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It was toldוַיֻּגַּדSaulלְשָׁאוּלthatכִּיDavidדָּוִדhad fledבָרַחto Gath,גַּתand he did notוְלֹאseek himלְבַקְשׁוֹany more.יָסַף עוֹד
1 Samuel 27:4
Study it in the app“It was told Saul that David had fled to Gath, and he did not seek him any more.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 27:4, word by word
- It was toldיֻּגַּדyugad
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yugad” appears- Saulשָׁאוּלshaul
Saul
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” appears- Davidדָּוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- had fledבָרַחvarach
flee
To run away to save oneself from a danger or from someone.
Where else “varach” appears- to Gathגַּתgat
Gath
See it on the mapWhere else “gat” appears- seek himבַקְשׁvaksh
seek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “vaksh” appears- any moreיָסַףyasaf
do again
To do again what had already been done.
Where else “yasaf” appears
Places in this verse
Gath ?
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).
The context
3David stayed with Achish at Gath, he and his men, each man with his household, David with his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail, Nabal’s wife, of Carmel.
4 · This verse (above)
5David said to Achish, “If please I have found favor in your eyes, let them give me a place in one of the towns of the open country, and I will stay there. For why should your servant stay in the royal city with you?”