Davidדָוִדwent out;וַיֵּצֵאwhereverבְּכֹל אֲשֶׁרSaulשָׁאוּלsent him,יִשְׁלָחֶנּוּhe acted wisely;יַשְׂכִּילand Saulוַ שָׁאוּלset himיְשִׂמֵהוּoverעַלthe menאַנְשֵׁיof war,הַמִּלְחָמָהand it was goodוַיִּיטַבin the eyesבְּעֵינֵיof allכָלthe peopleהָעָםand alsoוְגַםin the eyesבְּעֵינֵיof the servantsעַבְדֵיof Saul.שָׁאוּל
1 Samuel 18:5
Study it in the app“David went out; wherever Saul sent him, he acted wisely; and Saul set him over the men of war, and it was good in the eyes of all the people and also in the eyes of the servants of Saul.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 18:5, word by word
- Davidדָוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- went outיֵּצֵאyetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yetse” appears- Saulשָׁאוּלshaul
Saul
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” appears- sent himיִשְׁלָחֶyishlache
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “yishlache” appears- he acted wiselyיַשְׂכִּילyaskil
succeed
For what one undertakes to turn out well.
Where else “yaskil” appears- set himיְשִׂמֵyesime
appoint
To set someone as leader, or fix something.
Where else “yesime” appears- the menאַנְשֵׁיanshe
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anshe” appears- of warמִּלְחָמָהmilchama
war, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” appears- and it was goodיִּיטַבyitav
go well
For it to go well for someone: "that it may go well with you".
Where else “yitav” appears- in the eyesעֵינֵיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- the peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- of the servantsעַבְדֵיavde
servant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “avde” appears
The context
4Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him and gave it to David, and his garment, and even his sword, and even his bow, and even his belt.
5 · This verse (above)
6And it came about, as they came, when David returned from striking the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel to sing, with dances, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with joy, and with three-stringed instruments.