Jonathanיוֹנָתָןclimbed upוַיַּעַלonעַלhis handsיָדָיוand onוְעַלhis feet,רַגְלָיוand the one who carriedוְנֹשֵׂאhis weaponsכֵלָיוafter him;אַחֲרָיוand they fellוַיִּפְּלוּbeforeלִפְנֵיJonathan,יוֹנָתָןand the one who carriedוְנֹשֵׂאhis weaponsכֵלָיוwas putting them to deathמְמוֹתֵתafter him.אַחֲרָיו
1 Samuel 14:13
Study it in the app“Jonathan climbed up on his hands and on his feet, and the one who carried his weapons after him; and they fell before Jonathan, and the one who carried his weapons was putting them to death after him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 14:13, word by word
- 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- climbed upיַּעַלyaal
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaal” appears- his handsיָדָיyaday
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yaday” appears- his feetרַגְלָיraglay
foot
The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.
Where else “raglay” appears- and the one 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- and they fellיִּפְּלוּyiplu
fall in battle
To die in battle, killed by the enemy.
Where else “yiplu” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- was putting them to deathמְמוֹתֵתmemotet
kill
To kill someone.
Where else “memotet” appears
The context
12The men of the post answered Jonathan and the one who carried his weapons, and they said, “Come up to us, and we will make known to you something.” Jonathan said to the one who carried his weapons, “Come up after me, for YHWH has given them into the hand of Israel.”
13 · This verse (above)
14The first blow that Jonathan and the one who carried his weapons struck was about twenty men, within about half a furrow of a yoke of field.