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So Saulוַ שָׁאוּלturned backיָּשָׁבfrom pursuingמִרְדֹףafterאַחֲרֵיDavidדָוִדand wentוַיֵּלֶךְto meetלִקְרַאתthe Philistines.פְּלִשְׁתִּיםThereforeעַל כֵּןthey calledקָרְאוּthatהַהוּאplaceלַמָּקוֹםSela-hammahlekoth.סֶלַע הַמַּחְלְקוֹת
1 Samuel 23:28
Study it in the app“So Saul turned back from pursuing after David and went to meet the Philistines. Therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 23:28, word by word
- So 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- turned backיָּשָׁבyashav
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashav” appears- from pursuingרְדֹףredof
pursue
To go after someone to catch them.
Where else “redof” appears- Davidדָוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- and wentיֵּלֶךְyelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appears- to meetקְרַאתkerat
meet
To go out toward someone who is coming, to meet him on the way.
Where else “kerat” appears- the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּיםpelishtim
Philistines
Philistines: a people that settled on the south-west coast of Canaan and was Israel's enemy in the days of the judges and of David.
Where else “pelishtim” appears- they calledקָרְאוּkaru
name
To give someone a name.
Where else “karu” appears- placeמָּקוֹםmakom
place
A place, a spot.
Where else “makom” appears- Sela-hammahlekothסֶלַעsela
Sela-hammahlekoth
Sela-hammahlekoth: a rock in the wilderness of Maon where Saul stopped pursuing David (1 Samuel 23:28). It means "rock of divisions" or "of escapes".
Where else “sela” appears
Translation note
“Sela-hammahlekoth” means “Rock of Divisions” (or “of Escapes”): there Saul and David separated.
The context
27But a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Hurry and come, for the Philistines have raided the land.”
28 · This verse (above)
29David went up from there and stayed in the strongholds of En-gedi.