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He counted themוַיִּפְקְדֵםat Bezek,בְּבָזֶקand the sonsוַ בְנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלwereיִּהְיוּthreeשְׁלֹשׁhundredמֵאוֹתthousand,אֶלֶףand the menוְאִישׁof Judahיְהוּדָהthirtyשְׁלֹשִׁיםthousand.אָלֶף
1 Samuel 11:8
Study it in the app“He counted them at Bezek, and the sons of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 11:8, word by word
- He counted themיִּפְקְדֵyifkde
count
To list a people, how many there are.
Where else “yifkde” appears- at Bezekבָזֶקvazek
Bezek
Bezek: a place where Judah and Simeon defeated the Canaanite; also the place where Saul mustered Israel (1 Samuel 11:8).
Where else “vazek” appears- and the sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
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” appears- wereיִּהְיוּyihyu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihyu” appears- threeשְׁלֹשׁshelosh
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shelosh” appears- hundredמֵאוֹתmeot
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meot” appears- thousandאֶלֶףelef
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “elef” appears- and the menאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appears- thirtyשְׁלֹשִׁיםsheloshim
thirty
Thirty; also "thirtieth".
Where else “sheloshim” appears
The context
7He 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.
8 · This verse (above)
9They said to the messengers who had come, “Thus you shall say to the men of Jabesh-gilead: ‘Tomorrow you will have salvation, when the sun is hot.’” The messengers came and told the men of Jabesh, and they rejoiced.