King James Version
1 Samuel 14:9 in the King James Version says “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 the...” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 14 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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. Tarry: Heb. Be still”
1 Samuel 14:9 · KJV
And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine heart: turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart.
Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and we will discover ourselves unto them.
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. Tarry: Heb. Be still
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.
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.
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used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
properly, like this, i.e., by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now
“thus unto us Tarry”
H1826to be dumb; by implication, to be astonished, to stop; also to perish
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
“until we come”
H5060properly, to touch, i.e., lay the hand upon (for any purpose; euphemistically, to lie with a woman); by implication, to reach (figuratively, to arrive
“to you then we will stand still”
H5975to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“in our place and will not go up”
H5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
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