1 Samuel 30:10
Old Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor."
Word-by-Word Analysis
דָּוִד
Dâvid
David, the youngest son of Jesse
רָדַף
râdaph
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
מֵאָה
mêʼâh
a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
שְׁנַיִם
shᵉnayim
two; also (as ordinal) twofold
מֵאָה
mêʼâh
a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
מוּג
mûwg
to melt, i.e. literally (to soften, flow down, disappear), or figuratively (to fear, faint)
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
נַחַל
nachal
a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
Key Terms in This Verse
רָדַף râdaph
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
Study H7291 →נַחַל nachal
a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
Study H5158 →מוּג mûwg
to melt, i.e. literally (to soften, flow down, disappear), or figuratively (to fear, faint)
Study H4127 →יָשַׁב yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Study H3427 →אַחַר ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
Study H310 →Cross References
So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed.
And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the peo...
And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint.
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.
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