Study it in the app“Achish would say, “Against whom have you raided today?” And David would say, “Against the Negev of Judah,” or “against the Negev of the Jerahmeelites,” or “against the Negev of the Kenites.””
Achishאָכִישׁwould say,וַיֹּאמֶר“Against whomאַלhave you raidedפְּשַׁטְתֶּםtoday?”הַיּוֹםAnd Davidוַ דָּוִדwould say,יֹּאמֶר“Againstעַלthe Negevנֶגֶבof Judah,”יְהוּדָהor “againstוְעַלthe Negevנֶגֶבof the Jerahmeelites,”הַיַּרְחְמְאֵלִיor “againstוְאֶלthe Negevנֶגֶבof the Kenites.”הַקֵּינִי
Achish
Achish: a Philistine king of the city of Gath, with whom David took refuge twice (1 Samuel 21 and 27–29); in 1 Kings 2:39-40 the king of Gath has the same name.
Where else “achish” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsraid
To make a raid.
Where else “peshattem” appearstoday
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appearsDavid
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearsNegev
The dry land in the south of Israel.
Where else “negev” appearsJudah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appearsJerahmeelite
Jerahmeelite: a descendant of Jerahmeel, a clan of Judah that lived in the Negeb.
Where else “yarchmeli” appearsKenite
Kenite(s): a people of southern Canaan; Moses' father-in-law belonged to them.
Where else “keni” appearsDavid said that he was raiding the Negev of Judah, of the Jerahmeelites and of the Kenites, while v. 8 says that he raided the Geshurites, the Gizrites and the Amalekites. In the Hebrew, Achish’s question begins with a word that normally means “not”; it is understood as “against whom?” or “where?”
9David would strike the land and leave alive neither man nor woman, and he would take sheep and goats and cattle and donkeys and camels and clothing, and come back and come to Achish.
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11David would leave alive neither man nor woman to bring to Gath, saying, “Lest they tell about us, saying, ‘So David did.’” And such was his custom all the days that he stayed in the country of the Philistines.
