פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים

   pe-lish-TIM

   Philistines
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אֶת־נְצִ֣יב פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים

   et-ne-TSIV pe-lish-TIM

   {direct object} garrison or pillar Philistines
3. clause🔊 וְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֞ל שָׁמְע֣וּ לֵאמֹ֗ר הִכָּ֤ה שָׁאוּל֙ אֶת־נְצִ֣יב פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים וְגַם־נִבְאַשׁ‪ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בַּפְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים

   ve-KHOL-yis-ra-EL sha-me-U le-MOR hi-KA sha-UL et-ne-TSIV pe-lish-TIM ve-gam-niv-ASH yis-ra-EL ba-pe-lish-TIM

   and all Israel heard saying struck Saul {direct object} garrison or pillar Philistines and also was made foul or became a stench Israel among the Philistines or to the Philistines
4. sentence🔊 וְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֞ל שָׁמְע֣וּ לֵאמֹ֗ר הִכָּ֤ה שָׁאוּל֙ אֶת־נְצִ֣יב פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים וְגַם־נִבְאַשׁ‪ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בַּפְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים וַיִּצָּעֲק֥וּ הָעָ֛ם אַחֲרֵ֥י שָׁא֖וּל הַגִּלְגָּֽל׃

   ve-KHOL-yis-ra-EL sha-me-U le-MOR hi-KA sha-UL et-ne-TSIV pe-lish-TIM ve-gam-niv-ASH yis-ra-EL ba-pe-lish-TIM va-yits-a-a-KU ha-AM a-kha-RE sha-UL ha-gil-GAL

   and all Israel heard saying struck Saul {direct object} garrison or pillar Philistines and also was made foul or became a stench Israel among the Philistines or to the Philistines and they cried out the people after Saul the Gilgal

Exegesis

Next, hiqqāh šāʾûl ʾet nəṣîb pəlištīm {הִכָּ֤ה שָׁאוּל֙ אֶת־נְצִ֣יב פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים | hiqqāh šāʾûl ʾet nəṣîb pəlištīm} employs the hiphil perfect to emphasize Saul’s striking of the Philistine outpost.

Root and etymology

p-l-sh🔊 פ־ל־שpe–lamed–shin

“invader”