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SaulשָׁאוּלaskedוַיִּשְׁאַלElohim,בֵּאלֹהִים“Shall I go downהַאֵרֵדafterאַחֲרֵיthe Philistines?פְלִשְׁתִּיםWill you give themהֲתִתְּנֵםinto the handבְּיַדof Israel?”יִשְׂרָאֵלBut he did notוְלֹאanswer himעָנָהוּon thatבַּ הַהוּאday.יּוֹם
1 Samuel 14:37
Study it in the app“Saul 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 14:37, word by word
- 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".
Where else “shaul” appears- askedיִּשְׁאַלyishal
inquire
To ask YHWH what to do.
Where else “yishal” appears- Elohimאלֹהִיםlohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “lohim” appears- “Shall I go downאֵרֵדered
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “ered” appears- the Philistinesפְלִשְׁתִּיםfelishtim
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.
Where else “felishtim” appears- Will you give themתִתְּנֵtitne
hand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “titne” appears- into the handיַדyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appears- of 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- answer himעָנָana
answer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “ana” appears- dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears
The context
36Saul 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.”
37 · This verse (above)
38Saul said, “Come near here, all the principal men of the people, and know and see in what this sin has been today.