49. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Judges 9:49:1 ⧉וַיִּכְרְת֨וּvayikhretuand they cut down Judges 9:49:2 ⧉גַם־כָּל־הָעָ֜םgamkolhaamalso all the people Judges 9:49:3 ⧉אִ֣ישׁisheach man Judges 9:49:4 ⧉שׂוֹכֹ֗הsokhohis branch Judges 9:49:5 ⧉וַיֵּ֨לְכ֜וּvayelekhuand they went Judges 9:49:6 ⧉אַחֲרֵ֤יakhareafter Judges 9:49:7 ⧉אֲבִימֶ֙לֶךְ֙avimelekhAbimelech Judges 9:49:8 ⧉וַיָּשִׂ֣ימוּvayasimuand they put Judges 9:49:9 ⧉עַֽל־הַצְּרִ֔יחַalhatseriakhagainst the stronghold Judges 9:49:10 ⧉וַיַּצִּ֧יתוּvayatsituand they set fire Judges 9:49:11 ⧉עֲלֵיהֶ֛םalehemover them Judges 9:49:12 ⧉אֶֽת־הַצְּרִ֖יחַethatseriakh Judges 9:49:13 ⧉בָּאֵ֑שׁbaeshwith fire Judges 9:49:14 ⧉וַיָּמֻ֜תוּvayamutuand they died Judges 9:49:15 ⧉גַּ֣םgamalso Judges 9:49:16 ⧉כָּל־אַנְשֵׁ֧יkolansheall the men of Judges 9:49:17 ⧉מִֽגְדַּל־שְׁכֶ֛םmigdalshekhemthe tower of Shechem Judges 9:49:18 ⧉כְּאֶ֖לֶףkeelefabout a thousand Judges 9:49:19 ⧉אִ֥ישׁishman Judges 9:49:20 ⧉וְאִשָּֽׁה׃פveishaand woman |
49. Formal Translation And all the people also, each man cut a branch and followed Abimelech. They piled the branches on the stronghold and set it on fire upon them. So all the people of the tower of Shechem, about a thousand men and women, also died. |
49. Dynamic Translation So the crowd cut a branch and followed Abimelech. They stacked the branches against the stronghold and set it ablaze with those inside. So everyone in the tower of Shechem, about a thousand men and women, also perished. |