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Davidוְדָוִדwasהוּאthe youngest,הַקָּטָןand the threeוּשְׁלֹשָׁהoldestהַגְּדֹלִיםhad goneהָלְכוּafterאַחֲרֵיSaul.שָׁאוּל
1 Samuel 17:14
Study it in the app“David was the youngest, and the three oldest had gone after Saul.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 17:14, word by word
- Davidדָוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- the youngestקָּטָןkatan
youngest
The youngest son or daughter of the family, the last one born.
Where else “katan” appears- and the threeשְׁלֹשָׁהshelosha
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shelosha” appears- oldestגְּדֹלִיםgedolim
elder
Born first: the firstborn son.
Where else “gedolim” appears- had goneהָלְכוּhalchu
follow
"Go after" someone, follow them.
Where else “halchu” appears- Saulשָׁאוּלshaul
Saul
Saul, the name of several people. The best known is the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, the first king of Israel. A king of Edom and a son of Simeon also bear it. It means "asked for".
Where else “shaul” appears
The context
13The three oldest sons of Jesse had gone; they had followed Saul to the war. And the names of his three sons who went to the war were Eliab the firstborn, and second to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
14 · This verse (above)
15And David was going and returning from beside Saul to pasture his father’s flock at Bethlehem.