1 Samuel 13:18

“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.”

1 Samuel 13:18 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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).

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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.

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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.”

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