1 Samuel 11:3
The elders of Jabesh said to him, “Give us seven days, that we may send messengers to all the borders of Israel; and then, if there is no one to save us, we will come out to you.”This verse in the real world
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- יָבֵשׁYâbêshJobesh, the name of an Israelite and of a place in Palestine
- רָפָהrâphâhto slacken (in many applications, literal or figurative)
- זָקֵןzâqênold
- יָשַׁעyâshaʻproperly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free
- גְּבוּלgᵉbûwlproperly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territor
- מֲלְאָךְmălʼâka messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher)
- שֶׁבַעshebaʻseven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by
- שָׁלַחshâlachto send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.