1 Samuel 14:16
Old Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one another."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁמַר
shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
שָׁאוּל
Shâʼûwl
Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites
גִּבְעָה
Gibʻâh
Gibah; the name of three places in Palestine
בִּנְיָמִין
Binyâmîyn
Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
מָסַס
mâçaç
to liquefy; figuratively, to waste (with disease), to faint (with fatigue, fear or grief)
סוּר
çûwr
to turn off (literal or figurative)
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
דָּכָא
dâkâʼ
to crumble; transitively, to bruise (literally or figuratively)
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
אַחֵר
ʼachêr
properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.
Key Terms in This Verse
דָּכָא dâkâʼ
to crumble; transitively, to bruise (literally or figuratively)
Study H1792 →שָׁמַר shâmar
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
Study H8104 →מָסַס mâçaç
to liquefy; figuratively, to waste (with disease), to faint (with fatigue, fear or grief)
Study H4549 →רָאָה râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
Study H7200 →בִּנְיָמִין Binyâmîyn
Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
Study H1144 →Cross References
And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man’s sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Bethshittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abelmeh...
Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
And Saul and all the people that were with him assembled themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man’s sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture.
And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
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