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The peopleהָעָםsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto himלוֹaccording to thisכַּ הַזֶּהword,דָּבָר“Soכֹּהit will be doneיֵעָשֶׂהfor the manלָאִישׁwhoאֲשֶׁרstrikes him.”יַכֶּנּוּ
1 Samuel 17:27
Study it in the app“The people said to him according to this word, “So it will be done for the man who strikes him.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 17:27, word by word
- The peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- wordדָּבָרdavar
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “davar” appears- it will be doneיֵעָשֶׂהyease
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yease” appears- for the manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- strikes himיַכֶּyake
strike dead
To strike dead, kill.
Where else “yake” appears
The context
26David said to the men who were standing with him, “What will be done for the man who strikes that Philistine and removes the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should reproach the battle lines of the living Elohim?”
27 · This verse (above)
28Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men, and the anger of Eliab burned against David, and he said, “Why have you come down? And with whom have you left that little flock in the wilderness? I know your arrogance and the evil of your heart: for in order to see the war you have come down.”