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Davidדָּוִדpursued,וַיִּרְדֹּףheהוּאand fourוְאַרְבַּעhundredמֵאוֹתmen,אִישׁwhile two hundredוַ מָאתַיִםmenאִישׁstayed behind,יַּעַמְדוּwhoאֲשֶׁרwere too exhaustedפִּגְּרוּto crossמֵעֲבֹרthe brookנַחַלBesor.הַבְּשׂוֹר
1 Samuel 30:10
Study it in the app“David pursued, he and four hundred men, while two hundred men stayed behind, who were too exhausted to cross the brook Besor.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 30:10, word by word
- Davidדָּוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- pursuedיִּרְדֹּףyirdof
pursue
To go after someone to catch them.
Where else “yirdof” appears- and fourאַרְבַּעarba
four
Four.
Where else “arba” appears- hundredמֵאוֹתmeot
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meot” appears- menאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- stayed behindיַּעַמְדוּyaamdu
stop
To halt, cease doing something.
Where else “yaamdu” appears- were too exhaustedפִּגְּרוּpigru
be exhausted
Be exhausted, too worn out to go on. From the same root comes the word "corpse".
Where else “pigru” appears- to crossעֲבֹרavor
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avor” appears- the brookנַחַלnachal
torrent
A channel that runs with water only in the rainy season.
Where else “nachal” appears- Besorבְּשׂוֹרbesor
Besor
Besor: a brook in the south of Judah, near Ziklag, where two hundred of David's men stayed behind, too exhausted to go on.
Where else “besor” appears
The context
9David went, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and they came to the brook Besor, where those who were left behind stayed.
10 · This verse (above)
11They found an Egyptian man in the field and brought him to David; they gave him bread, and he ate, and they gave him water to drink.