Study it in the app“He took a yoke of oxen and cut it in pieces and sent them throughout all the territory of Israel by the hand of the messengers, saying, “Whoever does not come out after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen!” And the dread of YHWH fell upon the people, and they came out as one man.”
He tookוַיִּקַּחa yokeצֶמֶדof oxenבָּקָרand cut it in piecesוַיְנַתְּחֵהוּand sent themוַיְשַׁלַּחthroughoutבְּallכָלthe territoryגְּבוּלof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלby the handבְּיַדof the messengers,הַמַּלְאָכִיםsaying,לֵאמֹר“Whoeverאֲשֶׁרdoes notאֵינֶנּוּcome outיֹצֵאafterאַחֲרֵיSaulשָׁאוּלand afterוְאַחַרSamuel,שְׁמוּאֵלsoכֹּהshall it be doneיֵעָשֶׂהto his oxen!”לִבְקָרוֹAnd the dreadוַ פַּחַדof YHWHיְהוָהfellיִּפֹּלuponעַלthe people,הָעָםand they came outוַיֵּצְאוּas one man.כְּאִישׁ אֶחָד
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “yikach” appearspair
Two animals harnessed together.
Where else “tsemed” appearscattle, herd
Cattle: cows, oxen, bulls; a herd.
Where else “bakar” appearscut in pieces
Cut into pieces, cut up an animal.
Where else “yenatche” appearssend
To send someone or something.
Where else “yeshalach” appearsterritory
The land within that border.
Where else “gevul” 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” appearsthrough
Literally "by the hand of": that person is the one who does it or carries it.
Where else “yad” appearsmessenger
Someone sent on an errand.
Where else “malachim” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearsgo out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yotse” 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” appearsSamuel
Samuel, the name of two persons. One was a chief of the tribe of Simeon (Numbers 34:20). The best known is the son of Elkanah and Hannah, prophet and last judge of Israel, who anointed the kings Saul and David. The name sounds like "heard by El" or "name of El."
Where else “shemuel” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yease” appearsdread, terror
Dread, terror, sudden fear. "The Fear of Isaac" is a name for God: the one who is revered with awe.
Where else “pachad” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsdesert
To fall upon someone, or desert to the enemy.
Where else “yipol” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearsunited
United as one: "YHWH is one".
Where else “echad” appears6The spirit of Elohim came mightily upon Saul when he heard these words, and his anger burned greatly.
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8He counted them at Bezek, and the sons of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
