The Meaning of Judges 9:43 Explained

Judges 9:43

KJV: And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people were come forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them.

YLT: and he taketh the people, and divideth them into three detachments, and layeth wait in a field, and looketh, and lo, the people are coming out from the city, and he riseth against them, and smiteth them.

Darby: He took his men and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the fields; and he looked and saw the men coming out of the city, and he rose against them and slew them.

ASV: And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field; and he looked, and, behold, the people came forth out of the city; And he rose up against them, and smote them.

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What is the context of Judges 9:43?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people [were] come forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them.

What does Judges 9:43 Mean?

Context Summary

Judges 9:41-57 - The Burning Of The Bramble

Terrible deeds like these give tokens of the power of the god of this world, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience. Alas, similar atrocities are being perpetrated still, after all these centuries of what is called Christian civilization. But this Christianity is only a very shallow veneer, and when national passions break loose, there is little to choose between war today and in pre-Christian ages.

Men have no right to attribute the sins, cruelties, barbarities and enormities of the present day to Christianity. They are due to its absence. The whole Gospel of the Son of man protests against them. We must sadly admit that His "enemy hath done this." And there will be no real cessation of the evils beneath which the world groans until the King comes to His own and sets up His everlasting Kingdom. What has happened of late in Europe, notwithstanding all the efforts toward arbitration and peace, proves that something new must be brought to pass before the Father's kingdom can come and His will be done on earth. [source]

Chapter Summary: Judges 9

¹ Abimelech by conspiracy with the Shechemites, and murder of his brothers, is made king
⁷ Jotham by a parable rebukes them, and foretells their ruin
²² Gaal conspires with the Shechemites against him
³⁰ Zebul reveals it
³⁴ Abimelech overcomes them, and sows the city with salt
⁴⁶ He burns the hold of the god Berith
⁵⁰ At Thebez he is slain by a piece of a millstone
⁵⁶ Jotham's curse is fulfilled

What do the individual words in Judges 9:43 mean?

So he took - his people and divided them into three companies and lay in wait in the field and he looked and there the people were coming out of the city and he rose against them and attacked them

וַיִּקַּ֣ח אֶת־ הָעָ֗ם וַֽיֶּחֱצֵם֙ לִשְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה רָאשִׁ֔ים וַיֶּאֱרֹ֖ב בַּשָּׂדֶ֑ה וַיַּ֗רְא וְהִנֵּ֤ה הָעָם֙ יֹצֵ֣א מִן־ הָעִ֔יר וַיָּ֥קָם עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם וַיַּכֵּֽם

וַיִּקַּ֣ח	So he took
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: יָקַח Sense: to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away.
אֶת־	-
Parse: Direct object marker Root: אֹות Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
הָעָ֗ם	his people
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: עַם Sense: nation, people.
וַֽיֶּחֱצֵם֙	and divided them
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine plural Root: חָצָה Sense: to divide, cut in two, cut short, live half (of one’s life).
לִשְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה	into three
Parse: Preposition-l, Number, masculine singular Root: מִשְׁלֹשׁ Sense: three, triad.
רָאשִׁ֔ים	companies
Parse: Noun, masculine plural Root: רֹאשׁ Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.
וַיֶּאֱרֹ֖ב	and lay in wait
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: אָרַב Sense: to lie in wait, ambush, lurk.
בַּשָּׂדֶ֑ה	in the field
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: שָׂדֶה Sense: field, land.
וַיַּ֗רְא	and he looked
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: רָאָה Sense: to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider.
וְהִנֵּ֤ה	and there
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Interjection Root: הִנֵּה Sense: behold, lo, see, if.
הָעָם֙	the people
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: עַם Sense: nation, people.
יֹצֵ֣א	were coming
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular Root: יׄוצֵאת Sense: to go out, come out, exit, go forth.
מִן־	out
Parse: Preposition Root: מִן Sense: from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than.
הָעִ֔יר	of the city
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: עִיר Sense: excitement, anguish.
וַיָּ֥קָם	and he rose
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: קוּם Sense: to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up.
עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם	against them
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural Root: עַל Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
וַיַּכֵּֽם	and attacked them
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular, third person masculine plural Root: נָכָה Sense: to strike, smite, hit, beat, slay, kill.

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