2 ⧉קַמְתֶּ֨םkamtemyou rose up Judges 9:18:3 ⧉עַל־בֵּ֤יתalbetagainst the house of Judges 9:18:4 ⧉אָבִי֙avimy father Judges 9:18:5 ⧉הַיּ֔וֹםhayomtoday Judges 9:18:6 ⧉וַתַּהַרְג֧וּvataharguand you killed Judges 9:18:7 ⧉אֶת־בָּנָ֛יוetbanav{direct object marker} his sons Judges 9:18:8 ⧉שִׁבְעִ֥יםshiviimseventy Judges 9:18:9 ⧉אִ֖ישׁishmen Judges 9:18:10 ⧉עַל־אֶ֣בֶןalevenon a stone Judges 9:18:11 ⧉אֶחָ֑תekhatone {feminine} Judges 9:18:12 ⧉וַתַּמְלִ֜יכוּvatamlikhuand you made king Judges 9:18:13 ⧉אֶת־אֲבִימֶ֤לֶךְetavimelekh{direct object marker} Abimelech Judges 9:18:14 ⧉בֶּן־אֲמָתוֹ֙benamatoson of his female servant Judges 9:18:15 ⧉עַל־בַּעֲלֵ֣יalbaaleover the lords of Judges 9:18:16 ⧉שְׁכֶ֔םshekhemShechem Judges 9:18:17 ⧉כִּ֥יkibecause Judges 9:18:18 ⧉אֲחִיכֶ֖םakhikhemyour brother Judges 9:18:19 ⧉הֽוּא׃huhe |
18. Formal Translation But you have risen up today against the house of my father, and you have killed his sons, seventy men, on one stone; then you made Abimelech, the son of his female servant, king over the lords of Shechem, because he is your brother. |
18. Dynamic Translation Yet today you have rebelled against my father’s family and murdered his seventy sons on a single stone. Then you appointed Abimelech—the son of his slave woman—to rule over the leaders of Shechem, just because he is your brother. |