Judges 9:51
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And there was in the midst of the city a high tower, to which both the men and the women were fled together, and all the princes of the city, and having shut and strongly barred the gate, they stood upon the battlements of the tower to defend themselves.

Context
Abimelech's Punishment
50Then Abimelech, departing from thence, came to the town of Thebes, which he surrounded and besieged with his army. 51And there was in the midst of the city a high tower, to which both the men and the women were fled together, and all the princes of the city, and having shut and strongly barred the gate, they stood upon the battlements of the tower to defend themselves.52And Abimelech, coming near the tower, fought stoutly: and, approaching to the gate, endeavoured to set fire to it:…
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Judges 9:50
Then Abimelech, departing from thence, came to the town of Thebes, which he surrounded and besieged with his army.

Judges 9:52
And Abimelech, coming near the tower, fought stoutly: and, approaching to the gate, endeavoured to set fire to it:

Lexicon
But there was
הָיָ֣ה (hā·yāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

a strong
עֹז֮ (‘ōz)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5797: Strength, might

tower
וּמִגְדַּל־ (ū·miḡ·dal-)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4026: A tower, a rostrum, a, bed of flowers

inside
בְתוֹךְ־ (ḇə·ṯō·wḵ-)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 8432: A bisection, the centre

the city,
הָעִיר֒ (hā·‘îr)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5892: Excitement

and all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the men,
הָאֲנָשִׁ֣ים (hā·’ă·nā·šîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 582: Man, mankind

women,
וְהַנָּשִׁ֗ים (wə·han·nā·šîm)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female

and leaders
בַּעֲלֵ֣י (ba·‘ă·lê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1167: A master, a husband, owner

of the city
הָעִ֔יר (hā·‘îr)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5892: Excitement

fled
וַיָּנֻ֨סוּ (way·yā·nu·sū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5127: To flit, vanish away

there.
שָׁ֜מָּה (šām·māh)
Adverb | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8033: There, then, thither

They locked themselves in
וַֽיִּסְגְּר֖וּ (way·yis·gə·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5462: To shut up, to surrender

and went up
וַֽיַּעֲל֖וּ (way·ya·‘ă·lū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5927: To ascend, in, actively

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

the roof
גַּ֥ג (gaḡ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1406: A roof, the top of an altar

of the tower.
הַמִּגְדָּֽל׃ (ham·miḡ·dāl)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4026: A tower, a rostrum, a, bed of flowers


Additional Translations
But there was a strong tower inside the city, and all the men, women, and leaders of the city fled there. They locked themselves in and went up to the roof of the tower.But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them, and got them up to the top of the tower.

But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut themselves in, and gat them up to the roof of the tower.

And there was a strong tower in the midst of the city; and thither all the men and the women of the city fled, and shut the door without them, and went up on the roof of the tower.

But there was a strong tower in the midst of the city, and thither fled all the men and women, all the citizens of the city; and they shut it behind them, and went up to the roof of the tower.

But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut themselves in, and gat them up to the roof of the tower.

But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it after them, and ascended to the top of the tower.

But there was a strong tower within the city, and there fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut themselves in, and went up to the roof of the tower.

and a strong tower hath been in the midst of the city, and thither flee do all the men and the women, and all the masters of the city, and they shut it behind them, and go up on the roof of the tower.
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