Then you will go onוְחָלַפְתָּfrom thereמִשָּׁםfartherוָהָלְאָהand comeוּבָאתָtoעַדthe oakאֵלוֹןof Tabor,תָּבוֹרand thereשָּׁםthreeשְׁלֹשָׁהmenאֲנָשִׁיםgoing upעֹלִיםtoאֶלElohimהָאֱלֹהִיםat Bethelבֵּית אֵלwill find you,וּמְצָאוּךָoneאֶחָדcarryingנֹשֵׂאthreeשְׁלֹשָׁהyoung goats,גְדָיִיםanotherוְאֶחָדcarryingנֹשֵׂאthreeשְׁלֹשֶׁתround loavesכִּכְּרוֹתof bread,לֶחֶםand anotherוְאֶחָדcarryingנֹשֵׂאa skinנֵבֶלof wine.יָיִן
1 Samuel 10:3
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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
See it on the mapWhere else “tavor” appears- 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.
Where else “elohim” appears- at Bethelבֵּיתbet
Bethel
See it on the mapWhere else “bet” appears- will find youמְצָאוּmetsau
meet
To meet someone on the road, or for trouble to fall upon him.
Where else “metsau” appears- oneאֶחָדechad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appears- carryingנֹשֵׂאnose
carry
To put something on oneself and carry it, on the shoulders or in the arms.
Where else “nose” appears- young goatsגְדָיִיםgedayim
young goat
Young goat, kid.
Where else “gedayim” appears- round loavesכִּכְּרוֹתkikrot
round loaf
A flat round bread, the size of a loaf, broken into pieces to eat.
Where else “kikrot” appears- of breadלֶחֶםlechem
bread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lechem” appears- 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.
Where else “yayin” appears
Places in this verse
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).
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).
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.