Study it in the app“David answered the priest and said to him, “Surely women have been kept from us as yesterday and the day before when I set out, and the things of the young men were holy, though it was an ordinary journey; how much more today will they be holy in their things!””
Davidדָּוִדansweredוַיַּעַןthe priestהַכֹּהֵןand saidוַיֹּאמֶרto him,לוֹ“Surelyכִּי אִםwomenאִשָּׁהhave been kept fromעֲצֻרָהusלָנוּas yesterdayכִּתְמוֹלand the day beforeשִׁלְשֹׁםwhen I set out,בְּצֵאתִיand the thingsוַ כְלֵיof the young menהַנְּעָרִיםwereיִּהְיוּholy,קֹדֶשׁthough itוְהוּאwas an ordinaryחֹלjourney;דֶּרֶךְhow much moreוְאַף כִּיtodayהַיּוֹםwill they be holyיִקְדַּשׁin their things!”בַּכֶּלִי
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearsanswer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “yaan” appearspriest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohen” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearswoman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appearsrestrain
To stop something, like rain or a plague.
Where else “atsura” appearsformerly
What was already so in times past, up to now.
Where else “temol” appearsday before yesterday
The day before yesterday; formerly. With "yesterday" it forms the idiom "as before".
Where else “shilshom” appearsset out
To set out somewhere, or go out to war.
Where else “tseti” appearsutensil
Something for use: tools, jewels, travel gear.
Where else “chele” appearsyoung servant
A young man, often in someone's service: servant, messenger or soldier.
Where else “nearim” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihyu” appearsholy thing
Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.
Where else “kodesh” appearscommon
Common, for ordinary use: what is not set apart for God. It does not mean "bad".
Where else “chol” appearsjourney
The stretch one covers going from place to place, and how long it takes.
Where else “derech” appearstoday
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appearsbe holy
To be holy, set apart for God.
Where else “yikdash” appears“The things of the young men” translates a broad word (“utensils, gear”): it may refer to their bodies or to what they carried. The end of the verse is difficult in Hebrew; the general sense is that David gives assurance that his men are fit to eat holy bread.
4The priest answered David and said, “There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread, if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.”
5 · This verse (above)
6So the priest gave him holy bread, for there was no bread there except the bread of the presence that had been removed from before YHWH, to put hot bread there on the day it was taken away.
