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Davidדָּוִדlaidוַיָּשֶׂםtheseהָאֵלֶּהwordsהַדְּבָרִיםin his heartבִּלְבָבוֹand wasוַveryמְאֹדafraidיִּרָאofמִפְּנֵיAchishאָכִישׁkingמֶלֶךְof Gath.גַּת
1 Samuel 21:12
Study it in the app“David laid these words in his heart and was very afraid of Achish king of Gath.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 21:12, 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- laidיָּשֶׂםyasem
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “yasem” appears- wordsדְּבָרִיםdevarim
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devarim” appears- in his heartלְבָבlevav
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levav” appears- veryמְאֹדmeod
very
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appears- afraidיִּרָאyira
fear
To feel fear before danger or before someone stronger.
Where else “yira” appears- ofפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” 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
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’?”
12 · This verse (above)
13So he changed his behavior before their eyes and pretended to be mad in their hands, and made marks on the doors of the gate, and let his saliva run down onto his beard.