Study it in the app“Will the lords of Keilah deliver me into his hand? Will Saul come down, as your servant has heard? YHWH, Elohim of Israel, tell, please, your servant.” YHWH said, “He will come down.””
Willהֲthe lordsבַעֲלֵיof Keilahקְעִילָהdeliver meיַסְגִּרֻנִיinto his hand?בְיָדוֹWillהֲSaulשָׁאוּלcome down,יֵרֵדasכַּאֲשֶׁרyour servantעַבְדֶּךָhas heard?שָׁמַעYHWH,יְהוָהElohimאֱלֹהֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלtell,הַגֶּדplease,נָאyour servant.”לְעַבְדֶּךָYHWHיְהוָהsaid,וַיֹּאמֶר“He will come down.”יֵרֵד
lord
The leaders or chief men of a city.
Where else “vaale” appearsKeilah
Keilah: a town of Judah in the Shephelah.
Where else “keila” appearshand over
To leave a person or a people in the power of an enemy.
Where else “yasgiru” appearspower
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” 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” appearsgo down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yered” appearsyour servant
"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".
Where else “avde” appearshear
To hear a sound, or learn of something.
Where else “shama” 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” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohe” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearstell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “haged” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears10David said, “YHWH, Elohim of Israel, your servant has surely heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah, to destroy the town because of me.
11 · This verse (above)
12David said, “Will the lords of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul?” YHWH said, “They will deliver you.”
