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YHWHיְהוָהsavedוַיּוֹשַׁעIsraelאֶת יִשְׂרָאֵלon thatבַּ הַהוּאday,יּוֹםand the warוְהַמִּלְחָמָהpassed beyondעָבְרָהBeth-aven.אֶת בֵּית אָוֶן
1 Samuel 14:23
Study it in the app“YHWH saved Israel on that day, and the war passed beyond Beth-aven.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 14:23, word by word
- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- savedיּוֹשַׁעyosha
save
To rescue someone from danger.
Where else “yosha” appears- 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.
Where else “yisrael” appears- dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- and the warמִּלְחָמָהmilchama
war, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” appears- passed beyondעָבְרָהavra
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avra” appears- Beth-avenבֵּיתbet
Beth-aven
Beth-aven: a place near Ai and Bethel. The name means "house of wickedness" or "house of nothing."
Where else “bet” appears
The context
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.
23 · This verse (above)
24The men of Israel were hard pressed on that day, and Saul put the people under an imprecation, saying, “Cursed be the man who eats bread until the evening, and until I have avenged myself on my enemies.” And none of the people tasted bread.