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He actedוַיַּעַשׂwith valorחַיִלand struckוַיַּךְAmalekאֶת עֲמָלֵקand deliveredוַיַּצֵּלIsraelאֶת יִשְׂרָאֵלfrom the handמִיַּדof the one who plundered it.שֹׁסֵהוּ
1 Samuel 14:48
Study it in the app“He acted with valor and struck Amalek and delivered Israel from the hand of the one who plundered it.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 14:48, word by word
- He actedיַּעַשׂyaas
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaas” appears- with valorחַיִלchayil
valor
Strength and ability: the brave man in war, the capable and worthy person.
Where else “chayil” appears- and struckיַּךְyach
defeat
To attack and beat in battle.
Where else “yach” appears- Amalekעֲמָלֵקamalek
Amalek
Amalek, a grandson of Esau. The Amalekites, who became enemies of Israel, descend from him; the name also stands for that people.
Where else “amalek” appears- and deliveredיַּצֵּלyatsel
rescue
To take someone out of danger or out of his enemy's hands.
Where else “yatsel” 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- from the handיַּדyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appears- of the one who plundered itשֹׁסֵshose
plunder
Plunder: take from someone by force what he has.
Where else “shose” appears
The context
47Saul took the kingdom over Israel and fought all around against all his enemies: against Moab, against the sons of Ammon, against Edom, against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines; and wherever he turned, he condemned them.
48 · This verse (above)
49The sons of Saul were Jonathan, Ishvi, and Malchishua; and the name of his two daughters: the name of the firstborn, Merab, and the name of the younger, Michal.