5. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Judges 9:5:1 ⧉וַיָּבֹ֤אvavoand he came Judges 9:5:2 ⧉בֵית־אָבִיו֙betavivto the house of his father Judges 9:5:3 ⧉עָפְרָ֔תָהaferatato Ophrah Judges 9:5:4 ⧉וַֽיַּהֲרֹ֞גvayaharogand he killed Judges 9:5:5 ⧉אֶת־אֶחָ֧יוetekhav{direct object} his brothers Judges 9:5:6 ⧉בְּנֵֽי־יְרֻבַּ֛עַלbeneyerubaalthe sons of Jerubbaal Judges 9:5:7 ⧉שִׁבְּעִ֥יםshiveimseventy Judges 9:5:8 ⧉אִ֖ישׁishmen Judges 9:5:9 ⧉עַל־אֶ֣בֶןalevenon a stone Judges 9:5:10 ⧉אֶחָ֑תekhatone Judges 9:5:11 ⧉וַיִּוָּתֵ֞רvayivaterbut remained Judges 9:5:12 ⧉יוֹתָ֧םyotamJotham Judges 9:5:13 ⧉בֶּן־יְרֻבַּ֛עַלbenyerubaalson of Jerubbaal Judges 9:5:14 ⧉הַקָּטֹ֖ןhakatonthe little one or the youngest Judges 9:5:15 ⧉כִּ֥יkifor Judges 9:5:16 ⧉נֶחְבָּֽא׃סnekhevahe hid himself |
5. Formal Translation And he came to his father’s house at Ophrah and killed his brothers, the seventy sons of Jerub-Baal, on a single stone. Yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerub-Baal was left alive because he hid himself. |
5. Dynamic Translation He went to his father’s home in Ophrah and murdered the seventy sons of Jerub-Baal on a single stone. Only Jotham the youngest son of Jerub-Baal survived by hiding. |