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The peopleהָעָםrushedוַיַּעַטonאֶלthe spoilהַשָּׁלָלand tookוַיִּקְחוּflocksצֹאןand herdsוּבָקָרand calves,וּבְנֵי בָקָרand slaughtered themוַיִּשְׁחֲטוּon the ground,אָרְצָהand the peopleוַ הָעָםateיֹּאכַלwithעַלthe blood.הַדָּם
1 Samuel 14:32
Study it in the app“The people rushed on the spoil and took flocks and herds and calves, and slaughtered them on the ground, and the people ate with the blood.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 14:32, word by word
- The peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- rushedיַּעַטyaat
swoop
To dart greedily on something, like a bird of prey.
Where else “yaat” appears- the spoilשָּׁלָלshalal
spoil, plunder
Spoil: what is taken from a defeated enemy.
Where else “shalal” appears- and tookיִּקְחוּyikchu
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “yikchu” appears- flocksצֹאןtson
flock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tson” appears- and herdsבָקָרvakar
cattle, herd
Cattle: cows, oxen, bulls; a herd.
Where else “vakar” appears- and calvesבְנֵיvene
young
An animal's offspring, its little one.
Where else “vene” appears- and slaughtered themיִּשְׁחֲטוּyishchatu
slaughter
To kill an animal by cutting its throat, to sacrifice it or to eat.
Where else “yishchatu” appears- on the groundאָרְצָartsa
ground
What is underfoot: bowing down to touch it.
Where else “artsa” appears- ateיֹּאכַלyochal
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “yochal” appears- the bloodדָּםdam
blood
The red fluid that runs through the body and carries the life of people and animals.
Where else “dam” appears
Translation note
The Law forbade eating meat without draining its blood (Leviticus 17:10-14; Deuteronomy 12:23).
The context
31They struck the Philistines on that day from Michmash to Aijalon, and the people were very exhausted.
32 · This verse (above)
33They told Saul, saying, “Look, the people are sinning against YHWH by eating with the blood.” He said, “You have acted treacherously. Roll to me today a large stone.”