Betweenוּבֵיןthe passesהַמַּעְבְּרוֹתby whichאֲשֶׁרJonathanיוֹנָתָןsoughtבִּקֵּשׁto cross overלַעֲבֹרtoעַלthe postמַצַּבof the Philistines,פְּלִשְׁתִּיםthere was a toothשֵׁןof rockהַסֶּלַעon one sideמֵהָעֵבֶר מִזֶּהand a toothוְשֵׁןof rockהַסֶּלַעon the other side;מֵהָעֵבֶר מִזֶּהthe nameוְשֵׁםof the oneהָאֶחָדwas Bozez,בּוֹצֵץand the nameוְשֵׁםof the otherהָאֶחָדSeneh.סֶנֶּה
1 Samuel 14:4
Study it in the app“Between the passes by which Jonathan sought to cross over to the post of the Philistines, there was a tooth of rock on one side and a tooth of rock on the other side; the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 14:4, word by word
- the passesמַּעְבְּרוֹתmabrot
pass
A narrow way between hills, through which one passes and which is watched.
Where else “mabrot” appears- 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."
Where else “yonatan” appears- soughtבִּקֵּשׁbikesh
try to get
To try to get something.
Where else “bikesh” appears- to cross overעֲבֹרavor
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avor” appears- the postמַצַּבmatsav
garrison
A post of soldiers watching a pass or place.
Where else “matsav” appears- of 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.
Where else “pelishtim” appears- there was a toothשֵׁןshen
tooth
The hard piece in the mouth used to bite and chew.
Where else “shen” appears- of rockסֶּלַעsela
crag
A great mountain stone, a place of refuge.
Where else “sela” appears- on one sideעֵבֶרever
side
Each of the parts of a place or an object: a flank, an edge, a direction.
Where else “ever” appears- the nameשֵׁםshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- of the oneאֶחָדechad
first
Literally "one": day one of the month.
Where else “echad” appears- was Bozezבּוֹצֵץbotsets
Bozez
Bozez: one of the two crags of the pass of Michmash.
Where else “botsets” appears- Senehסֶנֶּהsene
Seneh
Seneh: one of the two crags of the pass of Michmash. The name means "thornbush".
Where else “sene” appears
The context
3And Ahijah son of Ahitub, brother of Ichabod, son of Phinehas, son of Eli, priest of YHWH at Shiloh, was carrying the ephod. And the people did not know that Jonathan had gone.
4 · This verse (above)
5The one tooth rose like a pillar on the north, in front of Michmash, and the other on the south, in front of Geba.