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They aroseוַיָּקוּמוּand wentוַיֵּלְכוּto Ziphזִיפָהaheadלִפְנֵיof Saul.שָׁאוּלDavidוְדָוִדand his menוַאֲנָשָׁיוwere in the wildernessבְּמִדְבַּרof Maon,מָעוֹןin the Arabah,בָּעֲרָבָהto the southאֶל יְמִיןof the wasteland.הַיְשִׁימוֹן
1 Samuel 23:24
Study it in the app“They arose and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah, to the south of the wasteland.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 23:24, word by word
- They aroseיָּקוּמוּyakumu
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakumu” appears- and wentיֵּלְכוּyelchu
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelchu” appears- to Ziphזִיפָzifa
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 “zifa” appears- aheadפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” 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- Davidדָוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- and his menאֲנָשָׁיanashay
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashay” appears- were in the wildernessמִדְבַּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- of Maonמָעוֹןmaon
Maon
Maon: a town of Judah in the hill country; also the name of a man of Judah. The name means "dwelling."
Where else “maon” appears- in the Arabahעֲרָבָהarava
Arabah
The valley of the Jordan and the Dead Sea.
Where else “arava” appears- to the southיְמִיןyemin
south
The south side, which lies to the right of one facing east.
Where else “yemin” appears- of the wastelandיְשִׁימוֹןyeshimon
wasteland
Wasteland, desolation: desert land with no inhabitants.
Where else “yeshimon” appears
The context
23See and find out about all the hiding places where he hides there, and come back to me with sure information, and I will go with you; and if he is in the land, I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.”
24 · This verse (above)
25Saul and his men went to seek him. They told David, and he went down to the rock and stayed in the wilderness of Maon. When Saul heard it, he pursued after David into the wilderness of Maon.