He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and the LORD wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil.
| Word | Hebrew | Strong’s | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| arose | קָם֩ kam | H6965 | to rise (in various applications · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular |
| smote | וַיַּ֨ךְ vai.Yakh | H5221 | to strike (lightly or severely · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular |
| Philistines | בַּפְּלִשְׁתִּ֜ים ba.pe.lish.Tim | H6430 | a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth · preposition with the article + noun, gentilic masculine plural absolute |
| until | כִּֽי ki- | H3588 | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunc… · particle |
| hand | יָד֗וֹ ya.Do | H3027 | a hand (the open one (indicating power · noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular |
| weary | יָגְעָ֣ה ya.ge.'Ah | H3021 | properly · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular |
| hand | יָדוֹ֙ ya.Do | H3027 | a hand (the open one (indicating power · noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular |
| clave | וַתִּדְבַּ֤ק va.tid.Bak | H1692 | properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular |
| sword | הַחֶ֔רֶב ha.Che.rev | H2719 | drought · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute |
| LORD | יְהוָ֛ה Yah.weh | H3068 | Jehovah · proper noun, a title |
| wrought | וַיַּ֧עַשׂ vai.Ya.'as | H6213 | to do or make · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular |
| great | גְדוֹלָ֖ה ge.do.Lah | H1419 | great (in any sense) · adjective, feminine singular absolute |
| victory | תְּשׁוּעָ֥ה te.shu.'Ah | H8668 | rescue (literal or figurative · noun, common feminine singular absolute |
| day | בַּיּ֣וֹם bai.Yom | H3117 | a day (as the warm hours) · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute |
| people | וְהָעָ֛ם ve.ha.'Am | H5971 | a people (as a congregated unit) · conjunction + definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute |
| returned | יָשֻׁ֥בוּ ya.Shu.vu | H7725 | to turn back (hence · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural |
| after | אַחֲרָ֖יו 'a.cha.Rav | H310 | properly · cardinal number, masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular |
| spoil | לְפַשֵּֽׁט le.fa.Shet | H6584 | to spread out (i.e. deploy in hostile array) · preposition + verb, piel infinitive construct |
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When they defied the Philistines that were there gathered - This is supposed to refer to the war in which David slew Goliath.
He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary,.... He rose up when the Israelites fled, and stood his ground alone, and fought with the Philistines, and smote them with his sword, until his hand was weary with smiting: and his hand clave unto the sword; which was contracted by holding it so long, and grasping it so hard, that it could not easily be got out of it; or through the quantity of blood which ran upon his hand, as it was shed, so Josephus (t); and which being congealed, and dried, caused his hand to stick to the hilt of his sword, so that they were, as it were, glued together by it; or the sense may be only, that though weary, he did not drop his sword, but held it f…
Read the whole note in the consoleThe following list of David's heroes we also find in 1 Chron 11:10-47, and expanded at the end by sixteen names (Ch1 11:41-47), and attached in Ch1 11:10 to the account of the conquest of the fortress of Zion by the introduction of a special heading. According to this heading, the heroes named assisted David greatly in his kingdom, along with all Israel, to make him king, from which it is evident that the chronicler intended by this heading to justify his appending the list to the account of the election of David as king over all the tribes of Israel (Ch1 11:1), and of the conquest of Zion, which followed immediately afterwards. In every other respect the two lists agree with one another, ex…
Read the whole note in the consoleto collect the plunder: Cp. 1 Sam 30:9-10, 21-25.
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But only to strip [the corpses]. Yonoson translates: "To strip the dead." There was no one to help him kill [the Pelishtim] but they were all stripping the corpses after [he had killed them].
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