Study it in the app“It happened that when the Jews who lived beside them came, they said to us ten times, “From all the places where you turn, they will be on us.””
It happenedוַיְהִיthat whenכַּאֲשֶׁרthe Jewsהַיְּהוּדִיםwho livedהַיֹּשְׁבִיםbeside themאֶצְלָםcame,בָּאוּthey saidוַיֹּאמְרוּto usלָנוּtenעֶשֶׂרtimes,פְּעָמִים“Fromמִallכָּלthe placesהַמְּקֹמוֹתwhereאֲשֶׁרyou turn,תָּשׁוּבוּthey will beon us.”עָלֵינוּ
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appearsJew, Judean
Jew: a person of Judah, first of the kingdom of Judah and then, in general, of the people descended from it. Its first appearance is 2 Kings 16:6, where it names the men of Judah who lived in Elath. It is frequent in Jeremiah, Nehemiah and Esther.
Where else “yehudim” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshvim” appearsbeside
Beside, next to.
Where else “etsla” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “bau” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appearsten
Ten.
Where else “eser” appearstime
Each of the occasions on which something happens or is repeated.
Where else “peamim” appearsplace
A place, a spot.
Where else “mekomot” appearsreturn
To go back to a place.
Where else “tashuvu” appearsThe ending is difficult; the Hebrew says: “from all the places that you will return upon us.” It may be a warning that the attack would come from every side.
11And our adversaries said, “They will not know nor see until we come into their midst and kill them and stop the work.”
12 · This verse (above)
13So I stationed in the lowest parts of the place behind the wall, in the exposed places; I stationed the people by families, with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
