Hebrew Word Studies (10 words)
13+; 3 feminine singularבָּ֫אָהGenesis 15:17+; suffixבָּאַתְנוּPsalm 44:18; 2masculine singularבָּ֫אתָJoshua 13:1+,בָּ֫אתָה2 Samuel 3:7; 2feminine singularבָּאתְGenesis 16:8;Ruth 2:12,וּבָאתְconsecuti 13+; 3 feminine singularבָּ֫אָהGenesis 15:17+; suffixבָּאַתְנוּPsalm 44:18; 2masculine singularבָּ֫אתָJoshua 13:1+,בָּ֫אתָה2 Samuel 3:7; 2feminine singularבָּאתְGenesis 16:8;Ruth 2:12,וּבָאתְconsecuti
- come in (semantic_range)
- come (semantic_range)
- go in (semantic_range)
- go (semantic_range)
- come in (semantic_range)
26,28,30,31,35,36,37,39,41.Topical LexiconIdentity within the Book of JudgesGaal son of Ebed appears only inJudges 9, a chapter that records the turbulent aftermath of Gideon’s judgeship and the brief 26,28,30,31,35,36,37,39,41.Topical LexiconIdentity within the Book of JudgesGaal son of Ebed appears only inJudges 9, a chapter that records the turbulent aftermath of Gideon’s judgeship and the brief
- loathing (semantic_range)
25+;ֵבּןֿEzekiel 18:10; constructבֵּןGenesis 49:22(twice in verse);בֶּןֿGenesis 5:32+;בֶּןEsther 2:5;Nehemiah 6:18, & with prefixGenesis 17:17;Numbers 8:25;1 Chronicles 27:23; 2Chronicles 25:5; 31:16 25+;ֵבּןֿEzekiel 18:10; constructבֵּןGenesis 49:22(twice in verse);בֶּןֿGenesis 5:32+;בֶּןEsther 2:5;Nehemiah 6:18, & with prefixGenesis 17:17;Numbers 8:25;1 Chronicles 27:23; 2Chronicles 25:5; 31:16
- son (semantic_range)
- son (semantic_range)
- children (semantic_range)
- youth (semantic_range)
- young men (semantic_range)
26,28,30,31,35 (GFM, after HollenbThLz 1891, 371[compare BuIb. 1892, 63]עֹבֵד, asᵐ5L; see also GrayProp. N. 184, 272);ᵐ5Ιωβηλ, Aᵐ5LΑβεδ.2a companion of EzraEzra 8:6;ᵐ5Ωβηθ,ᵐ5LΑμιναδαβ. — For list of A 26,28,30,31,35 (GFM, after HollenbThLz 1891, 371[compare BuIb. 1892, 63]עֹבֵד, asᵐ5L; see also GrayProp. N. 184, 272);ᵐ5Ιωβηλ, Aᵐ5LΑβεδ.2a companion of EzraEzra 8:6;ᵐ5Ωβηθ,ᵐ5LΑμιναδαβ. — For list of A
- slave (semantic_range)
- servant (semantic_range)
29+ (Ezekiel 18:10 strike out Co compareᵐ5ᵑ6ᵑ9; Ew Smאַח; Dl BaEz xdefends as =onecompare Assyriana—u) never with article; cstrאֲחִיGenesis 10:21+; suffixאָחִיGenesis 4:9+;אָחִיךָGenesis 4:9+;אָחִיוGe 29+ (Ezekiel 18:10 strike out Co compareᵐ5ᵑ6ᵑ9; Ew Smאַח; Dl BaEz xdefends as =onecompare Assyriana—u) never with article; cstrאֲחִיGenesis 10:21+; suffixאָחִיGenesis 4:9+;אָחִיךָGenesis 4:9+;אָחִיוGe
- brother (semantic_range)
A primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation) -- alienate, alter, A primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation) -- alienate, alter,
- region across (semantic_range)
- beyond (semantic_range)
1district in Northern Palestine(probablyshoulder(saddle ?) of mountain); —׳מְקוֺם שׁGenesis 12:6,שְׁכֶ֑מָךְGenesis 37:14; = city (שְׁכֶ֑מָה שְֶׁכֶם,Hosea 6:9שֶׁ֑כְמָךְ)Joshua 24:1;׳עִיר שׁGenesis 33:1 1district in Northern Palestine(probablyshoulder(saddle ?) of mountain); —׳מְקוֺם שׁGenesis 12:6,שְׁכֶ֑מָךְGenesis 37:14; = city (שְׁכֶ֑מָה שְֶׁכֶם,Hosea 6:9שֶׁ֑כְמָךְ)Joshua 24:1;׳עִיר שׁGenesis 33:1
- start (semantic_range)
- rise (semantic_range)
- early (semantic_range)
735t.;ImperfectיִבְּטַחJob 40:2327t.;ImperativeבְּטַחPsalm 37:38t.;Infinitive absבָּטוֺחַIsaiah 59:4,constructבְּטֹחַPsalm 118:82t.;ParticipleבֹּטֵחַPsalm 21:835t.; passiveבָּטוּחַPsalm 112:7;Isaiah 2 735t.;ImperfectיִבְּטַחJob 40:2327t.;ImperativeבְּטַחPsalm 37:38t.;Infinitive absבָּטוֺחַIsaiah 59:4,constructבְּטֹחַPsalm 118:82t.;ParticipleבֹּטֵחַPsalm 21:835t.; passiveבָּטוּחַPsalm 112:7;Isaiah 2
- security (semantic_range)
392t.; suffixבַּעְלִּיHosea 2:18;בַּעְלָּהּDeuteronomy 24:45t.; pluralבְּעָלִיםJudges 2:1117t.; constructבַּעֲלֵיGenesis 14:1327t.; suffixבְּעָלָיוExodus 21:2914t.;בְּעָלֶיהָJob 31:392t.;בַּעְלֵּיהֶןE 392t.; suffixבַּעְלִּיHosea 2:18;בַּעְלָּהּDeuteronomy 24:45t.; pluralבְּעָלִיםJudges 2:1117t.; constructבַּעֲלֵיGenesis 14:1327t.; suffixבְּעָלָיוExodus 21:2914t.;בְּעָלֶיהָJob 31:392t.;בַּעְלֵּיהֶןE
- owner (semantic_range)
- lord (semantic_range)
1district in Northern Palestine(probablyshoulder(saddle ?) of mountain); —׳מְקוֺם שׁGenesis 12:6,שְׁכֶ֑מָךְGenesis 37:14; = city (שְׁכֶ֑מָה שְֶׁכֶם,Hosea 6:9שֶׁ֑כְמָךְ)Joshua 24:1;׳עִיר שׁGenesis 33:1 1district in Northern Palestine(probablyshoulder(saddle ?) of mountain); —׳מְקוֺם שׁGenesis 12:6,שְׁכֶ֑מָךְGenesis 37:14; = city (שְׁכֶ֑מָה שְֶׁכֶם,Hosea 6:9שֶׁ֑כְמָךְ)Joshua 24:1;׳עִיר שׁGenesis 33:1
- start (semantic_range)
- rise (semantic_range)
- early (semantic_range)
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Commentary
Gill's Exposition
And Gaal the son or Ebed came with his brethren, and went over to Shechem,.... Who this Gaal was, and who his brethren, and from whence he came, and the place he went over,
are all uncertain. Jarchi thinks he was a Gentile, and it looks, by some speeches of his afterwards, as if he was a descendant of Hamor, prince of Shechem, in the times of Jacob, who, since the expulsion of the Canaanites, his family had retired to some distant parts; but hearing of a difference between Abimelech and the Shechemites, Gaal, with some of the family, came over, perhaps over Jordan, to make what advantage he could of it: and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him; freely told him their mind, the ill opinion they had of Abimelech, and what was their design against him; and he assuring them he would take their part, and defend them to the uttermost, they depended on him, and therefore very securely went about their business in the fields, as follows.