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Then the Philistinesוַ פְלִשְׁתִּיםcame upיַּעֲלוּand encampedוַיַּחֲנוּin Judahבִּיהוּדָהand spread outוַיִּנָּטְשׁוּin Lehi.בַּלֶּחִי
Judges 15:9
Study it in the app“Then the Philistines came up and encamped in Judah and spread out in Lehi.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 15:9, word by word
- Then the Philistinesפְלִשְׁתִּיםfelishtim
Philistines
Philistines: a people that settled on the south-west coast of Canaan and was Israel's enemy in the days of the judges and of David.
Where else “felishtim” appears- came upיַּעֲלוּyaalu
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaalu” appears- and encampedיַּחֲנוּyachanu
encamp
To pitch tents and stay, or besiege a city.
Where else “yachanu” appears- in Judahיהוּדָהyhuda
Judah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yhuda” appears- and spread outיִּנָּטְשׁוּyinatshu
spread out
For an army to spread out over a place, occupying it.
Where else “yinatshu” appears- in Lehiלֶּחִיlechi
Lehi
Lehi, a place in Judah where Samson struck the Philistines. The name means "jawbone."
Where else “lechi” appears
The context
8He struck them leg on thigh, a great blow; and he went down and stayed in the cleft of the crag of Etam.
9 · This verse (above)
10And the men of Judah said, “Why have you come up against us?” And they said, “To bind Samson we have come up, to do to him as he did to us.”