1 Samuel 15:7 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיַּ֥ךְ	vai.Yakh	and he attacked	H5221 →
שָׁא֖וּל	sha.'Ul	Saul	H7586 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
עֲמָלֵ֑ק	'a.ma.Lek	Amalek	H6002 →
מֵֽחֲוִילָה֙	me.cha.vi.Lah	from Havilah	H2341 →
בּוֹאֲךָ֣	bo.'a.Kha	coming you	H935 →
שׁ֔וּר	Shur	Shur	H7793 →
אֲשֶׁ֖ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
עַל־	'al-	[is] on	H5921 →
פְּנֵ֥י	pe.Nei	[the] face of	H6440 →
מִצְרָֽיִם׃	mitz.Ra.yim	Egypt	H4714 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H6002ʾamalekAmalek39×

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 25:18
Ishmael’s descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, which is near the border of Egypt as you go toward Asshur. And they lived in hostility toward all their brothers.
leads to
- Genesis 20:1
  Now Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Genesis 16:12
  He will be a wild donkey of a man, and his hand will be against everyone, and everyone’s hand against him; he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.”
Through
Genesis 16:7
Now the angel of the LORD found Hagar by a spring of water in the desert—the spring along the road to Shur.
leads to
- Genesis 25:18
  Ishmael’s descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, which is near the border of Egypt as you go toward Asshur. And they lived in hostility toward all their brothers.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Genesis 21:17
  Then God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, “What is wrong, Hagar? Do not be afraid, for God has heard the voice of the…
- Exodus 15:22
  Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the Desert of Shur. For three days they walked in the desert without finding water.
Through
Exodus 15:22
Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the Desert of Shur. For three days they walked in the desert without finding water.
leads to
- Genesis 16:7
  Now the angel of the LORD found Hagar by a spring of water in the desert—the spring along the road to Shur.
Through
1 Samuel 27:8
Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these people had inhabited the land extending to Shur and Egypt.)
leads to
- 1 Samuel 15:7–8
  Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt.
- Joshua 13:2
  This is the land that remains:

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

1 Samuel 30:1On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked Ziklag, and burned it down.Genesis 25:18Ishmael’s descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, which is near the border of Egypt as you go toward Asshur. And they lived in hostility toward all their brothers.1 Samuel 14:48He fought valiantly and defeated the Amalekites, delivering Israel from the hands of its plunderers.Genesis 16:7Now the angel of the LORD found Hagar by a spring of water in the desert—the spring along the road to Shur.1 Samuel 27:8Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these people had inhabited the land extending to Shur and Egypt.)Exodus 15:22Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the Desert of Shur. For three days they walked in the desert without finding water.Genesis 2:11The name of the first river is Pishon; it winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.Genesis 10:29Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.Judges 12:15Then Abdon son of Hillel, from Pirathon, died, and he was buried at Pirathon in Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.Ecclesiastes 8:13Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow.Job 21:30Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.1 Chronicles 1:23Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.1 Samuel 27:9Whenever David attacked a territory, he did not leave a man or woman alive, but he took the flocks and herds, the donkeys, camels, and clothing. Then he would return to Achish,Genesis 20:1Now Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar,

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