Hakim-hakim 9:37
Konteks9:37 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
Konteks9:43 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
[9:37] 1 tn Heb “navel.” On the background of the Hebrew expression “the navel of the land,” see R. G. Boling, Judges (AB), 178-79.
[9:37] 3 tn Some English translations simply transliterated this as a place name (Heb “Elon-meonenim”); cf. NAB, NRSV.
[9:43] 5 tn Heb “And he saw and, look, the people were coming out of the city.”