Study it in the app“Saul said, “Let us go down after the Philistines by night and plunder among them until the light of the morning, and let us not leave a man of them.” They said, “Do all that is good in your eyes.” And the priest said, “Let us draw near here to Elohim.””
Saulשָׁאוּלsaid,וַיֹּאמֶר“Let us go downנֵרְדָהafterאַחֲרֵיthe Philistinesפְלִשְׁתִּיםby nightלַיְלָהand plunderוְנָבֹזָהamong themבָהֶםuntilעַדthe lightאוֹרof the morning,הַבֹּקֶרand let us notוְלֹאleaveנַשְׁאֵרa manאִישׁof them.”בָּהֶםThey said,וַיֹּאמְרוּ“Doעֲשֵׂהallכָּלthat is goodהַטּוֹבin your eyes.”בְּעֵינֶיךָAnd the priestוַ הַכֹּהֵןsaid,יֹּאמֶר“Let us draw nearנִקְרְבָהhereהֲלֹםtoאֶלElohim.”הָאֱלֹהִים
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".
Where else “shaul” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsgo down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “nerda” appearsPhilistines
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.
Where else “felishtim” appearsnight
Night.
Where else “layla” appearsplunder
Plunder, take spoil.
Where else “navoza” appearslight
The brightness that comes from the sun, the day or a lamp and lets one see.
Where else “or” appearsmorning
Morning, dawn.
Where else “boker” appearsleave
To leave something over.
Where else “nasher” appearseach
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “ase” appearsgood
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appearssight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appearspriest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohen” appearscome near
To come near to someone or something.
Where else “nikrva” appearshere, hither
Here, to this place; this far.
Where else “halom” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears35Saul built an altar to YHWH; with that one he began to build an altar to YHWH.
36 · This verse (above)
37Saul asked Elohim, “Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will you give them into the hand of Israel?” But he did not answer him on that day.
