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Be strongהִתְחַזְּקוּand beוִהְיוּmen,לַאֲנָשִׁיםPhilistines,פְּלִשְׁתִּיםso that you do notפֶּןserveתַּעַבְדוּthe Hebrewsלָעִבְרִיםasכַּאֲשֶׁרthey have servedעָבְדוּyou;לָכֶםbeוִהְיִיתֶםmenלַאֲנָשִׁיםand fight!”וְנִלְחַמְתֶּם
1 Samuel 4:9
Study it in the app“Be strong and be men, Philistines, so that you do not serve the Hebrews as they have served you; be men and fight!””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 4:9, word by word
- Be strongהִתְחַזְּקוּhitchazku
be strong
To stand firm and brave, not giving in to fear.
Where else “hitchazku” appears- and beהְיוּheu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “heu” appears- menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appears- Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּיםpelishtim
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 “pelishtim” appears- serveתַּעַבְדוּtaavdu
serve
To serve a person.
Where else “taavdu” appears- the Hebrewsעִבְרִיםivrim
Hebrew
Hebrew: a descendant of Eber; the name that other peoples gave to Abram and to the Israelites.
Where else “ivrim” appears- and fightנִלְחַמְתֶּםnilchamtem
fight
To struggle against an enemy with weapons and give battle; God also fights for his people.
Where else “nilchamtem” appears
The context
8Woe to us! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck Egypt with every kind of blow in the wilderness.
9 · This verse (above)
10So the Philistines fought, and Israel was struck down, and they fled each to his tent; and the blow was very great, and there fell of Israel thirty thousand foot soldiers.