Judg 9:37 | NETfull | STEP | Gaal again said, “Look, men are coming down from the very center of the land. A unit is coming by way of the Oak Tree of the Diviners.”

Judges 9:37

37 Gaal again said, “Look, men are coming down from the very center ^{▼▼ Heb “navel.” On the background of the Hebrew expression “the navel of the land,” see R. G. Boling, Judges (AB), 178-79.} of the land. A unit ^{▼▼Heb “head.”} is coming by way of the Oak Tree of the Diviners.” ^{▼▼ Some English translations simply transliterated this as a place name (Heb “Elon-meonenim”); cf. NAB, NRSV.}