Study it in the app“But the people said, “You shall not go out; for if we indeed flee, they will not set their heart on us; and if half of us die, they will not set their heart on us; for now there are ten thousand like us. So now it is better that you be for us from the city a help.””
But the peopleוַ הָעָםsaid,יֹּאמֶר“You shall notלֹאgo out;תֵצֵאforכִּיifאִםwe indeedנֹסflee,נָנוּסthey will notלֹאsetיָשִׂימוּtheir heartלֵבon us;אֵלֵינוּand ifוְאִםhalf of usחֶצְיֵנוּdie,יָמֻתוּthey will notלֹאsetיָשִׂימוּtheir heartלֵבon us;אֵלֵינוּforכִּיnowעַתָּהthere are tenעֲשָׂרָהthousandאֲלָפִיםlike us.כָמֹנוּSo nowוְעַתָּהit is betterטוֹבthatכִּיyou beתִהְיֶהfor usלָּנוּfrom the cityמֵעִירa help.”לַעְזוֹר
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsgo out
To go out of a place.
Where else “tetse” appearsflee
To run off to get away from a danger or an enemy.
Where else “nos” appearsput
To put something somewhere.
Where else “yasimu” appearsheart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lev” appearshalf
One of two equal parts of something.
Where else “chetsye” appearsdie
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “yamutu” appearsten
Ten.
Where else “asara” appearsthousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “alafim” appearsbetter
Worth more or more profitable than something it is compared with.
Where else “tov” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “tihye” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appearshelp
To stand beside someone to give him strength or free him from a bind.
Where else “ezor” appears“They will not set their heart on us”: we will not matter to them. In “now there are ten thousand like us” the Hebrew is difficult; with one different letter it would say “you” instead of “now,” and then the sense would be “you are worth ten thousand of us.”
2David sent out the people, a third under the command of Joab, a third under the command of Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, and a third under the command of Ittai the Gittite. The king said to the people, “I will surely go out with you myself too.”
3 · This verse (above)
4The king said to them, “Whatever seems best in your eyes I will do.” So the king stood beside the gate, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands.
