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The oneהָאֶחָדtoothהַשֵּׁןrose like a pillarמָצוּקon the north,מִצָּפוֹןin front ofמוּלMichmash,מִכְמָשׂand the otherוְהָאֶחָדon the south,מִנֶּגֶבin front ofמוּלGeba.גָּבַע
1 Samuel 14:5
Study it in the app“The one tooth rose like a pillar on the north, in front of Michmash, and the other on the south, in front of Geba.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 14:5, word by word
- The oneאֶחָדechad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appears- toothשֵּׁןshen
tooth
The hard piece in the mouth used to bite and chew.
Where else “shen” appears- rose like a pillarמָצוּקmatsuk
pillar
Pillar, column that holds something up; a rare word.
Where else “matsuk” appears- on the northצָּפוֹןtsafon
north
North.
Where else “tsafon” appears- in front ofמוּלmul
in front of, opposite
In front of, opposite.
Where else “mul” appears- Michmashמִכְמָשׂmichmas
Michmash
Michmash, a town of Benjamin, north of Jerusalem, beside a pass between the hills.
Where else “michmas” appears- on the southנֶּגֶבnegev
south
One of the four sides of the land: the south.
Where else “negev” appears- Gebaגָּבַעgava
Geba
Geba: a town of Benjamin, later a Levite city. The name means "hill."
Where else “gava” appears
The context
4Between 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.
5 · This verse (above)
6Jonathan said to the young man who carried his weapons, “Come, let us cross over to the post of these uncircumcised; perhaps YHWH will act for us, for there is no hindrance for YHWH to save by many or by few.”