Study it in the app“And it happened at the end of three years that two slaves of Shimei fled to Achish son of Maacah, king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, “Look, your slaves are in Gath.””
And it happenedוַיְהִיat the endמִקֵּץof threeשָׁלֹשׁyearsשָׁנִיםthat twoוַ שְׁנֵיslavesעֲבָדִיםof ShimeiלְשִׁמְעִיfledיִּבְרְחוּtoאֶלAchishאָכִישׁsonבֶּןof Maacah,מַעֲכָהkingמֶלֶךְof Gath.גַּתAnd they toldוַיַּגִּידוּShimei,לְשִׁמְעִיsaying,לֵאמֹר“Look,הִנֵּהyour slavesעֲבָדֶיךָare in Gath.”בְּגַת
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appearsend
What comes when something finishes: "some days later".
Where else “kets” appearsthree
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shalosh” appearsyear
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shanim” appearstwo
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shene” appearsslave
A person who belongs to a master and works for him, without freedom of his own.
Where else “avadim” appearsShimei
Shimei, the name of many men; among them a son of Gershon, grandson of Levi (Exodus 6:17), and the Benjaminite of Saul's family who cursed David as he fled from Absalom (2 Samuel 16:5-13; 19:16-23). It means "heard".
Where else “shimi” appearsflee
To run away to save oneself from a danger or from someone.
Where else “yivrchu” appearsAchish
Achish: a Philistine king of the city of Gath, with whom David took refuge twice (1 Samuel 21 and 27–29); in 1 Kings 2:39-40 the king of Gath has the same name.
Where else “achish” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appearsMaacah
Maacah, the name of several people, men and women; among them a son of Nahor and the daughter of the king of Geshur, David's wife and Absalom's mother. Also a small kingdom in the north.
Where else “maacha” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsGath
See it on the mapWhere else “gat” appearstell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yagidu” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearsGath ?
Today: possibly Tell es-Safi (Tel Zafit), Israel
A Philistine city at the edge of the coastal plain; its exact site is not certain.
Goliath was from Gath (1 Sam 17:4). David fled from Saul to Gath and pretended to be insane (1 Sam 21:10-13).
38And Shimei said to the king, “The word is good; as my lord the king has spoken, so will your servant do.” And Shimei lived in Jerusalem many days.
39 · This verse (above)
40And Shimei rose and saddled his donkey and went to Gath to Achish to seek his slaves. And Shimei went and brought his slaves from Gath.
