Study it in the app“Now there was a man of the servants of Saul on that day, detained before YHWH; his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief of the shepherds who belonged to Saul.”
Now thereוְשָׁםwas a manאִישׁof the servantsמֵעַבְדֵיof Saulשָׁאוּלon thatבַּ הַהוּאday,יּוֹםdetainedנֶעְצָרbeforeלִפְנֵיYHWH;יְהוָהhis name wasוּשְׁמוֹDoegדֹּאֵגthe Edomite,הָאֲדֹמִיthe chiefאַבִּירof the shepherdsהָרֹעִיםwhoאֲשֶׁרbelonged to Saul.לְשָׁאוּל
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearsservant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “avde” 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” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearsrestrain
To stop something, like rain or a plague.
Where else “netsar” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsname
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appearsDoeg
Doeg, an Edomite, chief of Saul's herdsmen, who informed on the priest Ahimelech and killed the priests of Nob (1 Samuel 22). The name means "anxious, fearful".
Where else “doeg” appearsEdomite
Edomite: a descendant of Edom, that is, of Esau, Jacob's brother.
Where else “adomi” appearsmighty
Someone or something of great strength that prevails over others: the mighty one, the chief.
Where else “abir” appearsshepherd
Shepherd, one who tends the flock.
Where else “roim” appears“Detained before YHWH”: the text does not say why; perhaps because of a vow or a purification.
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.
7 · This verse (above)
8David said to Ahimelech, “And is there not here under your hand a spear or a sword? For I did not take either my sword or my weapons in my hand, because the king’s business was urgent.”
