1 Samuel 14:2

“Saul 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.”

1 Samuel 14:2 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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".

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was sittingיוֹשֵׁבyoshev

sit

To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.

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at the edgeקְצֵהketse

end

The place where something ends: its edge or farthest point.

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of Gibeahגִּבְעָהgiva

Gibeah

Gibeah: the name of several towns; it means "hill."

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the pomegranate treeרִמּוֹןrimon

pomegranate tree

The tree that bears pomegranates, one of the good land's fruits.

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in Migronמִגְרוֹןmigron

Migron

Migron, a place near Gibeah, in the territory of Benjamin.

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and the peopleעָםam

crowd

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

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were about sixשֵׁשׁshesh

six

Six; also "sixth".

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hundredמֵאוֹתmeot

hundred

The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.

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menאִישׁish

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

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The context

1And it came about one day that Jonathan son of Saul said to the young man who carried his weapons, “Come, let us cross over to the post of the Philistines that is on the other side over there.” But to his father he did not tell it.

2 · This verse (above)

3And Ahijah son of Ahitub, brother of Ichabod, son of Phinehas, son of Eli, priest of YHWH at Shiloh, was carrying the ephod. And the people did not know that Jonathan had gone.

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