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And the menאַנְשֵׁיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלwent outוַיֵּצְאוּfromמִןMizpahהַמִּצְפָּהand pursuedוַיִּרְדְּפוּthe Philistinesאֶת פְּלִשְׁתִּיםand struck themוַיַּכּוּםas far asעַדbelowמִתַּחַתBeth-car.לְבֵית כָּר
1 Samuel 7:11
Study it in the app“And the men of Israel went out from Mizpah and pursued the Philistines and struck them as far as below Beth-car.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 7:11, word by word
- And the menאַנְשֵׁיanshe
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anshe” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
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” appears- went outיֵּצְאוּyetsu
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetsu” appears- Mizpahמִּצְפָּהmitspa
Mizpah
See it on the mapWhere else “mitspa” appears- and pursuedיִּרְדְּפוּyirdfu
pursue
To go after someone to catch them.
Where else “yirdfu” appears- the 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- and struck themיַּכּוּyaku
defeat
To attack and beat in battle.
Where else “yaku” appears- Beth-carבֵיתvet
Beth-car
Beth-car, the place to which Israel pursued the Philistines. The name means "house of the lamb" or "house of pasture".
Where else “vet” appears
Places in this verse
Mizpah ?
Today: possibly Tell en-Nasbeh, West Bank
The name of several places; the main one was north of Jerusalem in Benjamin, and its exact site is not certain.
There Samuel gathered Israel, who confessed, “We have sinned against YHWH” (1 Sam 7:5-6), and there he presented Saul as king (1 Sam 10:17-24).
The context
10And 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.
11 · This verse (above)
12Then Samuel took a stone and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called its name Eben-ezer, and said, “Until now YHWH has helped us.”