1 Samuel 14:16
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Now when Saul’s watchmen at Gibeah in Benjamin looked and saw the troops melting away and scattering in every direction,

Young's Literal Translation
And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin see, and lo, the multitude hath melted away, and it goeth on, and is beaten down.

King James Bible
And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down [one another].

Hebrew
Now when Saul's
לְשָׁא֔וּל (lə·šā·’ūl)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 7586: Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelites

watchmen
הַצֹּפִים֙ (haṣ·ṣō·p̄îm)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 6822: To lean forward, to peer into the distance, to observe, await

at Gibeah
בְּגִבְעַ֖ת (bə·ḡiḇ·‘aṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 1390: Gibeah -- 'hill', three cities in Palestine

in Benjamin
בִּנְיָמִ֑ן (bin·yā·min)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1144: Benjamin -- 'son of the right hand', youngest son of Jacob, also the name of two other Israelites

looked
וַיִּרְא֤וּ (way·yir·’ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 7200: To see

and saw
וְהִנֵּ֧ה (wə·hin·nêh)
Conjunctive waw | Interjection
Strong's 2009: Lo! behold!

the troops
הֶהָמ֛וֹן (he·hā·mō·wn)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1995: A noise, tumult, crowd, disquietude, wealth

melting away
נָמ֖וֹג (nā·mō·wḡ)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4127: To melt

and scattering
וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ (way·yê·leḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

in every direction,
וַהֲלֹֽם׃ (wa·hă·lōm)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 1986: To strike down, to hammer, stamp, conquer, disband

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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