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Davidדָּוִדsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto Saul,לְשָׁאוּל“Whyלָמָּהdo you listenתִשְׁמַעto the wordsדִּבְרֵיof peopleאָדָםwho say,לֵאמֹר‘Look,הִנֵּהDavidדָוִדseeksמְבַקֵּשׁyour harm’?רָעָתֶךָ
1 Samuel 24:9
Study it in the app“David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of people who say, ‘Look, David seeks your harm’?”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 24:9, 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- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” 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- do you listenתִשְׁמַעtishma
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “tishma” appears- to the wordsדִּבְרֵיdivre
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” appears- of peopleאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears- seeksמְבַקֵּשׁmevakesh
try to get
To try to get something.
Where else “mevakesh” appears- your harm’רָעָתֶraate
harm
Something that hurts, a disaster.
Where else “raate” appears
The context
8Afterward David arose and went out from the cave and called after Saul, saying, “My lord the king!” Saul looked behind him, and David bowed with his face to the ground and prostrated himself.
9 · This verse (above)
10Look, this day your eyes have seen how YHWH gave you today into my hand in the cave; and some said to kill you, but my eye had pity on you, and I said, ‘I will not stretch out my hand against my lord, for he is the anointed of YHWH.’