Study it in the app“He 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.”
David has Saul at his mercy and does him no harmConflict and Reconciliation
He cameוַיָּבֹאtoאֶלthe sheepfoldsגִּדְרוֹת הַצֹּאןbyעַלthe road,הַדֶּרֶךְand thereוְשָׁםwas a cave;מְעָרָהand Saulוַ שָׁאוּלwent inיָּבֹאto coverלְהָסֵךְhis feet.רַגְלָיוNow Davidוְדָוִדand his menוַאֲנָשָׁיוwere sittingיֹשְׁבִיםin the innermost partsבְּיַרְכְּתֵיof the cave.הַמְּעָרָה
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavo” appearssheep pen
A stone enclosure where sheep are penned.
Where else “gidrot” appearsflock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tson” appearsroad
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “derech” appearscave
Cave.
Where else “meara” appearsSaul
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” appearsrelieve oneself
To relieve oneself.
Where else “hasech” appearsfoot
The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.
Where else “raglay” appearsDavid
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashay” appearssit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yoshvim” appearsfar end, recess
The farthest or deepest part: the back of a house or a cave, the ends of the earth, the edge of a territory.
Where else “yarkte” appears“To cover one’s feet” is a discreet way of saying “to relieve oneself” (the same in Judges 3:24).
2Saul 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.
3 · This verse (above)
4David’s men said to him, “Look, the day of which YHWH said to you, ‘Look, I am giving your enemy into your hand, and you shall do to him as seems good in your eyes.’” David arose and cut off the edge of the robe that belonged to Saul secretly.
