◄ Judges 9:2 ►
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
“Please ask all the leaders of Shechem, ‘ Is it better for you that seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you, or just one man?’ Remember that I am your own flesh and blood.”

Young's Literal Translation
‘Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the masters of Shechem, Which [is] good for you—the ruling over you of seventy men (all the sons of Jerubbaal), or the ruling over you of one man?—and ye have remembered that I [am] your bone and your flesh.’

King James Bible
Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether [is] better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, [which are] threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I [am] your bone and your flesh.

Hebrew
“Please
נָ֞א (nā)
Interjection
Strong's 4994: I pray', 'now', 'then'

ask
דַּבְּרוּ־ (dab·bə·rū-)
Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

all
כָל־ (ḵāl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the leaders
בַּעֲלֵ֣י (ba·‘ă·lê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1167: A master, a husband, owner

of Shechem,
שְׁכֶם֮ (šə·ḵem)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 7927: Shechem -- 'ridge', a district in Northern Palestine, also a son of Hamor

‘Is it better
טּ֣וֹב (ṭō·wḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

for you
לָכֶם֒ (lā·ḵem)
Preposition | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew

that seventy
שִׁבְעִ֣ים (šiḇ·‘îm)
Number - common plural
Strong's 7657: Seventy (a cardinal number)

men,
אִ֗ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

all
כֹּ֚ל (kōl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the sons
בְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of Jerubbaal,
יְרֻבַּ֔עַל (yə·rub·ba·‘al)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3378: Jerubbaal -- 'let Baal contend', a name of Gideon

rule
הַמְשֹׁ֨ל (ham·šōl)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 4910: To rule, have dominion, reign

over you,
בָּכֶ֜ם (bā·ḵem)
Preposition | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew

or
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

just one
אֶחָ֑ד (’e·ḥāḏ)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's 259: United, one, first

man?’
אִ֣ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

Remember
וּזְכַרְתֶּ֕ם (ū·zə·ḵar·tem)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 2142: To mark, to remember, to mention, to be male

that
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

I
אָנִֽי׃‪‬ (’ā·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

am your own flesh
וּבְשַׂרְכֶ֖ם (ū·ḇə·śar·ḵem)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man

and blood.”
עַצְמֵכֶם‪‬‪‬‪‬ (‘aṣ·mê·ḵem)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 6106: A bone, the body, the substance, selfsame

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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