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DavidדָוִדsawוַיַּרְאthatכִּיSaulשָׁאוּלhad come outיָצָאto seekלְבַקֵּשׁhis life,נַפְשׁוֹwhile Davidוְדָוִדwas in the wildernessבְּמִדְבַּרof Ziph,זִיףat Horesh.בַּחֹרְשָׁה
1 Samuel 23:15
Study it in the app“David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life, while David was in the wilderness of Ziph, at Horesh.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 23:15, word by word
- Davidדָוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- sawיַּרְאyar
realize
To realize: "he saw that it was good".
Where else “yar” appears- 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- had come outיָצָאyatsa
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yatsa” appears- to seekבַקֵּשׁvakesh
seek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “vakesh” appears- his lifeנַפְשׁnafsh
life
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafsh” appears- was in the wildernessמִדְבַּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- of Ziphזִיףzif
Ziph
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” appears- at Horeshחֹרְשָׁהchorsha
thicket, Horesh
Thicket, wood. In 1 Samuel 23 it may be a place name ("Horesh") or mean "the thicket".
Where else “chorsha” appears
Translation note
“Horesh” may be the name of a place or mean “the forest.”
The context
14David 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.
15 · This verse (above)
16Jonathan son of Saul arose and went to David at Horesh and strengthened his hand in Elohim.