1 Samuel

1 Samuel 13:5

⁵Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand^c chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.

Footnotes

c 13:5 Some LXX manuscripts and Syriac; Hebrew thirty thousand

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Now the Philistines	וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֞ים	ū·p̄ə·liš·tîm	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - masculine plural	H6430 Philistine
assembled	נֶאֶסְפ֣וּ׀	ne·’es·p̄ū	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural	H622 gather, remove
to fight	לְהִלָּחֵ֣ם	lə·hil·lā·ḥêm	Preposition-l; Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct	H3898 fight, do battle
against	עִם־	‘im-	Preposition	H5973 with
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
with three	שְׁלֹשִׁ֨ים	šə·lō·šîm	Number - common plural	H7970 thirty
thousand	אֶ֤לֶף	’e·lep̄	Number - masculine singular	H505 thousand
chariots	רֶ֙כֶב֙	re·ḵeḇ	Noun - masculine singular	H7393 chariotry, chariot, mill-stone
six	וְשֵׁ֤שֶׁת	wə·šê·šeṯ	Conjunctive waw; Number - masculine singular construct	H8337 six
thousand	אֲלָפִים֙	’ă·lā·p̄îm	Number - masculine plural	H505 thousand
horsemen	פָּרָשִׁ֔ים	pā·rā·šîm	Noun - masculine plural	H6571 horse, steed
and troops	וְעָ֕ם	wə·‘ām	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H5971 people
as numerous	לָרֹ֑ב	lā·rōḇ	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H7230 multitude, abundance, greatness
as the sand	כַּח֛וֹל	ka·ḥō·wl	Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H2344 sand
on	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the seashore	שְׂפַֽת־	śə·p̄aṯ-	Noun - feminine singular construct	H8193 lip, speech, edge
They went up	וַֽיַּעֲלוּ֙	way·ya·‘ă·lū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5927 go up, ascend, climb
and camped	וַיַּחֲנ֣וּ	way·ya·ḥă·nū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H2583 decline, bend down, encamp
at Michmash	בְמִכְמָ֔שׂ	ḇə·miḵ·māś	Preposition-b; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H4363 Mikmas, Mikmash
east	קִדְמַ֖ת	qiḏ·maṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H6926 front, East
of Beth-aven	אָֽוֶן׃	’ā·wen	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H1007 Beth-Aven

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