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There cameוַיָּבֹאוּalso some ofמִןthe sonsבְּנֵיof Benjaminבִנְיָמִןand Judahוִיהוּדָהtoעַדthe stronghold,לַמְצָדto David.לְדָוִיד
1 Chronicles 12:16
Study it in the app“There came also some of the sons of Benjamin and Judah to the stronghold, to David.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 12:16, word by word
- There cameיָּבֹאוּyavou
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” appears- the sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Benjaminבִנְיָמִןvinyamin
Benjamin
Benjamin, the youngest son of Jacob and Rachel; also the tribe that came from him and its land. The name means "son of the right hand".
Where else “vinyamin” appears- and Judahיהוּדָהyhuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yhuda” appears- the strongholdמְצָדmetsad
stronghold
Stronghold: a high place, hard to reach, that serves as a refuge.
Where else “metsad” appears- to Davidדָוִידdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears
The context
15These are the ones who crossed the Jordan in the first month, when it was overflowing all its banks; and they put to flight all those of the valleys, to the east and to the west.
16 · This verse (above)
17David went out before them and answered and said to them, “If you have come to me in peace, to help me, I will have toward you a heart united; but if it is to deceive me in favor of my adversaries, though there is no violence in my palms, may the Elohim of our fathers see and judge.”