Study it in the app“David 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.””
David recalls how God delivered him from the lion and the bearCourage
Davidדָּוִדsaid,וַיֹּאמֶר“YHWH,יְהוָהwhoאֲשֶׁרdelivered meהִצִּלַנִיfrom the handמִיַּדof the lionהָאֲרִיand from the handוּמִיַּדof the bear,הַדֹּבheהוּאwill deliver meיַצִּילֵנִיfrom the handמִיַּדof thisהַזֶּהPhilistine.”הַפְּלִשְׁתִּיAnd Saulוַ שָׁאוּלsaidיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלDavid,דָּוִד“Go,לֵךְand may YHWHוַיהוָהbeיִהְיֶהwith you.”עִמָּךְ
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsrescue
To take someone out of danger or out of his enemy's hands.
Where else “hitsila” appearspower
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appearslion
Lion.
Where else “ari” appearsbear
Bear.
Where else “dov” 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” appearsSaul
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” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lech” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appears36Both 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.”
37 · This verse (above)
38Saul clothed David with his garment, and put a helmet of bronze on his head, and clothed him with a coat of armor.
