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The numberוַיְהִי מִסְפַּרof the daysהַיָּמִיםthatאֲשֶׁרDavidדָּוִדstayedיָשַׁבin the countryבִּשְׂדֵהof the Philistinesפְלִשְׁתִּיםwas a yearיָמִיםand fourוְאַרְבָּעָהmonths.חֳדָשִׁים
1 Samuel 27:7
Study it in the app“The number of the days that David stayed in the country of the Philistines was a year and four months.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 27:7, word by word
- The numberיְהִיyehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appears- The numberמִסְפַּרmispar
number
The amount that results from counting: how many there are.
Where else “mispar” appears- of the daysיָּמִיםyamim
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appears- Davidדָּוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- stayedיָשַׁבyashav
stay
To remain in a place.
Where else “yashav” appears- in the countryשְׂדֵהsede
field
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sede” appears- of the Philistinesפְלִשְׁתִּיםfelishtim
Philistines
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” appears- and fourאַרְבָּעָהarbaa
four
Four.
Where else “arbaa” appears- monthsחֳדָשִׁיםchodashim
month
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodashim” appears
Translation note
“A year” is literally “days,” which in Hebrew can mean a whole year (1:21; Leviticus 25:29).
The context
6Achish gave him Ziklag that day; therefore Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah to this day.
7 · This verse (above)
8David and his men would go up and raid the Geshurites, the Gizrites, and the Amalekites, for these inhabited the land from of old, as you go toward Shur and as far as the land of Egypt.