King James Version

Judges 9:53

And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech’s head, and all to brake his skull.

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וַתַּשְׁלֵ֞ךְvatashlekheand throwשָׁלַךְconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and throw”, the next action in the storyH7993to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)adventure, cast (away, down, forth, off, out), hurl, pluck, throw.אִשָּׁ֥הishaheachאִשָּׁהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “each”, the ordinary formH802a woman(adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.אַחַ֛תachatfirstאֶחָדadjective, cardinal, feminine, singular, absolute — “first”, the ordinary formH259properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) firsta, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), [phrase] eleven, every, few, first, [phrase] highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,פֶּ֥לַחpelachpieceפֶּלַחnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “piece”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6400a slicepiece.רֶ֖כֶבrekhevmillstoneרֶכֶבnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “millstone”, the ordinary formH7393a vehicle; by implication, a team; by extension, cavalry; by analogy a rider, i.e. the upper millstonechariot, (upper) millstone, multitude (from the margin), wagon.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “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,…רֹ֣אשׁroshheadרֹאשׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “head”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7218the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.אֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְavimelekhAbimelechאֲבִימֶלֶךְnoun, proper name — “Abimelech”H40Abimelek, the name of two Philistine kings and of two IsraelitesAbimelech.וַתָּ֖רִץvataritsand breakרָצַץconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and break”, the next action in the storyH7533to crack in pieces, literally or figurativelybreak, bruise, crush, discourage, oppress, struggle together.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).גֻּלְגָּלְתּֽוֹgulgaletvoheadגֻּלְגֹּלֶתnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “head”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1538a skull (as round); by implication, a head (in enumeration of persons)head, every man, poll, skull.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And a certain woman cast an upper millstone upon Abimelech's head, and broke his skull.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And a certain woman cast an upper millstone upon Abimelech’s head, and brake his skull.

Young’s Literal Translation

and a certain woman doth cast a piece of a rider on the head of Abimelech, and breaketh his skull,

World English Bible

A certain woman cast an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, and broke his skull.

Darby Translation

and a woman cast the upper stone of a handmill on Abimelech's head, and crushed his skull.

Douay-Rheims

And behold a certain woman casting a piece of a millstone from above, dashed it against the head of Abimelech, and broke his skull.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And a certain woman cast an upper millstone upon Abimelech's head, and broke his skull.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon the head of Abimelech, and broke his skull.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἔῤῥιψε γυνὴ μία κλάσμα ἐπιμύλιον ἐπὶ κεφαλὴν Ἀβιμέλεχ, καὶ ἔκλασε τὸ κρανίον αὐτοῦ.