Hakim-hakim 9:37

9:37 Gaal again said, “Look, men are coming down from the very center ¹  of the land. A unit ²  is coming by way of the Oak Tree of the Diviners.” ³ 

Hakim-hakim 9:43

9:43 he took his men ⁴  and divided them into three units and set an ambush in the field. When he saw the people coming out of the city, ⁵  he attacked and struck them down. ⁶ 

¹ tn Heb “navel.” On the background of the Hebrew expression “the navel of the land,” see R. G. Boling, Judges (AB), 178-79.

² tn Heb “head.”

³ tn Some English translations simply transliterated this as a place name (Heb “Elon-meonenim”); cf. NAB, NRSV.

⁴ tn Heb “his people.”

⁵ tn Heb “And he saw and, look, the people were coming out of the city.”

⁶ tn Heb “he arose against them and struck them.”