Judges 9:9
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
But the olive tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my oil that honors both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?’

Young's Literal Translation
And the olive saith to them, Have I ceased from my fatness, by which they honour gods and men, that I have gone to stagger over the trees?

King James Bible
But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?

Hebrew
But the olive tree
הַזַּ֔יִת (haz·za·yiṯ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2132: An olive, the tree, the branch, the berry

replied,
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

‘Should I stop giving
הֶחֳדַ֙לְתִּי֙ (he·ḥo·ḏal·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 2308: To be flabby, desist, be lacking, idle

my oil
דִּשְׁנִ֔י (diš·nî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 1880: The fat, fatness, abundance, the, ashes of sacrifices

that
אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

honors
יְכַבְּד֥וּ (yə·ḵab·bə·ḏū)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 3513: To be heavy, weighty, or burdensome

both God
אֱלֹהִ֖ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

and man,
וַאֲנָשִׁ֑ים (wa·’ă·nā·šîm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

to hold
וְהָ֣לַכְתִּ֔י (wə·hā·laḵ·tî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

sway
לָנ֖וּעַ (lā·nū·a‘)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 5128: To quiver, wave, waver, tremble, totter

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

the trees?’
הָעֵצִֽים׃ (hā·‘ê·ṣîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 6086: Tree, trees, wood

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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