Study it in the app“Abishai said to David, “Elohim has delivered your enemy into your hand today. Now please let me strike him with the spear to the ground with one stroke, and I will not strike him twice.””
AbishaiאֲבִישַׁיsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלDavid,דָּוִד“Elohimאֱלֹהִיםhas deliveredסִגַּרyour enemyאֶת אוֹיִבְךָinto your handבְּיָדֶךָtoday.הַיּוֹםNowוְעַתָּהpleaseנָאlet me strike himאַכֶּנּוּwith the spearבַּחֲנִיתto the groundוּבָאָרֶץwith oneאַחַתstroke,פַּעַםand I will notוְלֹאstrike him twice.”אֶשְׁנֶה לוֹ
Abishai
Abishai, son of Zeruiah (David's sister) and brother of Joab; one of David's closest warriors (1 Samuel 26:6). It means "my father is a gift".
Where else “avishay” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsDavid
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearshand over
To leave a person or a people in the power of an enemy.
Where else “sigar” appearsenemy
Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.
Where else “oyiv” appearspower
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yade” appearstoday
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appearsstrike dead
To strike dead, kill.
Where else “ake” appearsspear
A spear: a long weapon with a point, for striking at close range or for throwing.
Where else “chanit” appearsground
What is underfoot: bowing down to touch it.
Where else “arets” appearsone
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “achat” appearstime
Each of the occasions on which something happens or is repeated.
Where else “paam” appearsrepeat
To do or say something again, a second time.
Where else “eshne” appears7David and Abishai came to the people by night, and look, Saul was lying asleep within the camp enclosure, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head; and Abner and the people were lying around him.
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9David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can stretch out his hand against the anointed of YHWH and be without guilt?”
