Study it in the app“And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. And Israel went out to meet the Philistines for war; they camped beside Eben-ezer, and the Philistines camped at Aphek.”
And the wordדְבַרof Samuelשְׁמוּאֵלcameוַיְהִיto allלְכָלIsrael.יִשְׂרָאֵלAnd Israelוַ יִשְׂרָאֵלwent outיֵּצֵאto meetלִקְרַאתthe Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּיםfor war;לַמִּלְחָמָהthey campedוַיַּחֲנוּbesideעַלEben-ezer,הָאֶבֶן הָעֵזֶרand the Philistinesוּפְלִשְׁתִּיםcampedחָנוּat Aphek.בַאֲפֵק
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devar” appearsSamuel
Samuel, the name of two persons. One was a chief of the tribe of Simeon (Numbers 34:20). The best known is the son of Elkanah and Hannah, prophet and last judge of Israel, who anointed the kings Saul and David. The name sounds like "heard by El" or "name of El."
Where else “shemuel” appearsbecome
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “yehi” appearsIsrael
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” appearsset out
To set out somewhere, or go out to war.
Where else “yetse” appearsmeet
To go out toward someone who is coming, to meet him on the way.
Where else “kerat” appearsPhilistines
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” appearswar, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” appearsencamp
To pitch tents and stay, or besiege a city.
Where else “yachanu” appearsEben-ezer
Eben-ezer, the place where Israel camped against the Philistines and where Samuel later set up a stone as a memorial (1 Samuel 7:12). The name means "stone of help".
Where else “even” appearsAphek
Aphek: the name of several cities; it means "fortress."
Where else “afek” appears“Eben-ezer” means “stone of help”; the place received that name later (1 Samuel 7:12).
1 · This verse (above)
2And the Philistines drew up their lines to meet Israel, and the war spread out, and Israel was struck down before the Philistines, who struck in the battle line in the field about four thousand men.
