1 Samuel 17:50 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֶּחֱזַ֨ק	vai.ye.che.Zak	and he was strong	H2388 →
דָּוִ֤ד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
מִן־	min-	more than	H4480 →
הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי֙	ha.pe.lish.Ti	the Philistine	H6430 →
בַּקֶּ֣לַע	ba.Ke.la'	with the sling	H7050 →
וּבָאֶ֔בֶן	u.va.'E.ven	and with the stone	H68 →
וַיַּ֥ךְ	vai.Yakh	and he struck down	H5221 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖י	ha.pe.lish.Ti	the Philistine	H6430 →
וַיְמִיתֵ֑הוּ	vay.mi.Te.hu	and he killed him	H4191 →
וְחֶ֖רֶב	ve.Che.rev	and [was] a sword	H2719 →
אֵ֥ין	'ein	there not	H369 →
בְּיַד־	be.yad-	in [the] hand of	H3027 →
דָּוִֽד׃	da.Vid	David	H1732 →

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

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Where the connections lead

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
Judges 15:15
He found the fresh jawbone of a donkey, reached out his hand and took it, and struck down a thousand men.
leads to
- Joshua 23:10
  One of you can put a thousand to flight, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as He promised.
- Leviticus 26:8
  Five of you will pursue a hundred, and a hundred of you will pursue ten thousand, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you.
- Judges 3:31
  After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath. And he too saved Israel, striking down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad.
- 1 Samuel 17:49–50
  Then David reached into his bag, took out a stone, and slung it, striking the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground.
Through
Judges 3:31
After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath. And he too saved Israel, striking down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad.
leads to
- Judges 5:6
  In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted and the travelers took the byways.
Through
1 Samuel 17:39
David strapped his sword over the tunic and tried to walk, but he was not accustomed to them. “I cannot walk in these,” David said to Saul. “I am not accustomed to them.” So…
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 10:4–5
  The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
Through
1 Samuel 21:9
The priest replied, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, is here; it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you want, you may take…
leads to
- 1 Samuel 17:2
  Saul and the men of Israel assembled and camped in the Valley of Elah, arraying themselves for battle against the Philistines.
Through
1 Samuel 23:21
“May you be blessed by the LORD,” replied Saul, “for you have had compassion on me.
leads to
- 1 Samuel 22:8
  Is that why all of you have conspired against me? Not one of you told me that my own son had made a covenant with the son of Jesse. Not one of you has…

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.

Ecclesiastes 9:11I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor the favor to the skillful. For time and chance happen to all.Judges 15:15He found the fresh jawbone of a donkey, reached out his hand and took it, and struck down a thousand men.1 Samuel 17:39David strapped his sword over the tunic and tried to walk, but he was not accustomed to them. “I cannot walk in these,” David said to Saul. “I am not accustomed to them.” So David took them off.1 Samuel 21:9The priest replied, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, is here; it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you want, you may take it. For there is no other but this one.” And David said, “There is none like it; give it to me.”1 Samuel 23:21“May you be blessed by the LORD,” replied Saul, “for you have had compassion on me.Judges 3:31After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath. And he too saved Israel, striking down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad.1 Samuel 13:22So on the day of battle not a sword or spear could be found in the hands of the troops with Saul and Jonathan; only Saul and his son Jonathan had weapons.1 Kings 20:14“By whom?” Ahab asked. And the prophet replied, “This is what the LORD says: ‘By the young officers of the district governors.’” “Who will start the battle?” asked Ahab. “You will,” answered the prophet.2 Samuel 17:8He continued, “You know your father and his men. They are mighty men, and as fierce as a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Moreover, your father is a man of war who will not spend the night with the troops.2 Samuel 19:9And all the people throughout the tribes of Israel were arguing, “The king rescued us from the hand of our enemies and delivered us from the hand of the Philistines, but now he has fled the land because of Absalom.

Named here
person/david
David prevails over the Philistine Goliath
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