What Does 1 Samuel 14:28 Mean?

“Then answered”

properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e., pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout,

“be the man”

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

“And the people”

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

“and said”

to say (used with great latitude)

“charged”

to seven oneself, i.e., swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)

“charged”

to seven oneself, i.e., swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)

“Thy father”

father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“And the people”

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

“and said”

to say (used with great latitude)

“Cursed”

to execrate

“be the man”

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“that eateth”

to eat (literally or figuratively)

“any food”

food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)

“this day”

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso

“were faint”

to fly; also (by implication of dimness) to faint (from the darkness of swooning)

“And the people”

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock