Study it in the app“David stayed in the wilderness, in the strongholds; he stayed in the mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought him all the days, but Elohim did not give him into his hand.”
Davidדָּוִדstayedוַיֵּשֶׁבin the wilderness,בַּמִּדְבָּרin the strongholds;בַּמְּצָדוֹתhe stayedוַיֵּשֶׁבin the mountainבָּהָרin the wildernessבְּמִדְבַּרof Ziph.זִיףSaulשָׁאוּלsought himוַיְבַקְשֵׁהוּallכָּלthe days,הַיָּמִיםbutוְElohimאֱלֹהִיםdid notלֹאgive himנְתָנוֹinto his hand.בְּיָדוֹ
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearsstay
To remain in a place.
Where else “yeshev” appearswilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appearsstronghold
Stronghold: a high place, hard to reach, that serves as a refuge.
Where else “metsadot” appearsmountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appearsZiph
Ziph: the name of two towns of Judah, one in the Negev and one in the hill country; also of a man of Judah.
Where else “zif” 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” appearsseek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “yevakshe” appearstime
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearshand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “netan” appearspower
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appears13David 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.
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15David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life, while David was in the wilderness of Ziph, at Horesh.
