Judges 9:4
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
So they gave him seventy shekels of silver from the temple of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech hired some worthless and reckless men to follow him.

Young's Literal Translation
and they give to him seventy silverings out of the house of Baal-Berith, and Abimelech hireth with them men, vain and unstable, and they go after him;

King James Bible
And they gave him threescore and ten [pieces] of silver out of the house of Baalberith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him.

Hebrew
So they gave
וַיִּתְּנוּ־ (way·yit·tə·nū-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

him
לוֹ֙ (lōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

seventy [shekels]
שִׁבְעִ֣ים (šiḇ·‘îm)
Number - common plural
Strong's 7657: Seventy (a cardinal number)

of silver
כֶּ֔סֶף (ke·sep̄)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3701: Silver, money

from the temple
מִבֵּ֖יתּ‪‬ (mib·bêṯ)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

of
בַ֣עַל‪‬ (ba·‘al)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew

Baal-berith,
בְּרִ֑ית (bə·rîṯ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1170: Baal of (the) covenant', a Shechemite god

with which
בָּהֶ֜ם (bā·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew

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

hired
וַיִּשְׂכֹּ֨ר (way·yiś·kōr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7936: To hire

some worthless
רֵיקִים֙ (rê·qîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 7386: Empty, worthless

and reckless
וּפֹ֣חֲזִ֔ים (ū·p̄ō·ḥă·zîm)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 6348: To bubble up, froth, to be unimportant

men
אֲנָשִׁ֤ים (’ă·nā·šîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 582: Man, mankind

to follow
וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ (way·yê·lə·ḵū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

him.
אַחֲרָֽיו׃ (’a·ḥă·rāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 310: The hind or following part

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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