Study it in the app“And it happened, as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, that the Philistines drew near for war against Israel; and YHWH thundered with a great voice on that day against the Philistines and threw them into confusion, and they were struck down before Israel.”
And it happened,וַיְהִיas Samuelשְׁמוּאֵלwas offering upמַעֲלֶהthe burnt offering,הָעוֹלָהthat the Philistinesוּפְלִשְׁתִּיםdrew nearנִגְּשׁוּfor warלַמִּלְחָמָהagainst Israel;בְּיִשְׂרָאֵלand YHWHוַ יְהוָהthunderedיַּרְעֵםwith a greatבְּ גָּדוֹלvoiceקוֹלon thatהַהוּאdayבַּיּוֹםagainstעַלthe Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּיםand threw them into confusion,וַיְהֻמֵּםand they were struck downוַיִּנָּגְפוּbeforeלִפְנֵיIsrael.יִשְׂרָאֵל
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” 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” appearsoffer up
To burn a sacrifice on the altar; literally "make go up".
Where else “maale” appearsburnt offering
A sacrifice burned whole on the altar.
Where else “ola” 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 “felishtim” appearscome near
To go until one is near someone or something.
Where else “nigshu” appearswar, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” 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” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsthunder
To make the heavens rumble, like YHWH.
Where else “yarem” appearsgreat
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appearsthunder
The roar of the sky that goes with a storm.
Where else “kol” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearsthrow into confusion
God strikes the enemy with panic.
Where else “yehume” appearsbe defeated
To lose a battle and flee before the enemy.
Where else “yinagfu” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears9So Samuel took a nursing lamb and offered it up as a burnt offering, whole, to YHWH; and Samuel cried out to YHWH for Israel, and YHWH answered him.
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11And the men of Israel went out from Mizpah and pursued the Philistines and struck them as far as below Beth-car.
