KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what 1 Samuel 14:10 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up: for the Lord hath delivered them into our hand: and this shall be a sign unto us.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “But if” | וְאִם | Used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not | if |
| “they say” | יֹֽאמְר֜וּ | To say (used with great latitude) | say |
| “thus,” | כֹּ֨ה | Properly, like this, i.e., by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now | thus |
| “Come up” | עֲל֤וּ | To ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative | Come up |
| “unto” | עָלֵ֙ינוּ֙ | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | unto |
| “us; then we will go up:” | וְעָלִ֔ינוּ | To ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative | then go up |
| “for” | כִּֽי | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | for |
| “the Lord” | יְהוָ֖ה | (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God | Lord |
| “hath delivered” | נְתָנָ֥ם | To give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) | delivered |
| “them into our hand:” | בְּיָדֵ֑נוּ | A hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follows] | hand |
| “and this” | וְזֶה | The masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that | and this |
| “shall be” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “a sign” | הָאֽוֹת׃ | A signal (literally or figuratively), as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc | sign |
| “unto us.” | הָאֽוֹת׃ | A signal (literally or figuratively), as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc | unto us |
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8 Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and we will discover ourselves unto them.
9 If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them.
10 But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up: for the Lord hath delivered them into our hand: and this shall be a sign unto us.
11 And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves.
12 And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armourbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will shew you a thing. And Jonathan said unto his armourbearer, Come up after me: for the Lord hath delivered them into the hand of Israel.
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