1 Samuel 14:21

“And the Hebrews who had been with the Philistines as before, who had gone up with them into the camp all around, they too turned to be with Israel who were with Saul and Jonathan.”

1 Samuel 14:21 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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1 Samuel 14:21, word by word

And the Hebrewsעִבְרִיםivrim

Hebrew

Hebrew: a descendant of Eber; the name that other peoples gave to Abram and to the Israelites.

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who had beenהָיוּhayu

exist

To exist: "let there be light".

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with the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּיםpelishtim

Philistines

Philistines: a people that settled on the south-west coast of Canaan and was Israel's enemy in the days of the judges and of David.

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beforeאֶתְמוֹלetmol

yesterday, before

Yesterday; together with "the day before" it forms the expression "before", "in the past".

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beforeשִׁלְשׁוֹםshilshom

day before yesterday

The day before yesterday; formerly. With "yesterday" it forms the idiom "as before".

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had gone upעָלוּalu

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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into the campמַּחֲנֶהmachane

camp

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

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all aroundסָבִיבsaviv

around

In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.

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Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

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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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and 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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The context

20Saul and all the people who were with him were summoned and came to the war, and look, the sword of each man was against his companion: a very great confusion.

21 · This verse (above)

22And all the men of Israel who had hidden in the hill country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines had fled, and they too followed close after them in the war.

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