1Sa 17:20 | KD | STEP | In pursuance of this commission, David went in the morning to the waggon-rampart , when the army, which was going out (of the camp) into battle array, raised the war-cry, and Israel and the Philistines placed themselves battle-array against battle-array . וגו והחיל is a circumstantial clause, and the predicate is introduced with והרעוּ, as וגו והחיל is placed at the head absolutely: “ and as for the army which, etc., it raised a shout .” בּמּלחמה הרע, lit . to make a noise in war, i.e., to raise a war-cry .

‏ 1 Samuel 17:20

In pursuance of this commission, David went in the morning to the waggon-rampart, when the army, which was going out (of the camp) into battle array, raised the war-cry, and Israel and the Philistines placed themselves battle-array against battle-array. וגו והחיל is a circumstantial clause, and the predicate is introduced with והרעוּ, as וגו והחיל is placed at the head absolutely: “and as for the army which, etc., it raised a shout.” בּמּלחמה הרע, lit. to make a noise in war, i.e., to raise a war-cry.