Davidדָּוִדstruck themוַיַּכֵּםfromמֵtwilightהַנֶּשֶׁףuntilוְעַדthe eveningהָעֶרֶבof the next day;לְמָחֳרָתָםand notוְלֹאa manאִישׁof themמֵהֶםescaped,נִמְלַטexceptכִּי אִםfourאַרְבַּעhundredמֵאוֹתyoungנַעַרmenאִישׁwhoאֲשֶׁרrodeרָכְבוּonעַלthe camelsהַגְּמַלִּיםand fled.וַיָּנֻסוּ
1 Samuel 30:17
Study it in the app“David struck them from twilight until the evening of the next day; and not a man of them escaped, except four hundred young men who rode on the camels and fled.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 30:17, 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- struck themיַּכֵּyake
defeat
To attack and beat in battle.
Where else “yake” appears- twilightנֶּשֶׁףneshef
twilight
When it grows dark at evening.
Where else “neshef” appears- the eveningעֶרֶבerev
evening
Evening, when the sun goes down. Each day of Genesis 1 is counted "evening and morning"; so in Israel the day begins at sunset.
Where else “erev” appears- of the next dayמָחֳרָתָmachorata
next day
The next day, tomorrow.
Where else “machorata” appears- a manאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- escapedנִמְלַטnimlat
escape
To flee from a danger or an enemy and get to safety.
Where else “nimlat” appears- 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- youngנַעַרnaar
boy
A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.
Where else “naar” appears- rodeרָכְבוּrachvu
ride
To ride an animal or a chariot.
Where else “rachvu” appears- the camelsגְּמַלִּיםgemalim
camel
Camel.
Where else “gemalim” appears- and fledיָּנֻסוּyanusu
flee
To run off to get away from a danger or an enemy.
Where else “yanusu” appears
Translation note
“Twilight” can be that of dawn or that of nightfall.
The context
16He brought him down, and look, they were spread out over the face of all the land, eating and drinking and celebrating because of all the great spoil that they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.
17 · This verse (above)
18David rescued all that Amalek had taken, and his two wives David rescued.