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The Philistinesפְלִשְׁתִּיםgatheredוַיִּקְבְּצוּallכָּלtheir campsמַחֲנֵיהֶםat Aphek,אֲפֵקָהand Israelוְיִשְׂרָאֵלwas campedחֹנִיםby the springבַּעַיִןthatאֲשֶׁרis in Jezreel.בְּיִזְרְעֶאל
1 Samuel 29:1
Study it in the app“The Philistines gathered all their camps at Aphek, and Israel was camped by the spring that is in Jezreel.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 29:1, word by word
- The Philistinesפְלִשְׁתִּיםfelishtim
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 “felishtim” appears- gatheredיִּקְבְּצוּyikbtsu
gather
To bring people to one place, or to come together there.
Where else “yikbtsu” appears- their campsמַחֲנֵיmachane
camp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machane” appears- at Aphekאֲפֵקָafeka
Aphek
Aphek: the name of several cities; it means "fortress."
Where else “afeka” appears- and Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
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” appears- was campedחֹנִיםchonim
encamp
To pitch tents and stay, or besiege a city.
Where else “chonim” appears- by the springעַיִןayin
spring
Literally "eye": a place where water wells up from the ground.
Where else “ayin” appears- is in Jezreelיִזְרְעֶאלyizrel
Jezreel
See it on the mapWhere else “yizrel” appears
Places in this verse
Jezreel
Today: Zir'in and the Jezreel Valley, Israel
A city and valley in northern Israel, between Galilee and Samaria.
There Ahab and Jezebel took Naboth's vineyard (1 Kgs 21:1-16), and Jezebel died there (2 Kgs 9:30-37).
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2The lords of the Philistines were passing on by hundreds and by thousands, and David and his men were passing on at the rear with Achish.