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Saulשָׁאוּלsummonedוַיְשַׁמַּעthe peopleאֶת הָעָםand counted themוַיִּפְקְדֵםat Telaim:בַּטְּלָאִיםtwo hundredמָאתַיִםthousandאֶלֶףfoot soldiers,רַגְלִיand tenוַעֲשֶׂרֶתthousandאֲלָפִיםmenאֶת אִישׁof Judah.יְהוּדָה
1 Samuel 15:4
Study it in the app“Saul summoned the people and counted them at Telaim: two hundred thousand foot soldiers, and ten thousand men of Judah.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 15:4, 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- summonedיְשַׁמַּעyeshama
proclaim
Literally "make hear": to make known to all.
Where else “yeshama” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- and counted themיִּפְקְדֵyifkde
count
To list a people, how many there are.
Where else “yifkde” appears- at Telaimטְּלָאִיםtelaim
Telaim
Telaim: a place in the south of Judah where Saul gathered and counted the people before going against Amalek. The name means "lambs".
Where else “telaim” appears- two hundredמָאתַיִםmatayim
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “matayim” appears- thousandאֶלֶףelef
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “elef” appears- foot soldiersרַגְלִיragli
on foot
On foot: a grown man who marches on foot.
Where else “ragli” appears- and tenעֲשֶׂרֶתaseret
ten
Ten.
Where else “aseret” appears- menאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appears
The context
3Now go and strike Amalek, and devote to destruction all that he has; do not spare him, but put to death from man to woman, from child to nursing infant, from ox to lamb, from camel to donkey.’”
4 · This verse (above)
5Saul came to the city of Amalek and lay in ambush in the wadi.