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But ifוְאִםthey sayיֹאמְרוּthis,כֹּה‘Come upעֲלוּto us,’עָלֵינוּthen we will go up,וְעָלִינוּforכִּיYHWHיְהוָהhas given themנְתָנָםinto our hand;בְּיָדֵנוּand this will beוְזֶהfor usלָּנוּthe sign.”הָאוֹת
1 Samuel 14:10
Study it in the app“But if they say this, ‘Come up to us,’ then we will go up, for YHWH has given them into our hand; and this will be for us the sign.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 14:10, word by word
- they sayיֹאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- ‘Come upעֲלוּalu
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “alu” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- has given themנְתָנָnetana
hand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “netana” appears- into our handיָדֵyade
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yade” appears- the signאוֹתot
sign
A mark or signal that points to something.
Where else “ot” appears
The context
9If they say this to us, ‘Keep still until we reach you,’ then we will stand in our place and not go up to them.
10 · This verse (above)
11The two of them showed themselves to the post of the Philistines, and the Philistines said, “Look, Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they had hidden themselves.”