Study it in the app“Samuel said, “What have you done?” And Saul said, “Because I saw that the people were scattering from me, and you did not come within the appointed time of the days, and the Philistines were gathered at Michmash,”
Samuelשְׁמוּאֵלsaid,וַיֹּאמֶר“Whatמֶהhave you done?”עָשִׂיתָAnd Saulוַ שָׁאוּלsaid,יֹּאמֶר“BecauseכִּיI sawרָאִיתִיthatכִיthe peopleהָעָםwere scatteringנָפַץfrom me,מֵעָלַיand youוְאַתָּהdid notלֹאcomeבָאתָwithin the appointed timeלְמוֹעֵדof the days,הַיָּמִיםand the Philistinesוּפְלִשְׁתִּיםwere gatheredנֶאֱסָפִיםat Michmash,מִכְמָשׂ
Samuel
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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asita” 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” appearsrealize
To realize: "he saw that it was good".
Where else “raiti” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsscatter
To spread out in every direction, like a people scattering.
Where else “nafats” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “vata” appearsappointed time
A date fixed beforehand.
Where else “moed” appearstime
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appearsPhilistines
Philistines: a people that settled on the south-west coast of Canaan and was Israel's enemy in the days of the judges and of David.
Where else “felishtim” appearsassemble
To bring people together in one place.
Where else “neesafim” appearsMichmash
Michmash, a town of Benjamin, north of Jerusalem, beside a pass between the hills.
Where else “michmas” appears10And it came about, as he finished offering up the burnt offering, look, Samuel was coming; and Saul went out to meet him, to bless him.
11 · This verse (above)
12I said, ‘Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not pleaded before YHWH’; so I forced myself and offered up the burnt offering.”
