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Saulוְשָׁאוּלand the menוְאִישׁof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלgatheredנֶאֶסְפוּand campedוַיַּחֲנוּin the valleyבְּעֵמֶקof Elah,הָאֵלָהand drew upוַיַּעַרְכוּfor warמִלְחָמָהto meetלִקְרַאתthe Philistines.פְּלִשְׁתִּים
1 Samuel 17:2
Study it in the app“Saul and the men of Israel gathered and camped in the valley of Elah, and drew up for war to meet the Philistines.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 17:2, 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- and the menאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- gatheredנֶאֶסְפוּneesfu
assemble
To bring people together in one place.
Where else “neesfu” appears- and campedיַּחֲנוּyachanu
encamp
To pitch tents and stay, or besiege a city.
Where else “yachanu” appears- in the valleyעֵמֶקemek
valley
Valley, broad low plain.
Where else “emek” appears- of Elahהָאֵלָהhaela
Elah
Elah, the name of several men (a chief of Edom; a king of Israel) and of the valley of Elah in Judah, where David defeated Goliath. As a common word it means "oak" or "terebinth".
Where else “haela” appears- and drew upיַּעַרְכוּyaarchu
draw up
To set soldiers in lines, ready for battle.
Where else “yaarchu” appears- for warמִלְחָמָהmilchama
war, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” appears- to meetקְרַאתkerat
meet
To go out toward someone who is coming, to meet him on the way.
Where else “kerat” appears- the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּיםpelishtim
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 “pelishtim” appears
The context
1The Philistines gathered their camps for war; they gathered at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and camped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.
2 · This verse (above)
3The Philistines were standing on the mountain on one side, and Israel was standing on the mountain on the other side, and the valley was between them.