Study it in the app“David said to Ahimelech the priest, “The king has commanded me a matter and said to me, ‘Let no one know anything of the matter on which I am sending you and which I have commanded you.’ And the young men I have directed to such and such a place.”
Davidדָּוִדsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto Ahimelechלַאֲחִימֶלֶךְthe priest,הַכֹּהֵן“The kingהַמֶּלֶךְhas commanded meצִוַּנִיa matterדָבָרand saidוַיֹּאמֶרto me,אֵלַי‘Let no oneאִישׁ אַלknowיֵדַעanythingמְאוּמָהof the matterהַדָּבָרon whichאֲשֶׁרIאָנֹכִיam sending youשֹׁלֵחֲךָand whichוַאֲשֶׁרI have commanded you.’צִוִּיתִךָAndוְthe young menהַנְּעָרִיםI have directedיוֹדַעְתִּיtoאֶלsuch and suchפְּלֹנִי אַלְמוֹנִיa place.מְקוֹם
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsAhimelech
Ahimelech: the name of several men; best known is the priest of Nob who gave David bread and Goliath's sword and was killed by Saul's order (1 Samuel 21-22); also a Hittite companion of David (1 Samuel 26:6). It means "my brother is king".
Where else “achimelech” appearspriest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohen” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearscommand
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiva” appearsthing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appearseach
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appearsknow
To know something, realize.
Where else “yeda” appearsanything
Something, anything; with "not", nothing.
Where else “meuma” appearssend
To send someone or something.
Where else “sholeach” appearsyoung servant
A young man, often in someone's service: servant, messenger or soldier.
Where else “nearim” appearsso-and-so
"So-and-so": a word used in place of someone's name when one will not or cannot say it.
Where else “peloni” appearssuch a one
"Such": the second part of the expression "so-and-so," used when the name of a person or a place is not given.
Where else “almoni” appearsplace
A place, a spot.
Where else “mekom” appearsThe narrative has told that David fled from Saul (19:18; 20:42); here he tells the priest that the king has sent him. What followed is told in 22:9-22.
1David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. Ahimelech came trembling to meet David and said to him, “Why are you alone, and no one is with you?”
2 · This verse (above)
3Now then, what is there under your hand? Give five loaves of bread into my hand, or whatever is found.”
