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And Davidוְדָוִדwas goingהֹלֵךְand returningוָשָׁבfrom besideמֵעַלSaulשָׁאוּלto pastureלִרְעוֹתhis father’sאָבִיוflockאֶת צֹאןat Bethlehem.בֵּית לָחֶם
1 Samuel 17:15
Study it in the app“And David was going and returning from beside Saul to pasture his father’s flock at Bethlehem.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 17:15, word by word
- And Davidדָוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- was goingהֹלֵךְholech
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “holech” appears- and returningשָׁבshav
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shav” 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- to pastureרְעוֹתreot
graze
To tend a flock, or eat grass.
Where else “reot” appears- his father’sאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- flockצֹאןtson
flock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tson” appears- at Bethlehemבֵּיתbet
Bethlehem
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Places in this verse
Bethlehem
Today: Bethlehem (Bayt Lahm), West Bank
A town in Judea, about 5.5 miles (9 km) south of Jerusalem.
Rachel died near it (Gen 35:19), Naomi and Ruth lived there (Ruth 1:1), and David was born there. Micah said a ruler would come from it, and Jesus was born in Bethlehem (Mic 5:2; Matt 2:1).
The context
14David was the youngest, and the three oldest had gone after Saul.
15 · This verse (above)
16The Philistine came near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.