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Againוַתּוֹסֶףthere wasלִהְיוֹתwar;הַמִּלְחָמָהand Davidוַ דָוִדwent outיֵּצֵאand foughtוַיִּלָּחֶםagainst the Philistinesבַּפְּלִשְׁתִּיםand struckוַיַּךְthemבָּהֶםwith a greatגְדוֹלָהblow,מַכָּהand they fledוַיָּנֻסוּfrom before him.מִפָּנָיו
1 Samuel 19:8
Study it in the app“Again there was war; and David went out and fought against the Philistines and struck them with a great blow, and they fled from before him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 19:8, word by word
- Againתּוֹסֶףtosef
do again
To do again what had already been done.
Where else “tosef” appears- there wasהְיוֹתheot
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “heot” appears- warמִּלְחָמָהmilchama
war, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” appears- and Davidדָוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- went outיֵּצֵאyetse
set out
To set out somewhere, or go out to war.
Where else “yetse” appears- and foughtיִּלָּחֶםyilachem
fight
To struggle against an enemy with weapons and give battle; God also fights for his people.
Where else “yilachem” appears- against 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- and struckיַּךְyach
defeat
To attack and beat in battle.
Where else “yach” appears- with a greatגְדוֹלָהgedola
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedola” appears- blowמַכָּהmaka
plague
A great defeat an army suffers, or the plague YHWH sends on a people.
Where else “maka” appears- and they fledיָּנֻסוּyanusu
flee
To run off to get away from a danger or an enemy.
Where else “yanusu” appears- from before himפָּנָיpanay
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “panay” appears
The context
7Jonathan called David, and Jonathan told him all these words. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was before him as before.
8 · This verse (above)
9An evil spirit of YHWH was upon Saul, as he was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand; and David was playing with his hand.