Study it in the app“And 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.”
And Shimeiוַ שִׁמְעִיroseיָּקָםand saddledוַיַּחֲבֹשׁhis donkeyאֶת חֲמֹרוֹand wentוַיֵּלֶךְto GathגַּתָהtoאֶלAchishאָכִישׁto seekלְבַקֵּשׁhis slaves.אֶת עֲבָדָיוAnd Shimeiוַ שִׁמְעִיwentיֵּלֶךְand broughtוַיָּבֵאhis slavesאֶת עֲבָדָיוfrom Gath.מִגַּת
Shimei
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” appearsrise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakam” appearssaddle
To fasten something firmly, or saddle an animal to ride it.
Where else “yachavosh” appearsdonkey
Donkey, male donkey.
Where else “chamor” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appearsGath
See it on the mapWhere else “gata” 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” appearsseek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “vakesh” appearsslave
A person who belongs to a master and works for him, without freedom of his own.
Where else “avaday” appearsbring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “yave” 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).
39And 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.”
40 · This verse (above)
41And it was told to Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and returned.
