1 Samuel 10:3

“Then you will go on from there farther and come to the oak of Tabor, and there three men going up to Elohim at Bethel will find you, one carrying three young goats, another carrying three round loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine.”

1 Samuel 10:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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1 Samuel 10:3, word by word

Then you will go onחָלַפְתָּchalafta

pass away

To sweep by and vanish, like the wind.

Where else “chalafta” appears
fartherהָלְאָהhala

beyond

Points to a place farther off than where one is.

Where else “hala” appears
and comeבָאתָvata

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

Where else “vata” appears
the oakאֵלוֹןelon

oak, terebinth

A great tree, oak or terebinth; it served as a landmark.

Where else “elon” appears
of Taborתָּבוֹרtavor

Tabor

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threeשְׁלֹשָׁהshelosha

three

A quantity of three: three persons or things together.

Where else “shelosha” appears
menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

Where else “anashim” appears
going upעֹלִיםolim

go up

To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.

Where else “olim” appears
Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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will find youמְצָאוּmetsau

meet

To meet someone on the road, or for trouble to fall upon him.

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oneאֶחָדechad

one

The number one; just one and no more.

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carryingנֹשֵׂאnose

carry

To put something on oneself and carry it, on the shoulders or in the arms.

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young goatsגְדָיִיםgedayim

young goat

Young goat, kid.

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round loavesכִּכְּרוֹתkikrot

round loaf

A flat round bread, the size of a loaf, broken into pieces to eat.

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of breadלֶחֶםlechem

bread

Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.

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a skinנֵבֶלnevel

skin bottle

A vessel of leather or clay in which wine was kept.

Where else “nevel” appears
of wineיָיִןyayin

wine

Wine; also drunkenness.

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Places in this verse

JerusalemMediterranean SeaSea of GalileeTaborBethel?
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • 1Tabor

    Today: Mount Tabor, Lower Galilee, Israel

    An isolated mountain in northern Israel at the edge of the Jezreel Valley, about 11 miles (17 km) west of the Sea of Galilee.

    Barak gathered ten thousand men there and, with Deborah, defeated Sisera (Judg 4:6, 14).

    Judges 4:6Judges 4:14Psalms 89:12

  • 2Bethel ?

    Today: possibly Beitin, West Bank

    A city in the hills about 11 miles (17 km) north of Jerusalem; the location is approximate.

    There Jacob dreamed of a ladder reaching to heaven and named the place Bethel, "house of God" (Gen 28:19). Jeroboam set up a golden calf there (1 Kgs 12:29).

    Genesis 28:19Genesis 12:81 Kings 12:29Amos 7:13

The context

2When you go from me today, you will find two men by the tomb of Rachel in the territory of Benjamin, at Zelzah, and they will say to you, ‘The donkeys that you went to look for have been found, and look, your father has given up the matter of the donkeys and is worried about you, saying, “What shall I do about my son?”’

3 · This verse (above)

4And they will ask you about your welfare and give you two loaves of bread, and you shall take them from their hand.

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