Judges 9:14
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And all the trees said to the bramble: Come thou and reign over us.

bramble.

2 Kings 14:9 And Joas, king of Israel, sent again to Amasias, king of Juda, saying: A thistle of Libanus sent to a cedar tree, which is in Libanus, saying: Give thy daughter to my son to wife. And the beasts of the forest, that are in Libanus, passed, and trod down the thistle.

Context
Jotham's Parable
13And it answered them: Can I forsake my wine, that cheereth God and men, and be promoted among the other trees? 14And all the trees said to the bramble: Come thou and reign over us.15And it answered them: If, indeed, you mean to make me king, come ye, and rest under my shadow: but if you mean it not, let fire come out from the bramble, and devour the cedars of Libanus.…
Cross References
Judges 9:13
And it answered them: Can I forsake my wine, that cheereth God and men, and be promoted among the other trees?

Judges 9:15
And it answered them: If, indeed, you mean to make me king, come ye, and rest under my shadow: but if you mean it not, let fire come out from the bramble, and devour the cedars of Libanus.

Lexicon
Finally all
כָל־ (ḵāl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the trees
הָעֵצִ֖ים (hā·‘ê·ṣîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6086: Tree, trees, wood

said
וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ (way·yō·mə·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

the thornbush,
הָאָטָ֑ד (hā·’ā·ṭāḏ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 329: A bramble, buckthorn, also a city in Canaan

‘Come
לֵ֥ךְ (lêḵ)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk

and reign
מְלָךְ־ (mə·lāḵ-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4427: To reign, inceptively, to ascend the throne, to induct into royalty, to take counsel

over us.’
עָלֵֽינוּ׃ (‘ā·lê·nū)
Preposition | first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against


Additional Translations
Finally all the trees said to the thornbush, ‘Come and reign over us.’Then said all the trees to the bramble, Come you, and reign over us.

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

Then all the trees said to the bramble, Come thou and reign over us.

Then said all the trees to the thorn-bush, Come thou, reign over us.

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

Then said all the trees to the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us.

"Then all the trees said to the bramble, 'Come and reign over us.'

And all the trees say unto the bramble, Come thou, reign over us.
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