1 Samuel 14:5
Strong's Lexicon
One
הָאֶחָ֛ד (hā·’e·ḥāḏ)
Article | Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 259: 1) one (number) 1a) one (number) 1b) each, every 1c) a certain 1d) an (indefinite article) 1e) only, once, once for all 1f) one...another, the one...the other, one after another, one by one 1g) first 1h) eleven (in combination), eleventh (ordinal)

cliff
הַשֵּׁ֧ן (haš·šên)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 8127: 1) tooth, ivory 1a) tooth 1a1) of man, lex talionis, beast 1b) tooth, tine (of fork) 1c) ivory 1c1) as material 1c2) of commerce 1d) sharp pointed rock

stood
מָצ֥וּק (mā·ṣūq)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4690: 1) molten support, pillar, column

to the north
מִצָּפ֖וֹן (miṣ·ṣā·p̄ō·wn)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6828: 1) north (of direction), northward 1a) north 1b) northward

toward
מ֣וּל (mūl)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 4136: n m 1) front 1a) front 1b) in the opposite direction prep 2) in front of 2a) in front of 2b) (with prefix) 2b1) towards the front of, to the front of, on the front of 2b2) from the front of, off the front of, close in front of, on the forefront of

Michmash,
מִכְמָ֑שׂ (miḵ·māś)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4363: Michmas or Michmash = 'hidden' 1) a city in Benjamin lying near Ramah and approximately 10 miles (16 km) north of Jerusalem; probably modern 'Mukhmas'

and the other
וְהָאֶחָ֥ד (wə·hā·’e·ḥāḏ)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 259: 1) one (number) 1a) one (number) 1b) each, every 1c) a certain 1d) an (indefinite article) 1e) only, once, once for all 1f) one...another, the one...the other, one after another, one by one 1g) first 1h) eleven (in combination), eleventh (ordinal)

to the south
מִנֶּ֖גֶב (min·ne·ḡeḇ)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5045: 1) south-country, Nekeb, south 1a) south-country 1a1) region of southern Judah, boundaries not specific 1b) south

toward
מ֥וּל (mūl)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 4136: n m 1) front 1a) front 1b) in the opposite direction prep 2) in front of 2a) in front of 2b) (with prefix) 2b1) towards the front of, to the front of, on the front of 2b2) from the front of, off the front of, close in front of, on the forefront of

Geba.
גָּֽבַע׃ (gā·ḇa‘)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1387: Gaba or Geba or Gibeah = 'hill' 1) a city in Benjamin, modern 'Jeba', which stands on the top of a steep terraced hill, six miles or ten kilometres north east of Jerusalem and three miles or five kilometres from Gibeah, on the edge of the Wadi Suweinit looking northward to the opposite village of ancient Michmash, modern 'Mukhmas'

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
One cliff stood to the north toward Michmash, and the other to the south toward Geba.

Young's Literal Translation
The one edge [is] fixed on the north over-against Michmash, and the one on the south over-against Gibeah.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
one stood to the north in front of Michmash and the other to the south in front of Geba.

New American Standard Bible
The one crag rose on the north opposite Michmash, and the other on the south opposite Geba.

King James Bible
The forefront of the one [was] situate northward over against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
One cliff stood to the north toward Mikmash, the other to the south toward Geba.

New Living Translation
The cliff on the north was in front of Micmash, and the one on the south was in front of Geba.

English Standard Version
The one crag rose on the north in front of Michmash, and the other on the south in front of Geba.

New American Standard Bible
The one crag rose on the north opposite Michmash, and the other on the south opposite Geba.

King James Bible
The forefront of the one was situate northward over against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
one stood to the north in front of Michmash and the other to the south in front of Geba.

International Standard Version
One crag rose on the north opposite Michmash, and the other on the south opposite Geba.

NET Bible
The cliff to the north was closer to Micmash, the one to the south closer to Geba.

American Standard Version
The one crag rose up on the north in front of Michmash, and the other on the south in front of Geba.

English Revised Version
The one crag rose up on the north in front of Michmash, and the other on the south in front of Geba.

Young's Literal Translation
The one edge is fixed on the north over-against Michmash, and the one on the south over-against Gibeah.
















Cross References
1 Samuel 13:3
And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.

1 Samuel 13:23
And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.

1 Samuel 14:4
And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines' garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.

1 Samuel 14:6
And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few.

1 Samuel 14:31
And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint.

1 Samuel 1:1
Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:

1 Samuel 14:3
And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD'S priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.

1 Samuel 14:2
And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree which is in Migron: and the people that were with him were about six hundred men;

1 Samuel 14:7
And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine heart: turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart.

1 Samuel 14:8
Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and we will discover ourselves unto them.
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