אֲבִימֶלֶךְ

«אֲבִימֶלֶךְ» in the Tanakh dictionary: Abimelech — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 67 times · Key: 40 · BDB: אֲבִימֶ֫לֶךְ

Glosses

Abimelech (61); of.Abimelech (4); [is].Abimelech (2)

Meaning (OSHB)

Abimelech tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. n.pr.f. tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.pr.m. (Melek (= Malik, Molech) is father)—אֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ Gn 20:18 +— king of Gerar Gn 20:2, 3, 4 +, 21:22, 25(×2) +, 26:1, 8 (24 times Gn). king of Gath ψ 34:1 error for אָכִישׁ, cf. 1 S 21:11f;—a better known Philist. name substituted for a less known (Hup3). > Others (Thes Ol De MV) think a title of Philist. kings, cf. Pharaoh. son of Gideon Ju 8:31; 9:1, 3, 4 +, 10:1 (40 times Ju), 2 S 11:21. priest, son of Abiathar 1 Ch 18:16 error for אֲחִימֶלֶךְ q.v. (Sab. also n.pr.f. OsianderZMG 1865, 209).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 16 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «אֲבִימֶלֶךְ» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Judges 9:22

וַיָּ֧שַׂר אֲבִימֶ֛לֶךְ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל שָׁלֹ֥שׁ שָׁנִֽים׃

Word for word: and he.ruled Abimelech over Israel three years

JPS 1917: And Abimelech was prince over Israel three years.

Judges 9:47

וַיֻּגַּ֖ד לַאֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ כִּ֣י הִֽתְקַבְּצ֔וּ כָּֽל־בַּעֲלֵ֖י מִֽגְדַּל־שְׁכֶֽםמִֽגְדַּל־שְׁכֶֽם׃

Word for word: and it.was.told to Abimelech (dm).that they.had.gathered.together all the.citizens of the.tower.of.Shechem

JPS 1917: And it was told Abimelech that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together.

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