Judges 9:53
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And behold, a certain woman casting a piece of a millstone from above, dashed it against the head of Abimelech, and broke his skull.

woman

Judges 9:15,20 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. . . .

2 Samuel 11:21 Who killed Abimelech the son of Jerobaal? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall and slew him in Thebes? Why did you go near the wall? Thou shalt say: Thy servant Urias the Hethite is also slain.

2 Samuel 20:21 The matter is not so, but a man of mount Ephraim, Seba the son of Bochri by name, hath lifted up his hand against king David: deliver him only, and we will depart from the city. And the woman said to Joab: Behold his head shall be thrown to thee from the wall.

Job 31:3 Is not destruction to the wicked, and aversion to them that work iniquity?

Jeremiah 49:20 Therefore hear ye the counsel of the Lord, which he hath taken concerning Edom: and his thoughts which he hath thought concerning the inhabitants of Theman: surely the little ones of the flock shall cast them down, of a truth they shall destroy them with their habitation.

Jeremiah 50:45 Therefore hear ye the counsel of the Lord, which he hath taken against Babylon: and his thoughts which he hath thought against the land of the Chaldeans: surely the little ones of the flocks shall pull them down, of a truth their habitation shall be destroyed with them.

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Context
Abimelech's Punishment
52And Abimelech, coming near the tower, fought stoutly: and, approaching to the gate, endeavoured to set fire to it: 53And behold, a certain woman casting a piece of a millstone from above, dashed it against the head of Abimelech, and broke his skull.54And he called hastily to his armourbearer, and said to him: Draw thy sword, and kill me: lest it should be said that I was slain by a woman. He did as he was commanded, and slew him.…
Cross References
Judges 9:52
And Abimelech, coming near the tower, fought stoutly: and, approaching to the gate, endeavoured to set fire to it:

2 Samuel 11:21
Who killed Abimelech the son of Jerobaal? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall and slew him in Thebes? Why did you go near the wall? Thou shalt say: Thy servant Urias the Hethite is also slain.

Lexicon
But a
אַחַ֛ת (’a·ḥaṯ)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 259: United, one, first

woman
אִשָּׁ֥ה (’iš·šāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female

dropped
וַתַּשְׁלֵ֞ךְ (wat·taš·lêḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7993: To throw out, down, away

an upper
פֶּ֥לַח (pe·laḥ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6400: Cleavage, a millstone

millstone
רֶ֖כֶב (re·ḵeḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7393: A vehicle, a team, cavalry, a rider, the upper millstone

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

Abimelech’s
אֲבִימֶ֑לֶךְ (’ă·ḇî·me·leḵ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 40: Abimelech -- 'father is king', a Philistine name, also an Israelite name

head,
רֹ֣אשׁ (rōš)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7218: The head

crushing
וַתָּ֖רִץ (wat·tā·riṣ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7533: To crack in pieces

his skull.
גֻּלְגָּלְתּֽוֹ׃ (gul·gā·lə·tōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1538: A skull, head, poll (of persons)


Additional Translations
But a woman dropped an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, crushing his skull.And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone on Abimelech's head, and all to broke his skull.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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