Study it in the app“David said to his heart, “Now I shall be swept away one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape without fail to the land of the Philistines; then Saul will give up on me, seeking me any longer in all the territory of Israel, and I will escape from his hand.””
Davidדָּוִדsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto his heart,אֶל לִבּוֹ“NowעַתָּהI shall be swept awayאֶסָּפֶהoneאֶחָדdayיוֹםby the handבְּיַדof Saul.שָׁאוּלThere is nothingאֵיןbetterטוֹבfor meלִיthanכִּיto escapeהִמָּלֵטwithout failאִמָּלֵטtoאֶלthe landאֶרֶץof the Philistines;פְּלִשְׁתִּיםthen Saulוְ שָׁאוּלwill give upנוֹאַשׁon me,מִמֶּנִּיseeking meלְבַקְשֵׁנִיany longerעוֹדin allבְּכָלthe territoryגְּבוּלof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלand I will escapeוְנִמְלַטְתִּיfrom his hand.”מִיָּדוֹ
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsheart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lib” appearssweep away
To perish together with others, wiped out.
Where else “esafe” appearsone
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearsthrough
Literally "by the hand of": that person is the one who does it or carries it.
Where else “yad” 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” appearsbetter
Worth more or more profitable than something it is compared with.
Where else “tov” appearsescape
To flee from a danger or an enemy and get to safety.
Where else “himalet” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsPhilistines
Philistines: a people that settled on the south-west coast of Canaan and was Israel's enemy in the days of the judges and of David.
Where else “pelishtim” appearsdespair
To give up, to despair, to lose hope of attaining something.
Where else “noash” appearsseek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “vakshe” appearsterritory
The land within that border.
Where else “gevul” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears1 · This verse (above)
2David arose and went over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish son of Maoch, king of Gath.
