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And allוְ כָּלthisהַזֶּהassemblyהַקָּהָלwill knowיֵדְעוּthatכִּיYHWHיְהוָהdoes notלֹאsaveיְהוֹשִׁיעַwith swordבְּחֶרֶבand with spear;וּבַחֲנִיתforכִּיthe warהַמִּלְחָמָהis YHWH’s,לַיהוָהand he will giveוְנָתַןyouאֶתְכֶםinto our hand.”בְּיָדֵנוּ
1 Samuel 17:47
Study it in the app“And all this assembly will know that YHWH does not save with sword and with spear; for the war is YHWH’s, and he will give you into our hand.””
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With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 17:47, word by word
- assemblyקָּהָלkahal
assembly
The people gathered before YHWH.
Where else “kahal” appears- will knowיֵדְעוּyedu
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yedu” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- saveיְהוֹשִׁיעַyehoshia
save
To rescue someone from danger.
Where else “yehoshia” appears- with swordחֶרֶבcherev
sword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appears- and with spearחֲנִיתchanit
spear
A spear: a long weapon with a point, for striking at close range or for throwing.
Where else “chanit” appears- the warמִּלְחָמָהmilchama
war, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” appears- and he will giveנָתַןnatan
hand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “natan” appears- into our handיָדֵyade
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yade” appears
The context
46This day YHWH will hand you over into my hand, and I will strike you and remove your head from you; and I will give the corpses of the camp of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky and to the animals of the earth, and all the earth will know that Israel has Elohim.
47 · This verse (above)
48And it came about, when the Philistine arose and came and drew near to meet David, that David hurried and ran to the battle line to meet the Philistine.