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Then Amalekוַ עֲמָלֵקcameיָּבֹאand foughtוַיִּלָּחֶםwith Israelעִם יִשְׂרָאֵלat Rephidim.בִּרְפִידִם
Exodus 17:8
Study it in the app“Then Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 17:8, word by word
- Then Amalekעֲמָלֵקamalek
Amalek
Amalek, a grandson of Esau. The Amalekites, who became enemies of Israel, descend from him; the name also stands for that people.
Where else “amalek” appears- cameיָּבֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appears- and foughtיִּלָּחֶםyilachem
fight
To struggle against an enemy with weapons and give battle; God also fights for his people.
Where else “yilachem” appears- with 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- at Rephidimרְפִידִםrefidim
Rephidim
Rephidim, a camping place in the desert before Sinai.
Where else “refidim” appears
The context
7He called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the quarreling of the sons of Israel, and because they tested YHWH, saying, “Is YHWH among us or not?”
8 · This verse (above)
9Moses said to Joshua, “Choose men for us, and go out, fight against Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the staff of Elohim in my hand.”