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Achishאָכִישׁsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto his servants,אֶל עֲבָדָיו“Look,הִנֵּהyou seeתִרְאוּa manאִישׁbehaving like a madman.מִשְׁתַּגֵּעַWhyלָמָּהdo you bringתָּבִיאוּhimאֹתוֹto me?אֵלָי
1 Samuel 21:14
Study it in the app“Achish said to his servants, “Look, you see a man behaving like a madman. Why do you bring him to me?”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 21:14, word by word
- 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- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- to his servantsעֲבָדָיavaday
servant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “avaday” appears- you seeתִרְאוּtiru
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “tiru” appears- a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- behaving like a madmanמִשְׁתַּגֵּעַmishtagea
be mad
Be mad, have lost one's mind.
Where else “mishtagea” appears- do you bringתָּבִיאוּtaviu
bring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “taviu” appears
The context
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.
14 · This verse (above)
15Do I lack madmen, that you have brought this one to behave like a madman before me? Should this one come into my house?”