1 Samuel 17:24

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְכֹל֙ אִ֣ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בִּרְאוֹתָ֖ם אֶת־הָאִ֑ישׁ וַיָּנֻ֙סוּ֙ מִפָּנָ֔יו וַיִּֽירְא֖וּ מְאֹֽד׃

Transliteration

wə-kōl ʾîš yiśrāʾēl bi-rəʾôtām ʾet hā-ʾîš wa-yānusû mi-ppānāyw wa-yîrəʾû məʾōd

Grammar Details

*wə-kōl*: waw conjunction + noun ms construct - and all
*ʾîš*: noun ms construct - man of
*yiśrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel
*bi-rəʾôtām*: preposition + qal infinitive construct + 3mp suffix - in their seeing
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*hā-ʾîš*: definite article + noun ms - the man
*wa-yānusû*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3mp - and they fled
*mi-ppānāyw*: preposition + noun mp + 3ms suffix - from his face/presence
*wa-yîrəʾû*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect 3mp - and they feared
*məʾōd*: adverb - greatly

Word Meanings

*bi-rəʾôtām*: when they saw/upon seeing
*mi-ppānāyw*: from his presence/from before him
*məʾōd*: greatly/exceedingly/very much

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Referenced Verses

Lev 26:36 : 36 And as for them that are left of you, I will send a faintness into their heart in the lands of their enemies: and the sound of a driven leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as one fleeth from the sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.
Num 13:33 : 33 And there we saw the Nephilim, the sons of Anak, who come of the Nephilim: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
Deut 32:30 : 30 How should one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Except their Rock had sold them, And Jehovah had delivered them up?
1 Sam 13:6-7 : 6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were distressed), then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in coverts, and in pits. 7 Now some of the Hebrews had gone over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead; but as for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.
1 Sam 17:11 : 11 And when Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
Isa 7:2 : 2 And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart trembled, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest tremble with the wind.
Isa 30:17 : 17 One thousand [shall flee] at the threat of one; at the threat of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on a hill.

Similar Verses (AI)

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1 Sam 17:10-11
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10And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.
11And when Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
1 Sam 17:23
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25And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.
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1 Sam 17:50-52
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50So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.
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1 Sam 17:48
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1 Sam 23:3
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1 Sam 17:41-42
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3And the Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.
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1 Sam 17:31-33
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1 Sam 17:8
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1 Sam 31:7
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