Study it in the app“The men of Israel saw that they were in distress, for the people were hard pressed, and the people hid in the caves, in the thickets, in the rocks, in the strongholds, and in the cisterns.”
The menוְאִישׁof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלsawרָאוּthatכִּיthey were in distress,צַר לוֹforכִּיthe peopleהָעָםwere hard pressed,נִגַּשׂand the peopleוַ הָעָםhidיִּתְחַבְּאוּin the caves,בַּמְּעָרוֹתin the thickets,וּבַחֲוָחִיםin the rocks,וּבַסְּלָעִיםin the strongholds,וּבַצְּרִחִיםand in the cisterns.וּבַבֹּרוֹת
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “rau” appearsdistress
A tight situation from which one cannot escape.
Where else “tsar” appearscrowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearsbe oppressed
To be abused, suffer oppression.
Where else “nigas” appearshide
Hide oneself.
Where else “yitchabu” appearscave
Cave.
Where else “mearot” appearsthicket, crevice
Thicket or cleft: a place where someone can hide. A word of not entirely certain sense.
Where else “chavachim” appearscrag
A great mountain stone, a place of refuge.
Where else “selaim” appearsstronghold, inner chamber
Stronghold, a strong and closed place; perhaps an underground chamber. A rare word whose sense is not entirely certain.
Where else “tserichim” appearscistern
A hole dug to hold water.
Where else “borot” appears5The Philistines gathered to fight with Israel: thirty thousand chariots and six thousand horsemen, and people like the sand that is on the shore of the sea in multitude. They came up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.
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7And some Hebrews crossed the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. Saul was still at Gilgal, and all the people trembled after him.
