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Davidדָּוִדsaid,וַיֹּאמֶר“Willהֲthe lordsבַּעֲלֵיof Keilahקְעִילָהdeliverיַסְגִּרוּmeאֹתִיand my menוְאֶת אֲנָשַׁיinto the handבְּיַדof Saul?”שָׁאוּלYHWHיְהוָהsaid,וַיֹּאמֶר“They will deliver you.”יַסְגִּירוּ
1 Samuel 23:12
Study it in the app“David said, “Will the lords of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul?” YHWH said, “They will deliver you.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 23:12, word by word
- Davidדָּוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- the lordsבַּעֲלֵיbaale
lord
The leaders or chief men of a city.
Where else “baale” appears- of Keilahקְעִילָהkeila
Keilah
Keilah: a town of Judah in the Shephelah.
Where else “keila” appears- deliverיַסְגִּרוּyasgiru
hand over
To leave a person or a people in the power of an enemy.
Where else “yasgiru” appears- and my menאֲנָשַׁanasha
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anasha” appears- into the handיַדyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appears- of Saulשָׁאוּלshaul
Saul
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” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
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” appears
The context
11Will 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.”
12 · This verse (above)
13David and his men, about six hundred men, arose and went out from Keilah and went about wherever they could go. When it was told Saul that David had escaped from Keilah, he gave up going out.