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Ifאִםthey sayיֹאמְרוּthisכֹּהto us,אֵלֵינוּ‘Keep stillדֹּמּוּuntilעַדwe reachהַגִּיעֵנוּyou,’אֲלֵיכֶםthen we will standוְעָמַדְנוּin our placeתַחְתֵּינוּand notוְלֹאgo upנַעֲלֶהto them.אֲלֵיהֶם
1 Samuel 14:9
Study it in the app“If they say this to us, ‘Keep still until we reach you,’ then we will stand in our place and not go up to them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 14:9, word by word
- they sayיֹאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- ‘Keep stillדֹּמּוּdomu
be silent
To stop speaking or moving; to wait in stillness.
Where else “domu” appears- we reachהַגִּיעֵhagie
reach
To reach a place or a moment.
Where else “hagie” appears- then we will standעָמַדְנוּamadnu
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “amadnu” appears- go upנַעֲלֶהnaale
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “naale” appears
The context
8Jonathan said, “Look, we are crossing over to the men, and we will show ourselves to them.
9 · This verse (above)
10But if they say this, ‘Come up to us,’ then we will go up, for YHWH has given them into our hand; and this will be for us the sign.”