1 Samuel 17:2 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.”

1 Samuel 17:2 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 17:211 words

HebrewMeaning

וְ/שָׁא֤וּלwəšāʾwl

SaulconjH7586

Shaul

וְ/אִֽישׁwəʾiyš

manconjH376

another · any · a certain · champion ···

יִשְׂרָאֵל֙yiśərāʾēl

IsraelnounH3478

נֶאֶסְפ֔וּneʾesəpw

assembleverbH622

bring · consume · destroy · felch ···

וַֽ/יַּחֲנ֖וּwayaḥănw

abideconjH2583

camp · dwell · encamp · grow to an end ···

בְּ/עֵ֣מֶקbəʿēmeq

dalepronH6010

vale · valley . See also

הָאֵלָ֑הhāʾēlāh

ElahnounH425

וַ/יַּעַרְכ֥וּwayaʿarəkw

put (the battleconjH6186

self) in array · compare · direct · equal ···

מִלְחָמָ֖הmiləḥāmāh

battlenounH4421

fight · war

לִ/קְרַ֥אתliqəraʾt

befallpronH7122

chance · come · fall out · happen ···

פְּלִשְׁתִּֽיםpəlišətiym

PhilistinenounH6430

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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