Study it in the app“David 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.”
Davidדָוִדwould leave aliveלֹא יְחַיֶּהneither manוְאִישׁnor womanוְאִשָּׁהto bringלְהָבִיאto Gath,גַתsaying,לֵאמֹר“Lestפֶּןthey tellיַגִּדוּabout us,עָלֵינוּsaying,לֵאמֹר‘SoכֹּהDavidדָוִדdid.’”עָשָׂהAnd suchוְכֹהwas his customמִשְׁפָּטוֹallכָּלthe daysהַיָּמִיםthatאֲשֶׁרhe stayedיָשַׁבin the countryבִּשְׂדֵהof the Philistines.פְלִשְׁתִּים
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearskeep alive
To make someone go on living, or rescue them from death.
Where else “yechaye” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appearswoman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appearsbring
To bring something or someone.
Where else “havi” appearsGath
See it on the mapWhere else “gat” appearsthink
To speak inwardly without saying it aloud; to think.
Where else “mor” appearstell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yagidu” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asa” appearscustom
The usual practice, the way to do something.
Where else “mishpat” appearstime
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appearsstay
To remain in a place.
Where else “yashav” appearsfield
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sede” 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 “felishtim” appearsGath ?
Today: possibly Tell es-Safi (Tel Zafit), Israel
A Philistine city at the edge of the coastal plain; its exact site is not certain.
Goliath was from Gath (1 Sam 17:4). David fled from Saul to Gath and pretended to be insane (1 Sam 21:10-13).
10Achish 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.”
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12Achish believed David, saying, “He has made himself utterly odious among his people, among Israel; so he will be my servant forever.”
