Study it in the app“So I counsel that all Israel be surely gathered to you, from Dan to Beersheba, like the sand that is by the sea in multitude, and that you in person go into battle.”
SoכִּיI counselיָעַצְתִּיthat allכָלIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלbe surely gatheredהֵאָסֹף יֵאָסֵףto you,עָלֶיךָfrom DanמִדָּןtoוְעַדBeersheba,בְּאֵר שֶׁבַעlike the sandכַּחוֹלthatאֲשֶׁרis byעַלthe seaהַיָּםin multitude,לָרֹבand that you in personוּפָנֶיךָgoהֹלְכִיםinto battle.בַּקְרָב
advise
To tell someone what is best to do.
Where else “yaatsti” 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” appearsassemble
To bring people together in one place.
Where else “heasof” appearsDan
See it on the mapWhere else “dan” appearsBeersheba
See it on the mapWhere else “beer” appearssand
Sand.
Where else “chol” appearssea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appearsmultitude
A great crowd of people or things.
Where else “rov” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fane” appearsgo
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “holchim” appearsbattle, war
Combat, battle; the moment when two sides draw near to fight. It comes from the idea of "drawing near." It is a different word from the usual one for "war."
Where else “kerav” appears“You in person” is literally “your face.”
1Dan
Today: Tel Dan nature reserve, northern Israel
A city at the far north of Israel, at the foot of Mount Hermon.
The tribe of Dan took the city and gave it their name (Judg 18:29). Jeroboam set up a golden calf there (1 Kgs 12:29).
2Beersheba
Today: Beersheba (Be'er Sheva), Israel
A city at the southern edge of the land of Israel, in the Negev desert, about 47 miles (75 km) south of Jerusalem.
Abraham and Isaac made agreements there over a well (Gen 21:31; 26:33). "From Dan to Beersheba" meant the whole land.
10And even he, the valiant man whose heart is like the heart of a lion, will utterly melt; for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and valiant men are those who are with him.
11 · This verse (above)
12So we will come upon him in one of the places where he is found there, and we will settle on him as the dew falls on the ground; and not even one will be left of him and of all the men who are with him.
