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The destroyersהַמַּשְׁחִיתcame outוַיֵּצֵאof the campמִמַּחֲנֵהof the Philistinesפְלִשְׁתִּיםin threeשְׁלֹשָׁהgroups:רָאשִׁיםoneאֶחָדgroupהָרֹאשׁturnedיִפְנֶהtowardאֶלthe roadדֶּרֶךְto Ophrah,עָפְרָהtoאֶלthe landאֶרֶץof Shual;שׁוּעָל
1 Samuel 13:17
Study it in the app“The 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;”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 13:17, word by word
- The destroyersמַּשְׁחִיתmashchit
destroy
To ruin something completely, until it no longer exists or no longer serves.
Where else “mashchit” appears- came outיֵּצֵאyetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appears- of the campמַּחֲנֵהmachane
camp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machane” appears- of 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- in threeשְׁלֹשָׁהshelosha
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shelosha” appears- groupsרָאשִׁיםrashim
chief
Literally "the head": the one who leads, or the best of something.
Where else “rashim” appears- oneאֶחָדechad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appears- turnedיִפְנֶהyifne
turn
To turn toward something, someone or God.
Where else “yifne” appears- the roadדֶּרֶךְderech
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appears- to Ophrahעָפְרָהafra
Ophrah
Ophrah: a town of Benjamin; another of the same name, in Manasseh, was Gideon's.
Where else “afra” appears- the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Shualשׁוּעָלshual
Shual
Shual: a region in the territory of Benjamin (1 Samuel 13:17) and also the name of a person (1 Chronicles 7:36). It means "fox".
Where else “shual” appears
The context
16Saul 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.
17 · This verse (above)
18another group turned toward the road to Beth-horon; and another group turned toward the road of the border that looks down on the valley of Zeboim, toward the wilderness.