Study it in the app“Nahash the Ammonite went up and camped against Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Make a covenant with us, and we will serve you.””
Nahashנָחָשׁthe Ammoniteהָעַמּוֹנִיwent upוַיַּעַלand campedוַיִּחַןagainstעַלJabesh-gilead.יָבֵשׁ גִּלְעָדAllכָּלthe menאַנְשֵׁיof JabeshיָבֵישׁsaidוַיֹּאמְרוּtoאֶלNahash,נָחָשׁ“Makeכְּרָתa covenantבְרִיתwith us,לָנוּand we will serve you.”וְנַעַבְדֶךָּ
Nahash
Nahash: the name of two people; best known is the king of the Ammonites who besieged Jabesh-gilead (1 Samuel 11:1). The name means "serpent".
Where else “nachash” appearsAmmonite
Ammonite: a descendant of Ammon, the son of Lot.
Where else “amoni” appearsgo up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaal” appearsencamp
To pitch tents and stay, or besiege a city.
Where else “yichan” appearsJabesh
Jabesh, a city of Gilead, east of the Jordan. Later King Saul delivered it from the sons of Ammon (1 Samuel 11). It is also the name of a man, the father of King Shallum (2 Kings 15:10).
Where else “yavesh” appearsGilead
See it on the mapWhere else “gilad” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anshe” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appearsmake a covenant
Literally "cut": to seal a solemn agreement, splitting animals.
Where else “kerat” appearscovenant
The commitment God makes with his people, with promises and commands.
Where else “verit” appearsserve
To serve a person.
Where else “naavde” appearsGilead
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).
1 · This verse (above)
2Nahash the Ammonite said to them, “On this condition I will make a covenant with you: by gouging out every right eye of yours, and I will put it as a reproach on all Israel.”
