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Judges 8:31

And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.

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וּפִֽילַגְשׁוֹ֙ufilagshvoand concubineפִּילֶגֶשׁconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and concubine”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6370a concubine; also (masculine) a paramourconcubine, paramour.אֲשֶׁ֣רasherbecauseאֲשֶׁרparticle, relative — “because”H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.[idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever,…בִּשְׁכֶ֔םbishkhemin Shechemשְׁכֶםpreposition, noun, proper name — “in Shechem”H7927Shekem, a place in PalestineShechem.יָֽלְדָהyaledahbearיָלַדverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “bear”, a completed actionH3205to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineagebear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (wom…לּ֥וֹlvotoלּ֥וֹpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to”toגַםgamalsoגַּםadverb — “also”H1571properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...andagain, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so)...and, but, either...or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay...neither, one, then(-refore), though, what, with, yea.הִ֖יאhias for herהוּאpronoun, personal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “as for her”H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or arehe, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.בֵּ֑ןbensonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “son”, the ordinary formH1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […וַיָּ֥שֶׂםvayasemand putשׂוּםconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and put”, the next action in the storyH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).שְׁמ֖וֹshemvofameשֵׁםnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “fame”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8034an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character[phrase] base, (in-) fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.אֲבִימֶֽלֶךְavimelekhAbimelechאֲבִימֶלֶךְnoun, proper name — “Abimelech”H40Abimelek, the name of two Philistine kings and of two IsraelitesAbimelech.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bore him a son, and he called his name Abimelech.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, and he called his name Abimelech.

Young’s Literal Translation

and his concubine, who [is] in Shechem, hath born to him — even she — a son, and he appointeth his name Abimelech.

World English Bible

His concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech.

Darby Translation

And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bore him a son, and he gave him the name of Abimelech.

Douay-Rheims

And his concubine, that he had in Sichem, bore him a son, whose name was Abimelech.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bore him a son, and he called his name Abimelech.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And his concubine was in Sychem, and she also bore him a son, and gave him the name Abimelech.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ παλλακὴ αὐτοῦ ἦν ἐν Συχὲμ, καὶ ἔτεκεν αὐτῷ καί γε αὐτὴ υἱὸν, καὶ ἔθηκε τὸ ὄνομα Ἀβιμέλεχ.