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The lordsוְסַרְנֵיof the Philistinesפְלִשְׁתִּיםwere passing onעֹבְרִיםby hundredsלְמֵאוֹתand by thousands,וְלַאֲלָפִיםand Davidוְדָוִדand his menוַאֲנָשָׁיוwere passing onעֹבְרִיםat the rearבָּאַחֲרֹנָהwithעִםAchish.אָכִישׁ
1 Samuel 29:2
Study it in the app“The lords of the Philistines were passing on by hundreds and by thousands, and David and his men were passing on at the rear with Achish.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 29:2, word by word
- The lordsסַרְנֵיsarne
lord
One of the five chiefs of the Philistine cities.
Where else “sarne” 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- were passing onעֹבְרִיםovrim
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “ovrim” appears- by hundredsמֵאוֹתmeot
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meot” appears- and by thousandsאֲלָפִיםalafim
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “alafim” appears- and Davidדָוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- and his menאֲנָשָׁיanashay
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashay” appears- at the rearאַחֲרֹנָהacharona
last
What comes at the end or goes behind something else.
Where else “acharona” appears- 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
The context
1The Philistines gathered all their camps at Aphek, and Israel was camped by the spring that is in Jezreel.
2 · This verse (above)
3The commanders of the Philistines said, “What are these Hebrews?” Achish said to the commanders of the Philistines, “Is this not David, the servant of Saul king of Israel, who has been with me these days, or these years? I have found nothing in him from the day he deserted to me until this day.”