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The Philistineהַפְּלִשְׁתִּיcame nearוַיִּגַּשׁmorningהַשְׁכֵּםand evening,וְהַעֲרֵבand presented himselfוַיִּתְיַצֵּבfortyאַרְבָּעִיםdays.יוֹם
1 Samuel 17:16
Study it in the app“The Philistine came near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 17:16, word by word
- The Philistineפְּלִשְׁתִּיpelishti
Philistines
Philistines: a people that settled on the south-west coast of Canaan and was Israel's enemy in the days of the judges and of David.
Where else “pelishti” appears- came nearיִּגַּשׁyigash
come near
To go until one is near someone or something.
Where else “yigash” appears- morningהַשְׁכֵּםhashkem
rise early
To get up early to do something.
Where else “hashkem” appears- and eveningהַעֲרֵבhaarev
grow dark
Grow dusky: the day falls and it becomes dark.
Where else “haarev” appears- and presented himselfיִּתְיַצֵּבyityatsev
take one's stand
Take one's stand, stand firm in a place, present oneself.
Where else “yityatsev” appears- fortyאַרְבָּעִיםarbaim
forty
Forty.
Where else “arbaim” appears- daysיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears
The context
15And David was going and returning from beside Saul to pasture his father’s flock at Bethlehem.
16 · This verse (above)
17Jesse said to David his son, “Take, please, for your brothers this ephah of roasted grain and these ten loaves, and hurry them to the camp to your brothers.