Judges 9:49
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
So each man also cut his own branch and followed Abimelech. Then they piled the branches against the inner chamber and set it on fire above them, killing everyone in the tower of Shechem, about a thousand men and women.

Young's Literal Translation
And all the people also cut down each one his bough, and go after Abimelech, and set [them] at the high place, and burn by these the high place with fire, and also all the men{.htm" title="{"> of the tower of Shechem die, about a thousand men and women.

King James Bible
And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put [them] to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women.

Hebrew
So each
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

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

also
גַם־ (ḡam-)
Conjunction
Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

cut
וַיִּכְרְת֨וּ (way·yiḵ·rə·ṯū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 3772: To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant

his own branch
שׂוֹכֹ֗ה (śō·w·ḵōh)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7754: Branch, brushwood

and followed
וַיֵּ֨לְכ֜וּ (way·yê·lə·ḵū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

Abimelech.
אֲבִימֶ֙לֶךְ֙ (’ă·ḇî·me·leḵ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 40: Abimelech -- 'father is king', a Philistine name, also an Israelite name

Then they piled [the branches]
וַיָּשִׂ֣ימוּ (way·yā·śî·mū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

against
עַֽל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the inner chamber
הַצְּרִ֔יחַ (haṣ·ṣə·rî·aḥ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6877: Perhaps excavation, underground chamber

and set it
וַיַּצִּ֧יתוּ (way·yaṣ·ṣî·ṯū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 3341: To burn, set on fire, to desolate

on fire
בָּאֵ֑שׁ (bā·’êš)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 784: A fire

above them,
עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם (‘ă·lê·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

killing
וַיָּמֻ֜תוּ (way·yā·mu·ṯū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 4191: To die, to kill

everyone
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

in the tower
מִֽגְדַּל־ (miḡ·dal-)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 4026: A tower, a rostrum, a, bed of flowers

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

about a thousand
כְּאֶ֖לֶף (kə·’e·lep̄)
Preposition-k | Number - masculine singular construct
Strong's 505: A thousand

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

and women.
וְאִשָּֽׁה׃ (wə·’iš·šāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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