Study it in the app“David 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.”
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Davidדָּוִדsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלthe Philistine,הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי“Youאַתָּהcomeבָּאto meאֵלַיwith swordבְּחֶרֶבand with spearוּבַחֲנִיתand with javelin;וּבְכִידוֹןbut Iוְאָנֹכִיcomeבָאto youאֵלֶיךָin the nameבְּשֵׁםof YHWHיְהוָהTsevaot,צְבָאוֹתthe Elohimאֱלֹהֵיof the battle linesמַעַרְכוֹתof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלwhomאֲשֶׁרyou have reproached.חֵרַפְתָּ
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” 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” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “ba” appearssword
A sword; or war.
Where else “cherev” appearsspear
A spear: a long weapon with a point, for striking at close range or for throwing.
Where else “chanit” appearsjavelin
Javelin: a short spear thrown by hand.
Where else “chidon” appearsname of YHWH
YHWH's name: himself, as he makes himself known.
Where else “shem” 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” appearsTsevaot
A name of God: the one who commands the armies of heaven and earth.
Where else “tsevaot” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsbattle line
An army drawn up in battle order, ready to fight.
Where else “maarchot” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsreproach
To defy or humble someone with words, to put them to shame.
Where else “cherafta” appears44The 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.”
45 · This verse (above)
46This day YHWH will hand you over into my hand, and I will strike you and remove your head from you; and I will give the corpses of the camp of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky and to the animals of the earth, and all the earth will know that Israel has Elohim.
