1 Samuel 14:13

“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.”

1 Samuel 14:13 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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."

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climbed upיַּעַלyaal

go up

To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.

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his handsיָדָיyaday

hand

The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.

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his feetרַגְלָיraglay

foot

The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.

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and the one who carriedנֹשֵׂאnose

carry

To put something on oneself and carry it, on the shoulders or in the arms.

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his weaponsכֵלָיchelay

weapon

What is carried to war to fight with: sword, bow, spear.

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and they fellיִּפְּלוּyiplu

fall in battle

To die in battle, killed by the enemy.

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beforeפְנֵיfene

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

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was putting them to deathמְמוֹתֵתmemotet

kill

To kill someone.

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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.

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