1 Samuel 14:28
Old Testament • 18 words with Strong's data
"Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were faint."
Word-by-Word Analysis
עָנָה
ʻânâh
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, ...
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
שָׁאַל
shâʼal
to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand
צָוָה
tsâvâh
(intensively) to constitute, enjoin
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
שְׁבוּעָה
shᵉbûwʻâh
properly, something sworn, i.e. an oath
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
לֶחֶם
lechem
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
מוּג
mûwg
to melt, i.e. literally (to soften, flow down, disappear), or figuratively (to fear, faint)
Key Terms in This Verse
שָׁאַל shâʼal
to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand
Study H7592 →מוּג mûwg
to melt, i.e. literally (to soften, flow down, disappear), or figuratively (to fear, faint)
Study H4127 →לֶחֶם lechem
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
Study H3899 →עָנָה ʻânâh
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce
Study H6030 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →Cross References
And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the peo...
Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in mine hand, and, lo, I must die.
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