Study it in the app“Nahash 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.””
Nahashנָחָשׁthe Ammoniteהָעַמּוֹנִיsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto them,אֲלֵיהֶם“On this conditionבְּזֹאתI will make a covenantאֶכְרֹתwith you:לָכֶםby gouging outבִּנְקוֹרeveryכָּלrightיָמִיןeyeעֵיןof yours,לָכֶםand I will put itוְשַׂמְתִּיas a reproachהָ חֶרְפָּהonעַלallכָּלIsrael.”יִשְׂרָאֵל
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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsmake a covenant
Literally "cut": to seal a solemn agreement, splitting animals.
Where else “echrot” appearsgouge out, bore
Bore through, dig out; said of the eyes, gouge them out.
Where else “nekor” appearsright side
The right side.
Where else “yamin” appearseye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “en” appearsput
To put something somewhere.
Where else “samti” appearsdisgrace, reproach
Disgrace, reproach, scorn from others. Being childless was then felt as a humiliation.
Where else “cherpa” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears1Nahash 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.”
2 · This verse (above)
3The elders of Jabesh said to him, “Hold off from us seven days, and let us send messengers through all the territory of Israel. Then if there is no one to save us, we will come out to you.”
