Judges 9:8
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
One day the trees set out to anoint a king for themselves. They said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us.’

Young's Literal Translation
‘The trees have diligently gone to anoint over them a king, and they say to the olive, Reign thou over us.

King James Bible
The trees went forth {08676;01980:08800} [on a time] to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us.

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

set out
הָל֤וֹךְ (hā·lō·wḵ)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

to anoint
לִמְשֹׁ֥חַ (lim·šō·aḥ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 4886: To rub with oil, to anoint, to consecrate, to paint

a king
מֶ֑לֶךְ (me·leḵ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

for themselves.
עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם (‘ă·lê·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

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

to the olive tree,
לַזַּ֖יִת (laz·za·yiṯ)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2132: An olive, the tree, the branch, the berry

‘Reign
מָלְכָ֥ה (mā·lə·ḵāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 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 5921: Above, over, upon, against

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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