anotherוְ אֶחָדgroupהָרֹאשׁturnedיִפְנֶהtoward the roadדֶּרֶךְto Beth-horon;בֵּית חֹרוֹןand anotherוְ אֶחָדgroupהָרֹאשׁturnedיִפְנֶהtoward the roadדֶּרֶךְof the borderהַגְּבוּלthat looks downהַנִּשְׁקָףonעַלthe valleyגֵּיof Zeboim,הַצְּבֹעִיםtoward the wilderness.הַמִּדְבָּרָה
1 Samuel 13:18
Study it in the app“another 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 13:18, word by word
- anotherאֶחָדechad
each
Literally "one": all of them, one by one.
Where else “echad” appears- groupרֹאשׁrosh
chief
Literally "the head": the one who leads, or the best of something.
Where else “rosh” appears- turnedיִפְנֶהyifne
turn
To turn toward something, someone or God.
Where else “yifne” appears- toward the roadדֶּרֶךְderech
direction
Where one is going or facing; the heading of something.
Where else “derech” appears- to Beth-horonבֵּיתbet
Beth-horon
Beth-horon: two neighboring towns, the upper and the lower, on the road that goes down from the hill country to the coast. The name means "house of the hollow."
Where else “bet” appears- of the borderגְּבוּלgevul
border
The border of a land.
Where else “gevul” appears- that looks downנִּשְׁקָףnishkaf
look down
Look down from above, look out (of a window).
Where else “nishkaf” appears- the valleyגֵּיge
valley
Narrow valley, a ravine between high slopes.
Where else “ge” appears- of Zeboimהַצְּבֹעִיםhatsvoim
Zeboim
Zeboim, a valley in the territory of Benjamin. The name means "hyenas". It is not the city near Sodom (Genesis 14:2), which is spelled differently in Hebrew.
Where else “hatsvoim” appears- toward the wildernessמִּדְבָּרָmidbara
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbara” appears
The context
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;
18 · This verse (above)
19No smith was found in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines had said, “Otherwise the Hebrews will make sword or spear.”