Study it in the app“One thousand will flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five you will flee, until you are left like a flagpole on the top of the mountain, and like a banner on the hill.”
Oneאֶחָדthousand will fleeאֶלֶףat the rebukeמִפְּנֵי גַּעֲרַתof one;אֶחָדat the rebukeמִפְּנֵי גַּעֲרַתof fiveחֲמִשָּׁהyou will flee,תָּנֻסוּuntilעַד אִםyou are leftנוֹתַרְתֶּםlike a flagpoleכַּתֹּרֶןon the topעַל רֹאשׁof the mountain,הָהָרand like a bannerוְכַנֵּסon the hill.עַל הַגִּבְעָה
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appearsthousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “elef” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appearsrebuke
A rebuke: a strong word that scolds or stops someone. Of God, the command before which the sea or the enemies draw back.
Where else “gaarat” appearsfive
Five.
Where else “chamisha” appearsflee
To run off to get away from a danger or an enemy.
Where else “tanusu” appearsbe left
For a part to stay when the rest has gone or been used.
Where else “notartem” appearsmast, pole
A mast, a tall pole such as a flagstaff.
Where else “toren” appearstop
Literally "the head": the highest part, as of a mountain.
Where else “rosh” appearsmountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appearsbanner
A signal raised on a staff, for all to gather.
Where else “nes” appearshill
Hill.
Where else “giva” appears16and you said, “No, for on horses we will flee”; therefore you will flee; “and on swift steeds we will ride”; therefore your pursuers will be swift.
17 · This verse (above)
18And therefore YHWH waits to show you favor, and therefore he rises up to have compassion on you; for an Elohim of justice is YHWH; happy are all who wait for him.
