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Judges 9:12

Then said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.

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וַיֹּאמְר֥וּvayomrvand sayאָמַרconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and say”, the next action in the storyH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…הָעֵצִ֖יםhaetsimthe treeעֵץdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the tree”, the ordinary formH6086a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)[phrase] carpenter, gallows, helve, [phrase] pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.לַגָּ֑פֶןlagafento vineגֶּפֶןpreposition, with the article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “to vine”, the ordinary formH1612a vine (as twining), especially the grapevine, tree.לְכִיlekhicarryיָלַךְverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “carry”, a commandH3212to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)[idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue,…אַ֖תְּattheeאַתָּהpronoun, personal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “thee”H859thou and thee, or (plural) ye and youthee, thou, ye, you.מלוכיmlvkhyreignמָלַךְverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “reign”, a commandH4427to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counselconsult, [idiom] indeed, be (make, set a, set up) king, be (make) queen, (begin to, make to) reign(-ing), rule, [idiom] surely.מָלְכִ֥יmalekhireignמָלַךְverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “reign”, a commandH4427to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counselconsult, [idiom] indeed, be (make, set a, set up) king, be (make) queen, (begin to, make to) reign(-ing), rule, [idiom] surely.עָלֵֽינוּaleynvaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And the trees said unto the vine: Come thou, and reign over us.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And the trees said unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us.

Young’s Literal Translation

'And the trees say to the vine, Come thou, reign over us.

World English Bible

“The trees said to the vine, ‘Come and reign over us.’

Darby Translation

Then said the trees to the vine, Come thou, reign over us.

Douay-Rheims

And the trees said to the vine: Come thou and reign over us.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And the trees said unto the vine: Come thou, and reign over us.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the trees said to the vine, Come, reign over us.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ εἶπαν τὰ ξύλα πρὸς τὴν ἄμπελον, δεῦρο, βασίλευσον ἐφʼ ἡμῶν.