Study it in the app“David said to Achish, “Therefore you will know what your servant will do.” Achish said to David, “Therefore I will make you keeper of my head for all time.””
DavidדָּוִדsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלAchish,אָכִישׁ“Thereforeלָכֵןyouאַתָּהwill knowתֵדַעwhatאֵת אֲשֶׁרyour servantעַבְדֶּךָwill do.”יַעֲשֶׂהAchishאָכִישׁsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלDavid,דָּוִד“ThereforeלָכֵןI will make youאֲשִׂימְךָkeeperשֹׁמֵרof my headלְרֹאשִׁיfor allכָּלtime.”הַיָּמִים
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” appearsknow
To know something, realize.
Where else “teda” appearsyour servant
"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".
Where else “avde” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaase” appearsappoint
To set someone as leader, or fix something.
Where else “asim” appearsguard
To watch over, protect from all harm.
Where else “shomer” appearshead
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “roshi” appearstime
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appearsDavid’s answer can be understood as ambiguous: he does not say on whose side he will fight. “Keeper of my head”: his personal guard.
1In those days the Philistines gathered their camps for the army, to fight against Israel. Achish said to David, “Know for certain that with me you will go out in the camp, you and your men.”
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3Now Samuel had died, and all Israel had lamented for him and buried him in Ramah, in his own city. And Saul had removed those who call up the dead and the spiritists from the land.
