Study it in the app“He stood and called to the battle lines of Israel and said to them, “Why do you come out to draw up for war? Am I not the Philistine, and you servants of Saul? Choose for yourselves a man, and let him come down to me.”
He stoodוַיַּעֲמֹדand calledוַיִּקְרָאtoאֶלthe battle linesמַעַרְכֹתof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלand saidוַיֹּאמֶרto them,לָהֶם“Whyלָמָּהdo you come outתֵצְאוּto draw upלַעֲרֹךְfor war?מִלְחָמָהAm I notהֲלוֹא אָנֹכִיthe Philistine,הַפְּלִשְׁתִּיand youוְאַתֶּםservantsעֲבָדִיםof Saul?לְשָׁאוּלChooseבְּרוּfor yourselvesלָכֶםa man,אִישׁand let him come downוְיֵרֵדto me.אֵלָי
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “yaamod” appearscry out
To shout to YHWH for help, call on his name.
Where else “yikra” appearsbattle line
An army drawn up in battle order, ready to fight.
Where else “maarchot” appearsIsrael
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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsgo out
To go out of a place.
Where else “tetsu” appearsdraw up
To set soldiers in lines, ready for battle.
Where else “aroch” appearswar, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” appearsPhilistines
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” appearsservant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “avadim” appearsSaul
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” appearschoose, eat
Choose, select. (The same root can also mean "eat".)
Where else “beru” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearsgo down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yered” appears7The shaft of his spear was like a beam of weavers, and the point of his spear weighed six hundred shekels of iron; and the one who carried the shield was going before him.
8 · This verse (above)
9If he is able to fight with me and strikes me, then we will be your slaves; but if I prevail against him and strike him, then you will be our slaves and serve us.”
