1 Samuel 11:11

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that they which remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיְהִ֣י מִֽמָּחֳרָ֗ת וַיָּ֨שֶׂם שָׁא֣וּל אֶת־הָעָם֮ שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה רָאשִׁים֒ וַיָּבֹ֤אוּ בְתוֹךְ־הַֽמַּחֲנֶה֙ בְּאַשְׁמֹ֣רֶת הַבֹּ֔קֶר וַיַּכּ֥וּ אֶת־עַמּ֖וֹן עַד־חֹ֣ם הַיּ֑וֹם וַיְהִ֤י הַנִּשְׁאָרִים֙ וַיָּפֻ֔צוּ וְלֹ֥א נִשְׁאֲרוּ־בָ֖ם שְׁנַ֥יִם יָֽחַד

Transliteration

And wayəhî from mimmāḥŏrāt and wayyāśem šāʾûl ʾet-hāʿām šəlōšâ rāʾšîm and wayyābōʾû into bətôk-hammaḥăneh in bəʾašmōret the habbōqer and wayyakkû ʾet-ʿammôn until ʿad-ḥōm the hayyôm and wayəhî the hanniš'ārîm and wayyāpuṣû and not wəlōʾ niš'ărû-bām two šənayim together yāḥad

Grammar Details

*wayəhî*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and it happened
*mimmāḥŏrāt*: preposition + noun, feminine singular - from the next day
*wayyāśem*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he placed
*šāʾûl*: proper noun - Saul
*ʾet-hāʿām*: direct object marker + article + noun, masculine singular - the people
*šəlōšâ*: cardinal number, feminine - three
*rāʾšîm*: noun, masculine plural - heads/divisions
*wayyābōʾû*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they came
*bətôk-hammaḥăneh*: preposition + construct of *tāwek* + article + noun, masculine singular - into the midst of the camp
*bəʾašmōret*: preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - in the watch of
*habbōqer*: article + noun, masculine singular - the morning
*wayyakkû*: waw consecutive + Hiphil imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they struck
*ʾet-ʿammôn*: direct object marker + proper noun - Ammon
*ʿad-ḥōm*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - until the heat of
*hayyôm*: article + noun, masculine singular - the day
*hanniš'ārîm*: article + Niphal participle masculine plural - the ones remaining
*wayyāpuṣû*: waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they scattered
*wəlōʾ*: waw conjunction + negative particle - and not
*niš'ărû-bām*: Niphal perfect 3rd common plural + preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - remained among them
*šənayim*: cardinal number, masculine dual - two
*yāḥad*: adverb - together

Word Meanings

*mimmāḥŏrāt*: on the next day/on the following day
*šəlōšâ rāʾšîm*: three divisions/three companies
*ʾašmōret habbōqer*: morning watch (last part of night before dawn)
*ḥōm hayyôm*: heat of the day/midday/noon

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Referenced Verses

Judg 7:16 : 16 And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers.
Judg 9:43 : 43 And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people were come forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them.
1 Sam 11:2 : 2 And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will I make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel.
1 Sam 30:17-18 : 17 And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled. 18 And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives.
Ps 46:1 : 1 To the chief Musician{H8764)} for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present{H8738)} help in trouble.
Matt 7:2 : 2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
Jas 2:13 : 13 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
Gen 22:14 : 14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen.
Exod 14:24 : 24 And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,
Judg 1:7 : 7 And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.
Judg 4:16 : 16 But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword; and there was not a man left.

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