And it came aboutוַיְהִיone dayהַיּוֹםthat Jonathanיוֹנָתָןsonבֶּןof Saulשָׁאוּלsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלthe young manהַנַּעַרwho carriedנֹשֵׂאhis weapons,כֵלָיו“Come,לְכָהlet us cross overוְנַעְבְּרָהtoאֶלthe postמַצַּבof the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּיםthat isאֲשֶׁרon the other sideמֵעֵבֶרover there.”הַלָּזBut to his fatherוּלְאָבִיוhe did notלֹאtell it.הִגִּיד
1 Samuel 14:1
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With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 14:1, word by word
- And it came aboutיְהִיyehi
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “yehi” appears- one dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- that Jonathanיוֹנָתָןyonatan
Jonathan
Jonathan: the name of several people; the best known are the son of King Saul, the friend of David, and the Levite who was priest of the Danites (Judges 18:30). It means "YHWH has given."
Where else “yonatan” appears- sonבֶּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- of Saulשָׁאוּלshaul
Saul
Saul, the name of several people. The best known is the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, the first king of Israel. A king of Edom and a son of Simeon also bear it. It means "asked for".
Where else “shaul” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- the young manנַּעַרnaar
young servant
A young man, often in someone's service: servant, messenger or soldier.
Where else “naar” appears- who carriedנֹשֵׂאnose
carry
To put something on oneself and carry it, on the shoulders or in the arms.
Where else “nose” appears- his weaponsכֵלָיchelay
weapon
What is carried to war to fight with: sword, bow, spear.
Where else “chelay” appears- “Comeלְכָlecha
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lecha” appears- let us cross overנַעְבְּרָהnabra
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “nabra” appears- the postמַצַּבmatsav
garrison
A post of soldiers watching a pass or place.
Where else “matsav” appears- of the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּיםpelishtim
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 “pelishtim” appears- on the other sideעֵבֶרever
side
Each of the parts of a place or an object: a flank, an edge, a direction.
Where else “ever” appears- over thereהַלָּזhalaz
that, yonder
That one: points to something in sight, a little way off.
Where else “halaz” appears- But to his fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- tell itהִגִּידhigid
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “higid” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2Saul was sitting at the edge of Gibeah under the pomegranate tree that is in Migron; and the people who were with him were about six hundred men.