Study it in the app“Both 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.””
David recalls how God delivered him from the lion and the bearCourage
Bothגַּםthe lionאֶת הָאֲרִיandגַּםthe bearהַדּוֹבyour servantעַבְדֶּךָhas struck;הִכָּהand thisוְ הַזֶּהuncircumcisedהֶעָרֵלPhilistineהַפְּלִשְׁתִּיshall beהָיָהlike oneכְּאַחַדof them,מֵהֶםforכִּיhe has reproachedחֵרֵףthe battle linesמַעַרְכֹתof the livingחַיִּיםElohim.”אֱלֹהִים
lion
Lion.
Where else “ari” appearsbear
Bear.
Where else “dov” appearsyour servant
"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".
Where else “avde” appearsstrike dead
To strike dead, kill.
Where else “hika” appearsuncircumcised
A man without the covenant sign; said with scorn.
Where else “arel” appearsPhilistines
Philistines: a people that settled on the south-west coast of Canaan and was Israel's enemy in the days of the judges and of David.
Where else “pelishti” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appearsone
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “achad” appearsreproach
To defy or humble someone with words, to put them to shame.
Where else “cheref” appearsbattle line
An army drawn up in battle order, ready to fight.
Where else “maarchot” appearsalive
Having life, not dead.
Where else “chayim” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears35I 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.
36 · This verse (above)
37David said, “YHWH, who delivered me from the hand of the lion and from the hand of the bear, he will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” And Saul said to David, “Go, and may YHWH be with you.”
