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1 Samuel 14:20

“And Saul and all the people that were with him assembled themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man’s sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

זָעַקzâʻaq · zaw-ak'
H2199 · Hebrew
Definition
to shriek (from anguish or danger); by analogy, (as a herald) to announce or convene publicly
Derivation
a primitive root;
KJV renderings
assemble, call (together), (make a) cry (out), come with such a company, gather (together), cause to be proclaimed.
Grammar
  • וַ — conjunction
  • יִּזָּעֵ֣ק — verb Niphal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/VNw3ms
Usage
Occurs 73 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 2:23Joshua 8:16Judges 3:9Judges 3:15Judges 4:10

Theological interpretation (AI)

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.