Study it in the app“I would go out after it and strike it and deliver it from its mouth; and if it rose against me, I would seize it by its beard and strike it and put it to death.”
David recalls how God delivered him from the lion and the bearCourage
I would go outוְיָצָאתִיafter itאַחֲרָיוand strike itוְהִכִּתִיוand deliver itוְהִצַּלְתִּיfrom its mouth;מִפִּיוand if it roseוַיָּקָםagainst me,עָלַיI would seize itוְהֶחֱזַקְתִּיby its beardבִּזְקָנוֹand strike itוְהִכִּתִיוand put it to death.וַהֲמִיתִּיו
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yatsati” appearsstrike dead
To strike dead, kill.
Where else “hikiti” appearsrescue
To take someone out of danger or out of his enemy's hands.
Where else “hitsalti” appearsmouth
The part of the face with which one speaks, eats and kisses.
Where else “pi” appearsrise against
To rise against someone to attack or confront him.
Where else “yakam” appearsseize
To take hold of something or someone and not let go.
Where else “hechezakti” appearsbeard
Beard; also the chin.
Where else “zekan” appearskill
To kill someone.
Where else “hamiti” appears“By its beard”: the hair under the animal’s mouth; the same word also means “chin.”
34David said to Saul, “Your servant used to be a shepherd for his father with the flock; and when the lion came, or the bear, and carried off a lamb from the drove,
35 · This verse (above)
36Both the lion and the bear your servant has struck; and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be like one of them, for he has reproached the battle lines of the living Elohim.”
