The Meaning of Judges 9:51 Explained

Judges 9:51

KJV: But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower.

YLT: and a strong tower hath been in the midst of the city, and thither flee do all the men and the women, and all the masters of the city, and they shut it behind them, and go up on the roof of the tower.

Darby: But there was a strong tower within the city, and all the people of the city fled to it, all the men and women, and shut themselves in; and they went to the roof of the tower.

ASV: But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut themselves in, and gat them up to the roof of the tower.

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What is the context of Judges 9:51?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut [it] to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower.

What does Judges 9:51 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 9:51 mean?

But a tower strong there was in the city and fled there all the men and women and all the people of the city and shut themselves in then they went up to the top of the tower

וּמִגְדַּל־ עֹז֮ הָיָ֣ה בְתוֹךְ־ הָעִיר֒ וַיָּנֻ֨סוּ שָׁ֜מָּה כָּל־ הָאֲנָשִׁ֣ים וְהַנָּשִׁ֗ים וְכֹל֙ בַּעֲלֵ֣י הָעִ֔יר וַֽיִּסְגְּר֖וּ בַּעֲדָ֑ם וַֽיַּעֲל֖וּ עַל־ גַּ֥ג הַמִּגְדָּֽל

וּמִגְדַּל־	But a tower
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: מִגְדָּל Sense: tower.
עֹז֮	strong
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: עֹז Sense: might, strength.
הָיָ֣ה	there was
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular Root: אֶהְיֶה Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
הָעִיר֒	the city
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: עִיר Sense: excitement, anguish.
וַיָּנֻ֨סוּ	and fled
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: נוּס Sense: to flee, escape.
הָאֲנָשִׁ֣ים	the men
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural Root: אֱנׄושׁ Sense: man, mortal man, person, mankind.
וְהַנָּשִׁ֗ים	and women
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, feminine plural Root: אִשָּׁה Sense: woman, wife, female.
וְכֹל֙	and all
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct Root: כֹּל Sense: all, the whole.
בַּעֲלֵ֣י	the people
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct Root: בָּעַל Sense: owner, husband, lord.
הָעִ֔יר	of the city
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular Root: עִיר Sense: excitement, anguish.
וַֽיִּסְגְּר֖וּ	and shut
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: סָגוּר Sense: to shut, close.
בַּעֲדָ֑ם	themselves in
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine plural Root: בַּעַד Sense: behind, through, round about, on behalf of, away from, about.
וַֽיַּעֲל֖וּ	then they went up
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: סָלַק Sense: to go up, ascend, climb.
גַּ֥ג	the top
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: גָּג Sense: roof, top, housetop.
הַמִּגְדָּֽל	of the tower
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: מִגְדָּל Sense: tower.

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