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Davidדָּוִדsworeוַיִּשָּׁבַעto Saul.לְשָׁאוּלSaulשָׁאוּלwentוַיֵּלֶךְtoאֶלhis house,בֵּיתוֹbut Davidוְדָוִדand his menוַאֲנָשָׁיוwent upעָלוּtoעַלthe stronghold.הַמְּצוּדָה
1 Samuel 24:22
Study it in the app“David swore to Saul. Saul went to his house, but David and his men went up to the stronghold.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 24:22, word by word
- Davidדָּוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- sworeיִּשָּׁבַעyishava
swear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “yishava” appears- to 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- wentיֵּלֶךְyelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appears- his houseבֵּיתbet
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bet” appears- and his menאֲנָשָׁיanashay
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashay” appears- went upעָלוּalu
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “alu” appears- the strongholdמְּצוּדָהmetsuda
stronghold
A safe, fortified refuge; David calls God this.
Where else “metsuda” appears
The context
21Now swear to me by YHWH that you will not cut off my offspring after me, and that you will not destroy my name from the house of my father.”
22 · This verse (above)