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DavidדָּוִדsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלAbishai,אֲבִישַׁי“Do notאַלdestroy him,תַּשְׁחִיתֵהוּforכִּיwhoמִיcan stretch outשָׁלַחhis handיָדוֹagainst the anointedבִּמְשִׁיחַof YHWHיְהוָהand be without guilt?”וְנִקָּה
1 Samuel 26:9
Study it in the app“David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can stretch out his hand against the anointed of YHWH and be without guilt?””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 26:9, 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- Abishaiאֲבִישַׁיavishay
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” appears- destroy himתַּשְׁחִיתֵtashchite
destroy
To ruin something completely, until it no longer exists or no longer serves.
Where else “tashchite” appears- can stretch outשָׁלַחshalach
stretch out
Literally "send the hand": move the arm toward something to take or strike it.
Where else “shalach” appears- his handיָדyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appears- against the anointedמְשִׁיחַmeshiach
anointed
Anointed: someone on whom oil has been poured to set him apart for a task from God (priest, king). In Hebrew it is "mashiach", from which "Messiah" comes; in Greek, "Christ".
Where else “meshiach” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- and be without guiltנִקָּהnika
go unpunished
Not to receive the punishment one deserved.
Where else “nika” appears
The context
8Abishai 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.”
9 · This verse (above)
10David said, “As YHWH lives, surely YHWH will strike him down, or his day will come and he will die, or he will go down into battle and be swept away.