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# Gaal ... Ebed
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See how you translated these names in [Judges 9:26](./26.md).
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# Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him?
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Gaal uses a question to emphasize that the people of Shechem should not serve Abimelech. AT: "We should not serve Abimelech!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him?
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Both of these questions means the same thing. Gaal refers to Abimelech as "Shechem" because Abimelech's mother was from Shechem. AT: "We should not serve Abimelech, that is, Shechem!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# Is he not the son of Jerub Baal? Is Zebul not his officer?
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Gaal uses a question to emphasize that the people of Shechem should not serve Abimelech. AT: "He is just the son of Jerub Baal, and Zebul is just his officer." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# Jerub Baal
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This is another name for Gideon. See how you translated this in [Judges 6:32](../06/31.md).
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# Zebul
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This is the name of a man. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# Serve the men of Hamor, Shechem's father
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Gaal means the people of Shechem should serve those who descended from Hamor, that is, those who are truly Canaanites, and not serve someone whose father was an Israelite.
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# Why should we serve Abimelech?
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Gaal uses a question to emphasize that the people of Shechem should not serve Abimelech. AT: "We should not serve Abimelech!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# I wish that this people were under my command
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"I wish that I ruled the people of Shechem"
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/abimelech]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/shechem]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/serve]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/hamor]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/command]] |