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Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלand the Philistinesוּפְלִשְׁתִּיםdrew up,וַתַּעֲרֹךְbattle lineמַעֲרָכָהagainstלִקְרַאתbattle line.מַעֲרָכָה
1 Samuel 17:21
Study it in the app“Israel and the Philistines drew up, battle line against battle line.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 17:21, word by word
- 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- and the Philistinesפְלִשְׁתִּיםfelishtim
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 “felishtim” appears- drew upתַּעֲרֹךְtaaroch
draw up
To set soldiers in lines, ready for battle.
Where else “taaroch” appears- battle lineמַעֲרָכָהmaaracha
battle line
An army drawn up in battle order, ready to fight.
Where else “maaracha” appears- againstקְרַאתkerat
meet
To go out toward someone who is coming, to meet him on the way.
Where else “kerat” appears
The context
20David rose early in the morning, left the flock with a keeper, loaded up and went, as Jesse had commanded him. He came to the encampment as the army that was going out to the battle line was shouting for war.
21 · This verse (above)
22David left the baggage that was on him in the hand of the keeper of the baggage, and ran to the battle line, and came and asked his brothers about their welfare.