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The PhilistineהַפְּלִשְׁתִּיsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלDavid,דָּוִד“Comeלְכָהto me,אֵלַיand I will giveוְאֶתְּנָהyour fleshאֶת בְּשָׂרְךָto the birdsלְעוֹףof the skyהַשָּׁמַיִםand to the beastsוּלְבֶהֱמַתof the field.”הַשָּׂדֶה
1 Samuel 17:44
Study it in the app“The Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the sky and to the beasts of the field.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 17:44, word by word
- The Philistineפְּלִשְׁתִּיpelishti
Philistines
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” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- Davidדָּוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- “Comeלְכָlecha
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lecha” appears- and I will giveאֶתְּנָהetna
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “etna” appears- your fleshבְּשָׂרְbesar
flesh
The body of a person or animal, the soft part covering the bones.
Where else “besar” appears- to the birdsעוֹףof
bird
The animals with wings and feathers that fly through the sky: doves, eagles, ravens.
Where else “of” appears- of the skyשָּׁמַיִםshamayim
sky
The high space seen above the earth, where the birds, clouds, sun and stars are.
Where else “shamayim” appears- and to the beastsבֶהֱמַתvehemat
beast
Animals in general.
Where else “vehemat” appears- of the fieldשָּׂדֶהsade
field
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sade” appears
The context
43The Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with staffs?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
44 · This verse (above)
45David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with sword and with spear and with javelin; but I come to you in the name of YHWH Tsevaot, the Elohim of the battle lines of Israel, whom you have reproached.