Study it in the app“Hear this, priests, and pay attention, house of Israel; and house of the king, give ear; for the judgment is for you; for you have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread over Tabor.”
Hearשִׁמְעוּthis,זֹאתpriests,הַכֹּהֲנִיםand pay attention,וְהַקְשִׁיבוּhouseבֵּיתof Israel;יִשְׂרָאֵלand houseוּבֵיתof the king,הַמֶּלֶךְgive ear;הַאֲזִינוּforכִּיthe judgmentהַמִּשְׁפָּטis for you;לָכֶםforכִּיyou have beenהֱיִיתֶםa snareפַחat Mizpah,לְמִצְפָּהand a netוְרֶשֶׁתspreadפְּרוּשָׂהoverעַלTabor.תָּבוֹר
hear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shimu” appearspriest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohanim” appearspay attention, listen
To pay attention, to listen carefully, to prick up the ears. It is more than hearing: it is heeding what is said.
Where else “hakshivu” appearsdynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “bet” 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” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearslisten, give ear
Give ear, listen carefully.
Where else “haazinu” appearsjudgment
The decision a judge gives on a case.
Where else “mishpat” appearsexist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “heyitem” appearssnare
A bird trap; a hidden danger.
Where else “fach” appearsMizpah
See it on the mapWhere else “mitspa” appearsnet
A mesh for hunting, or a trap.
Where else “reshet” appearsspread out
To open out hands, wings or cloth.
Where else “perusa” appearsTabor
See it on the mapWhere else “tavor” appears1Mizpah ?
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).
2Tabor
Today: Mount Tabor, Lower Galilee, Israel
An isolated mountain in northern Israel at the edge of the Jezreel Valley, about 11 miles (17 km) west of the Sea of Galilee.
Barak gathered ten thousand men there and, with Deborah, defeated Sisera (Judg 4:6, 14).
1 · This verse (above)
2And in slaughter the rebels have gone deep; but I am discipline for all of them.
