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Saulשָׁאוּלtookוַיִּקַּחthreeשְׁלֹשֶׁתthousandאֲלָפִיםchosenבָּחוּרmenאִישׁfrom allמִכָּלIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלand wentוַיֵּלֶךְto seekלְבַקֵּשׁDavidדָּוִדand his menוַאֲנָשָׁיוin front ofעַל פְּנֵיthe Rocksצוּרֵיof the Wild Goats.הַיְּעֵלִים
1 Samuel 24:2
Study it in the app“Saul took three thousand chosen men from all Israel and went to seek David and his men in front of the Rocks of the Wild Goats.”
David has Saul at his mercy and does him no harmConflict and Reconciliation
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 24:2, word by word
- 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- tookיִּקַּחyikach
fetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “yikach” appears- threeשְׁלֹשֶׁתsheloshet
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “sheloshet” appears- thousandאֲלָפִיםalafim
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “alafim” appears- chosenבָּחוּרbachur
choice
The men picked out of a group, such as the strongest for war.
Where else “bachur” appears- menאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- and wentיֵּלֶךְyelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appears- to seekבַקֵּשׁvakesh
seek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “vakesh” appears- Davidדָּוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- in front ofפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- the Rocksצוּרֵיtsure
rock
A large rock.
Where else “tsure” appears- of the Wild Goatsיְּעֵלִיםyeelim
mountain goat
Mountain goat, ibex: an animal that lives among the crags of the desert.
Where else “yeelim” appears
The context
1When Saul returned from following the Philistines, they told him, saying, “Look, David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.”
2 · This verse (above)
3He came to the sheepfolds by the road, and there was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet. Now David and his men were sitting in the innermost parts of the cave.