Study it in the app“David 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?””
DavidדָּוִדsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלAchish,אָכִישׁ“IfאִםpleaseנָאI have foundמָצָאתִיfavorחֵןin your eyes,בְּעֵינֶיךָlet them giveיִתְּנוּmeלִיa placeמָקוֹםin oneבְּאַחַתof the townsעָרֵיof the open country,הַשָּׂדֶהand I will stayוְאֵשְׁבָהthere.שָּׁםFor whyוְלָמָּהshould your servantעַבְדְּךָstayיֵשֵׁבin the royalהַמַּמְלָכָהcityבְּעִירwith you?”עִמָּךְ
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” appearsAchish
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” appearsfind favor
To find favor: to be well regarded by someone with power to give.
Where else “matsati” appearsfavor
Someone's goodwill toward another: looking on them kindly.
Where else “chen” appearssight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yitnu” appearsplace
A place, a spot.
Where else “makom” appearsone
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “achat” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “are” appearsfield
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sade” appearsstay
To remain in a place.
Where else “eshva” appearsyour servant
"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".
Where else “avd” appearskingdom
A land ruled by a king.
Where else “mamlacha” appears4It was told Saul that David had fled to Gath, and he did not seek him any more.
5 · This verse (above)
6Achish gave him Ziklag that day; therefore Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah to this day.
