Study it in the app“So the Philistines were subdued and did not again come into the territory of Israel; and the hand of YHWH was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.”
So the Philistinesהַפְּלִשְׁתִּיםwere subduedוַיִּכָּנְעוּand did notוְלֹאagainיָסְפוּ עוֹדcomeלָבוֹאinto the territoryבִּגְבוּלof Israel;יִשְׂרָאֵלand the handוַ יַדof YHWHיְהוָהwasתְּהִיagainst the Philistinesבַּפְּלִשְׁתִּיםallכֹּלthe daysיְמֵיof Samuel.שְׁמוּאֵל
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” appearssubdue
To master an enemy until he is under one's own power.
Where else “yikanu” appearsdo again
To do again what had already been done.
Where else “yasfu” appearsenter
To go into a place.
Where else “vo” appearsterritory
The land within that border.
Where else “gevul” 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” appearspower
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” 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” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “tehi” appearstime
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yeme” 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” appears12Then 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.”
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14And the cities that the Philistines had taken from Israel returned to Israel, from Ekron to Gath; and Israel delivered their territory from the hand of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorite.
