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AchishאָכִישׁgaveוַיִּתֶּןhimלוֹZiklagצִקְלָגthatבַּ הַהוּאday;יּוֹםthereforeלָכֵןZiklagצִקְלַגhas belongedהָיְתָהto the kingsלְמַלְכֵיof Judahיְהוּדָהtoעַדthisהַ הַזֶּהday.יּוֹם
1 Samuel 27:6
Study it in the app“Achish gave him Ziklag that day; therefore Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah to this day.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 27:6, word by word
- Achishאָכִישׁachish
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” appears- gaveיִּתֶּןyiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yiten” appears- Ziklagצִקְלָגtsiklag
Ziklag
Ziklag: a town of the Negev; later it belonged to David (1 Samuel 27:6).
Where else “tsiklag” appears- dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- has belongedהָיְתָהhayta
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayta” appears- to the kingsמַלְכֵיmalche
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “malche” appears- of Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
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” appears
The context
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?”
6 · This verse (above)
7The number of the days that David stayed in the country of the Philistines was a year and four months.