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Now,וְעַתָּהaccording to allלְכָלthe desireאַוַּתof your soul,נַפְשְׁךָO king,הַמֶּלֶךְto come down,לָרֶדֶתcome down;רֵדand our part will beוְלָנוּto deliver himהַסְגִּירוֹinto the handבְּיַדof the king.”הַמֶּלֶךְ
1 Samuel 23:20
Study it in the app“Now, according to all the desire of your soul, O king, to come down, come down; and our part will be to deliver him into the hand of the king.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 23:20, word by word
- the desireאַוַּתavat
desire, craving
Desire: a strong wanting of something.
Where else “avat” appears- of your soulנַפְשְׁnafsh
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafsh” appears- O kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- to come downרֶדֶתredet
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “redet” appears- to deliver himהַסְגִּירhasgir
hand over
To leave a person or a people in the power of an enemy.
Where else “hasgir” appears- into the handיַדyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appears
The context
19Then the Ziphites went up to Saul at Gibeah, saying, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah, which is to the south of the wasteland?
20 · This verse (above)
21Saul said, “Blessed are you by YHWH, for you have had compassion on me.