1 Samuel 14:15

“And there was trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people; the post and the destroyers trembled, they too; the earth quaked, and it became a trembling of Elohim.”

1 Samuel 14:15 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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1 Samuel 14:15, word by word

And there wasתְּהִיtehi

exist

To exist: "let there be light".

Where else “tehi” appears
tremblingחֲרָדָהcharada

trembling

A shaking that seizes someone who is afraid.

Where else “charada” appears
in the campמַּחֲנֶהmachane

camp

A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.

Where else “machane” appears
in the fieldשָּׂדֶהsade

field

The open country: "the beasts of the field".

Where else “sade” appears
the peopleעָםam

crowd

The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.

Where else “am” appears
the postמַּצָּבmatsav

garrison

A post of soldiers watching a pass or place.

Where else “matsav” appears
and the destroyersמַּשְׁחִיתmashchit

destroy

To ruin something completely, until it no longer exists or no longer serves.

Where else “mashchit” appears
trembledחָרְדוּchardu

tremble

To shudder with fear, with surprise or before God's presence.

Where else “chardu” appears
the earthאָרֶץarets

earth

The whole world, everything under the sky.

Where else “arets” appears
quakedתִּרְגַּזtirgaz

tremble

For the body or the earth to shake from fear, pain or a very great force.

Where else “tirgaz” appears
of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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The context

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.

15 · This verse (above)

16The watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked, and look, the multitude was melting away and going this way and that.

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