The Meaning of 1 Samuel 13:21 Explained

1 Samuel 13:21

KJV: Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.

YLT: and there hath been the file for mattocks, and for coulters, and for three-pronged rakes, and for the axes, and to set up the goads.

Darby: when the edges of the sickles, and the hoes, and the forks, and the axes were blunted; and to set the goads.

ASV: yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to set the goads.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Yet they had a file  for the mattocks,  and for the coulters,  and for the forks,  and for the axes,  and to sharpen  the goads. 

What does 1 Samuel 13:21 Mean?

Context Summary

1 Samuel 13:13-23 - Left In The Spoilers' Hands
Sternly and sorrowfully the old prophet pronounced the sentence of Saul's deposition, and suggested that already God had sought and found another prince for his people. In Jesse's home was found the stripling who in after-years would say: "Wait on the Lord: be of good courage and He shall strengthen thy heart: wait, I say, on the Lord," Psalms 27:14.
Wait thou thy Lord's leisure! Bid thy heart stay its feverish beating, and thy pulse subside! To act prematurely and in self-will would mar the divine purpose, and set in motion stones that could not be slopped. "Let your moderation be known unto all men; the Lord is at hand." Never say, "Circumstances compelled me; I had to do it: my hand was forced"! No, child of God, thou art greater than circumstances and superior to the crowd of base spirits around thee. Wait thou on God, for He shall yet interpose in thy behalf. Allow no circumstances to provoke or excuse the doing of evil. In quietness and confidence shall be thy strength; in returning and rest shall thou be saved. [source]

Chapter Summary: 1 Samuel 13

1  Saul's select band
3  He calls the Hebrews to Gilgal against the Philistines
5  The Philistines' great army
6  The distress of the Israelites
8  Saul, weary of staying for Samuel, sacrifices
11  Samuel reproves him
17  The three raiding parties of the Philistines
19  The policy of the Philistines, to allow no blacksmith in Israel

What do the individual words in 1 Samuel 13:21 mean?

And was the charge for a sharpening a pim for the plowshares and the mattocks and the three [pronged] forks and the axes and to set the points of the goads
וְֽהָיְתָ֞ה הַפְּצִ֣ירָה פִ֗ים לַמַּֽחֲרֵשֹׁת֙ וְלָ֣אֵתִ֔ים וְלִשְׁלֹ֥שׁ קִלְּשׁ֖וֹן וּלְהַקַּרְדֻּמִּ֑ים וּלְהַצִּ֖יב הַדָּרְבָֽן

וְֽהָיְתָ֞ה  And  was 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
הַפְּצִ֣ירָה  the  charge  for  a  sharpening 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: פְּצִירָה  
Sense: price, charge.
פִ֗ים  a  pim 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: פֶּה  
Sense: mouth.
לַמַּֽחֲרֵשֹׁת֙  for  the  plowshares 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, feminine plural
Root: מַחֲרֵשָׁה  
Sense: plowshare.
וְלָ֣אֵתִ֔ים  and  the  mattocks 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: אֵת  
Sense: ploughshare.
וְלִשְׁלֹ֥שׁ  and  the  three  [pronged] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Number, feminine singular construct
Root: מִשְׁלֹשׁ 
Sense: three, triad.
קִלְּשׁ֖וֹן  forks 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: קִלְּשֹׁון  
Sense: forks, three-pronged pitchfork, goad.
וּלְהַקַּרְדֻּמִּ֑ים  and  the  axes 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: קַרְדֹּם  
Sense: axe.
וּלְהַצִּ֖יב  and  to  set  the  points 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct
Root: הֻצַּב 
Sense: to stand, take one’s stand, stand upright, be set (over), establish.
הַדָּרְבָֽן  of  the  goads 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּרְבָן 
Sense: goad.

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