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Afterwardוַיְהִי אַחֲרֵי כֵןDavid’sדָּוִדheartלֵבstruckוַיַּךְhim,אֹתוֹbecauseעַל אֲשֶׁרhe had cut offכָּרַתthe edgeכָּנָףthatאֲשֶׁרbelonged to Saul.לְשָׁאוּל
1 Samuel 24:5
Study it in the app“Afterward David’s heart struck him, because he had cut off the edge that belonged to Saul.”
David has Saul at his mercy and does him no harmConflict and Reconciliation
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 24:5, word by word
- Afterwardיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- David’sדָּוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- heartלֵבlev
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lev” appears- struckיַּךְyach
strike
To give a blow to someone or something, with the hand or a weapon.
Where else “yach” appears- he had cut offכָּרַתkarat
cut down
To cut a tree or branch with an axe to get timber.
Where else “karat” appears- the edgeכָּנָףkanaf
edge
Literally "wing": the flap of a cloak, or the far reaches of the earth.
Where else “kanaf” appears- belonged 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
Translation note
“David’s heart struck him”: his conscience accused him.
The context
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.
5 · This verse (above)
6He said to his men, “Far be it from me, by YHWH, that I should do this thing to my lord, to the anointed of YHWH, to stretch out my hand against him, for he is the anointed of YHWH.”