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Saulוְשָׁאוּלand Jonathanוְיוֹנָתָןhis sonבְּנוֹand the peopleוְהָעָםwho were foundהַנִּמְצָאwith themעִמָּםwere stayingיֹשְׁבִיםat Gebaבְּגֶבַעof Benjamin,בִּנְיָמִןand the Philistinesוּפְלִשְׁתִּיםwere campedחָנוּat Michmash.בְמִכְמָשׂ
1 Samuel 13:16
Study it in the app“Saul and Jonathan his son and the people who were found with them were staying at Geba of Benjamin, and the Philistines were camped at Michmash.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 13:16, word by word
- Saulשָׁאוּלshaul
Saul
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” appears- and Jonathanיוֹנָתָןyonatan
Jonathan
Jonathan: the name of several people; the best known are the son of King Saul, the friend of David, and the Levite who was priest of the Danites (Judges 18:30). It means "YHWH has given."
Where else “yonatan” appears- his sonבְּנben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- and the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- who were foundנִּמְצָאnimtsa
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “nimtsa” appears- were stayingיֹשְׁבִיםyoshvim
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshvim” appears- at Gebaגֶבַעgeva
Geba
Geba: a town of Benjamin, later a Levite city. The name means "hill."
Where else “geva” appears- of Benjaminבִּנְיָמִןbinyamin
Benjamin
Benjamin, the youngest son of Jacob and Rachel; also the tribe that came from him and its land. The name means "son of the right hand".
Where else “binyamin” appears- and the Philistinesפְלִשְׁתִּיםfelishtim
Philistines
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” appears- were campedחָנוּchanu
encamp
To pitch tents and stay, or besiege a city.
Where else “chanu” appears- at Michmashמִכְמָשׂmichmas
Michmash
Michmash, a town of Benjamin, north of Jerusalem, beside a pass between the hills.
Where else “michmas” appears
The context
15Samuel arose and went up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul counted the people who were found with him, about six hundred men.
16 · This verse (above)
17The destroyers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three groups: one group turned toward the road to Ophrah, to the land of Shual;