Study it in the app“Then the spirit clothed Amasai, head of the captains: “We are yours, David, and with you, son of Jesse! Peace, peace to you, and peace to the one who helps you, for your Elohim helps you.” And David received them and set them among the heads of the band.”
Then the spiritוְרוּחַclothedלָבְשָׁהAmasai,עֲמָשַׂיheadרֹאשׁof the captains:הַשָּׁלִישִׁים“We are yours,לְךָDavid,דָוִידand with you,וְעִמְּךָsonבֶןof Jesse!יִשַׁיPeace,שָׁלוֹםpeaceשָׁלוֹםto you,לְךָand peaceוְשָׁלוֹםto the one who helps you,לְעֹזְרֶךָforכִּיyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָhelps you.”עֲזָרְךָAnd Davidוַ דָּוִידreceived themיְקַבְּלֵםand set themוַיִּתְּנֵםamong the headsבְּרָאשֵׁיof the band.הַגְּדוּד
Spirit of God
The spirit of Elohim or YHWH: his presence and power.
Where else “ruach” appearsbe clothed with
YHWH's spirit wraps someone like a garment.
Where else “lavsha” appearsAmasai
Amasai: name of several Israelites: Levites of the family of Kohath, a chief of the thirty who joined David, and a priest who blew the trumpet.
Where else “amasay” appearschief
Literally "the head": the one who leads, or the best of something.
Where else “rosh” appearsthirty
Thirty; also "thirtieth".
Where else “shalishim” appearsDavid
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ven” appearsJesse
Jesse, of Bethlehem, son of Obed and father of King David.
Where else “yishay” appearspeace
Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.
Where else “shalom” appearshelp
To stand beside someone to give him strength or free him from a bind.
Where else “ozre” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsreceive
To take on something, good or bad.
Where else “yekable” appearsput
To place something somewhere.
Where else “yitne” appearsband, raiders
Band of raiders, troop that attacks by surprise.
Where else “gedud” appearsThe Hebrew says only “spirit clothed Amasai,” without saying whose; the same expression is used of the spirit of YHWH in Judges 6:34. This translation writes “spirit” in lowercase in the Old Testament because the Hebrew does not distinguish capital letters. “Captains” is the form that is read; the written form says “the thirty.”
17David went out before them and answered and said to them, “If you have come to me in peace, to help me, I will have toward you a heart united; but if it is to deceive me in favor of my adversaries, though there is no violence in my palms, may the Elohim of our fathers see and judge.”
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19And from Manasseh some went over to David when he came with the Philistines against Saul for war; but they did not help them, for after taking counsel the lords of the Philistines sent him away, saying, “With our heads he will go over to his lord Saul.”
