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Davidדָּוִדaroseוַיָּקָםand fledוַיִּבְרַחon thatבַּ הַהוּאdayיּוֹםfromמִפְּנֵיSaul,שָׁאוּלand cameוַיָּבֹאtoאֶלAchishאָכִישׁkingמֶלֶךְof Gath.גַּת
1 Samuel 21:10
Study it in the app“David arose and fled on that day from Saul, and came to Achish king of Gath.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 21:10, word by word
- Davidדָּוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- aroseיָּקָםyakam
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakam” appears- and fledיִּבְרַחyivrach
flee
To run away to save oneself from a danger or from someone.
Where else “yivrach” appears- dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- fromפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” 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- and cameיָּבֹאyavo
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appears- Achishאָכִישׁachish
Achish
Achish: a Philistine king of the city of Gath, with whom David took refuge twice (1 Samuel 21 and 27–29); in 1 Kings 2:39-40 the king of Gath has the same name.
Where else “achish” appears- kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Gathגַּתgat
Gath
See it on the mapWhere else “gat” appears
Places in this verse
Gath ?
Today: possibly Tell es-Safi (Tel Zafit), Israel
A Philistine city at the edge of the coastal plain; its exact site is not certain.
Goliath was from Gath (1 Sam 17:4). David fled from Saul to Gath and pretended to be insane (1 Sam 21:10-13).
The context
9The priest said, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you struck in the Valley of Elah, look, it is wrapped in a cloak behind the ephod. If you will take it for yourself, take it, for there is no other besides it here.” David said, “There is none like it; give it to me.”
10 · This verse (above)
11The servants of Achish said to him, “Is not this David, the king of the land? Is it not of this one that they answered one another in the dances, saying, ‘Saul has struck his thousands, and David his myriads’?”