Study it in the app“The 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’?””
The servantsעַבְדֵיof Achishאָכִישׁsaidוַיֹּאמְרוּto him,אֵלָיו“Is notהֲלוֹאthisזֶהDavid,דָוִדthe kingמֶלֶךְof the land?הָאָרֶץIs it notהֲלוֹאof this oneלָזֶהthat they answered one anotherיַעֲנוּin the dances,בַמְּחֹלוֹתsaying,לֵאמֹר‘Saulשָׁאוּלhas struckהִכָּהhis thousands,בַּאֲלָפָיוand Davidוְדָוִדhis myriads’?”בְּרִבְבֹתָיו
servant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “avde” appearsAchish
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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appearsDavid
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appearssing in turns
To sing in turns, so that one choir answers the other.
Where else “yaanu” appearsdance
Dance in a ring.
Where else “mecholot” 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” appearsstrike dead
To strike dead, kill.
Where else “hika” appearsthousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “alafay” appearsten thousand, myriad
Ten thousand; a countless multitude.
Where else “rivvotay” appears10David arose and fled on that day from Saul, and came to Achish king of Gath.
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12David laid these words in his heart and was very afraid of Achish king of Gath.
