Study it in the app“And the price was a pim for the plowshares and for the mattocks, and for the three-pronged forks and for the axes, and for setting straight the goad.”
And the priceוְ הַפְּצִירָהwasהָיְתָהa pimפִיםfor the plowsharesלַמַּחֲרֵשֹׁתand for the mattocks,וְלָאֵתִיםand for the three-prongedוְלִשְׁלֹשׁforksקִלְּשׁוֹןand for the axes,וּלְהַקַּרְדֻּמִּיםand for setting straightוּלְהַצִּיבthe goad.הַדָּרְבָן
price, bluntness
A word found only in 1 Samuel 13:21, of disputed sense: it may be "price" (what was charged for sharpening) or "bluntness".
Where else “petsira” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayta” appearsaccording to
Literally "by the mouth of": just as something directs; or a portion.
Where else “fim” appearsplowshare, pick
A farming tool, perhaps a hoe, a pick or a plowshare. It appears only in 1 Samuel 13:20-21.
Where else “machareshot” appearsmattock
Mattock, hoe or other digging tool; elsewhere "plowshare" (Isaiah 2:4).
Where else “etim” appearsthree
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shelosh” appearsfork
Fork: a tool with several prongs for moving straw. It appears only in 1 Samuel 13:21.
Where else “kilshon” appearsaxe
Axe: a tool for cutting trees and branches.
Where else “kardumim” appearsset up
To set something up so that it stays firm, like a pillar or a wall of water.
Where else “hatsiv” appearsgoad
Goad: a pointed stick for driving oxen.
Where else “darvan” appearsThe “pim” was a weight of about two-thirds of a shekel (about 8 grams of silver). Several words in this verse appear only here.
20So all Israel went down to the Philistines to sharpen each his plowshare, his mattock, his ax, and his hoe.
21 · This verse (above)
22And it came about on the day of war that no sword or spear was found in the hand of any of the people who were with Saul and with Jonathan, but one was found for Saul and for Jonathan his son.
