Study it in the app“And they said, “What one is there of the tribes of Israel that did not come up to YHWH at Mizpah?” And look, no man had come to the camp from Jabesh-gilead to the assembly.”
And they said,וַיֹּאמְרוּ“Whatמִיoneאֶחָדis there of the tribesמִשִּׁבְטֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלthatאֲשֶׁרdid notלֹאcome upעָלָהtoאֶלYHWHיְהוָהat Mizpah?”הַמִּצְפָּהAnd look,וְהִנֵּהnoלֹאmanאִישׁhad comeבָאtoאֶלthe campהַמַּחֲנֶהfrom Jabesh-gileadמִיָּבֵישׁ גִּלְעָדtoאֶלthe assembly.הַקָּהָל
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appearsone
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appearstribe
Literally "the rod": one of the twelve great clans of Israel.
Where else “shivte” 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” appearsgo up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “ala” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsMizpah
See it on the mapWhere else “mitspa” appearseach
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “va” appearscamp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machane” appearsJabesh
Jabesh, a city of Gilead, east of the Jordan. Later King Saul delivered it from the sons of Ammon (1 Samuel 11). It is also the name of a man, the father of King Shallum (2 Kings 15:10).
Where else “yavesh” appearsGilead
See it on the mapWhere else “gilad” appearsassembly
The people gathered before YHWH.
Where else “kahal” 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).
2Gilead
Today: northern Jordan, east of the Jordan River
A hill region east of the Jordan River, in present-day Jordan.
Reuben, Gad and half of Manasseh settled there (Num 32:1, 33). Jephthah was from Gilead (Judg 11:1). Jeremiah spoke of its balm (Jer 8:22).
7What shall we do for them, for those who are left, for wives, since we have sworn by YHWH not to give them any of our daughters as wives?”
8 · This verse (above)
9When the people were counted, look, there was not there a man of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead.
