Study it in the app“And in the days of Saul they made war against the Hagrites, and they fell by their hand; and they lived in their tents throughout the whole east side of Gilead.”
And in the daysוּבִימֵיof Saulשָׁאוּלthey madeעָשׂוּwarמִלְחָמָהagainstעִםthe Hagrites,הַהַגְרִאִיםand they fellוַיִּפְּלוּby their hand;בְּיָדָםand they livedוַיֵּשְׁבוּin their tentsבְּאָהֳלֵיהֶםthroughoutעַל כָּלthe whole east sideפְּנֵי מִזְרָחof Gilead.לַגִּלְעָד
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yme” appearsSaul
Saul, the name of several people. The best known is the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, the first king of Israel. A king of Edom and a son of Simeon also bear it. It means "asked for".
Where else “shaul” appearsmake
To build or create something.
Where else “asu” appearswar, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” appearsHagrite
Hagrite: a member of a people of herdsmen who lived east of Gilead, against whom the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh fought.
Where else “hagriim” appearsfall
To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.
Where else “yiplu” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yada” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yeshvu” appearstent
A home of cloth or skins on poles, where herdsmen lived; also one's home.
Where else “ahole” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appearseast
Where the sun rises: the east.
Where else “mizrach” appearsGilead
See it on the mapWhere else “gilad” appears“Hagrites”: a people of shepherds who lived east of Gilead; their name recalls that of Hagar (Genesis 16), but the text does not say where they came from.
Gilead
Today: northern Jordan, east of the Jordan River
A hill region east of the Jordan River, in present-day Jordan.
Reuben, Gad and half of Manasseh settled there (Num 32:1, 33). Jephthah was from Gilead (Judg 11:1). Jeremiah spoke of its balm (Jer 8:22).
9And to the east he lived as far as the entrance of the wilderness from the river Euphrates, because their livestock had multiplied in the land of Gilead.
10 · This verse (above)
11And the sons of Gad lived opposite them in the land of Bashan as far as Salecah:
