Study it in the app“The three oldest sons of Jesse had gone; they had followed Saul to the war. And the names of his three sons who went to the war were Eliab the firstborn, and second to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.”
The threeשְׁלֹשֶׁתoldestהַגְּדֹלִיםsonsבְּנֵיof Jesseיִשַׁיhad gone;וַיֵּלְכוּthey had followedהָלְכוּ אַחֲרֵיSaulשָׁאוּלto the war.לַמִּלְחָמָהAnd the namesוְשֵׁםof his threeשְׁלֹשֶׁתsonsבָּנָיוwhoאֲשֶׁרwentהָלְכוּto the warבַּמִּלְחָמָהwere Eliabאֱלִיאָבthe firstborn,הַבְּכוֹרand second to himוּמִשְׁנֵהוּAbinadab,אֲבִינָדָבand the thirdוְהַשְּׁלִשִׁיShammah.שַׁמָּה
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “sheloshet” appearselder
Born first: the firstborn son.
Where else “gedolim” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appearsJesse
Jesse, of Bethlehem, son of Obed and father of King David.
Where else “yishay” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelchu” appearsfollow
"Go after" someone, follow them.
Where else “halchu” appearsSaul
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” appearswar, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” appearsname
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appearsEliab
Eliab, the name of several men; among them a chief of the tribe of Zebulun (Numbers 1:9), the father of Dathan and Abiram (Numbers 16:1) and the oldest brother of David (1 Samuel 16:6). It means "God is father."
Where else “eliav” appearsfirstborn
The son who came into the world before his brothers, with a special place in the family.
Where else “bechor” appearssecond
Next in rank after the king.
Where else “mishne” appearsAbinadab
Abinadab: the name of several people; among them the man of Kiriath-jearim in whose house the ark stayed (1 Samuel 7:1), a brother of David (1 Samuel 16:8) and a son of Saul (1 Samuel 31:2). It means "my father is generous".
Where else “avinadav” appearsthird
The one that comes after the second; in time, the day or month that follows it.
Where else “shelishi” appearsShammah
Shammah, the name of several men; among them a grandson of Esau and the third son of Jesse, David's brother.
Where else “shama” appears12Now David was the son of that Ephrathite man from Bethlehem of Judah, whose name was Jesse, and he had eight sons; and the man in the days of Saul was old, advanced in years among men.
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14David was the youngest, and the three oldest had gone after Saul.
