Judges 9:37
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Again Gaal said: Behold, there cometh people down from the midst of the land, and one troop cometh by the way that looketh towards the oak.

middle.

Deuteronomy 18:14 These nations, whose land thou shalt possess, hearken to soothsayers and diviners: but thou art otherwise instructed by the Lord thy God.

Context
The Fall of Shechem
36And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul: Behold, a multitude cometh down from the mountains. And he answered him: Thou seest the shadows of the mountains as if they were the heads of men, and this is thy mistake. 37Again Gaal said: Behold, there cometh people down from the midst of the land, and one troop cometh by the way that looketh towards the oak.38And Zebul said to him: Where is now thy mouth, wherewith thou saidst: Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? Is not this the people which thou didst despise? Go out, and fight against him.…
Cross References
Judges 9:36
And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul: Behold, a multitude cometh down from the mountains. And he answered him: Thou seest the shadows of the mountains as if they were the heads of men, and this is thy mistake.

Judges 9:38
And Zebul said to him: Where is now thy mouth, wherewith thou saidst: Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? Is not this the people which thou didst despise? Go out, and fight against him.

Ezekiel 38:12
To take spoils, and lay hold on the prey, to lay thy hand upon them that had been wasted, and afterwards restored, and upon the people that is gathered together out of the nations, which hath begun to possess and to dwell in the midst of the earth.

Lexicon
Then Gaal
גַּעַל֮ (ga·‘al)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1603: Gaal -- probably a Canaanite

spoke up
לְדַבֵּר֒ (lə·ḏab·bêr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

again,
וַיֹּ֨סֶף (way·yō·sep̄)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3254: To add, augment

“Look,
הִנֵּה־ (hin·nêh-)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 2009: Lo! behold!

people
עָם֙ (‘ām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

are coming down
יֽוֹרְדִ֔ים (yō·wr·ḏîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3381: To come or go down, descend

from
מֵעִ֖ם (mê·‘im)
Preposition-m
Strong's Hebrew 5973: With, equally with

the center
טַבּ֣וּר (ṭab·būr)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2872: Accumulated, a summit

of the land,
הָאָ֑רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

and one
אֶחָ֣ד (’e·ḥāḏ)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 259: United, one, first

company
וְרֹאשׁ־ (wə·rōš-)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7218: The head

is coming
בָּ֔א (bā)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

by way of
מִדֶּ֖רֶךְ (mid·de·reḵ)
Preposition-m | Noun - common singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

the Diviners’
מְעוֹנְנִֽים׃ (mə·‘ō·wn·nîm)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6049: To act covertly, practise magic

Oak.”
אֵל֥וֹן (’ê·lō·wn)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 436: An oak, other strong tree


Additional Translations
Then Gaal spoke up again, “Look, people are coming down from the center of the land, and one company is coming by way of the Diviners’ Oak.”And Gaal spoke again, and said, See there come people down by the middle of the land, and another company come along by the plain of Meonenim.

And Gaal spake again and said, See, there come people down by the middle of the land, and one company cometh by the way of the oak of Meonenim.

And Gaal continued to speak and said, Behold, a people comes down westward from the part bordering on the middle of the land, and another company comes by the way of Helon Maonenim.

And Gaal spoke again, and said, Behold, people are coming down from the high part of the land, and one company is coming along by the way of the Magician's oak.

And Gaal spake again and said, See, there come people down by the middle of the land, and one company cometh by the way of the oak of Meonenim.

And Gaal spoke again, and said, See, there come people down by the middle of the land, and another company come along by the plain of Meonenim.

Gaal spoke again and said, "Behold, people are coming down by the middle of the land, and one company comes by the way of the oak of Meonenim."

And Gaal addeth yet to speak, and saith, 'Lo, people are coming down from the high part of the land, and another detachment is coming by the way of the oak of Meonenim.'
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