Study it in the app“There gathered to him every man in distress, every man who had a creditor, and every man bitter of soul, and he became commander over them; and there were with him about four hundred men.”
There gatheredוַיִּתְקַבְּצוּto himאֵלָיוeveryכָּלmanאִישׁin distress,מָצוֹקeveryוְכָלmanאִישׁwhoאֲשֶׁרhadלוֹa creditor,נֹשֶׁאand everyוְכָלmanאִישׁbitterמַרof soul,נֶפֶשׁand he becameוַיְהִיcommanderלְשָׂרover them;עֲלֵיהֶםand there wereוַיִּהְיוּwith himעִמּוֹaboutכְּfourאַרְבַּעhundredמֵאוֹתmen.אִישׁ
gather
To bring people to one place, or to come together there.
Where else “yitkabtsu” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearsdistress, straits
Distress: a narrow place, a situation one cannot get out of.
Where else “matsok” appearslend
Loan at interest; one who demands what is owed.
Where else “noshe” appearsbitterness
Deep pain of soul, or the cruelty that causes it.
Where else “mar” appearssoul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nefesh” appearsbecome
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “yehi” appearschief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sar” appearsfour
Four.
Where else “arba” appearshundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meot” appears1David went from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. His brothers and all his father’s house heard it, and they went down there to him.
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3David went from there to Mizpeh of Moab and said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and my mother come out to be with you until I know what Elohim will do with me.”
