Study it in the app“The 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.””
The commandersשָׂרֵיof the Philistinesפְלִשְׁתִּיםsaid,וַיֹּאמְרוּ“Whatמָהare theseהָאֵלֶּהHebrews?”הָעִבְרִיםAchishאָכִישׁsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלthe commandersשָׂרֵיof the Philistines,פְלִשְׁתִּים“Is this notהֲלוֹא זֶהDavid,דָוִדthe servantעֶבֶדof Saulשָׁאוּלkingמֶלֶךְof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלwhoאֲשֶׁרhas beenהָיָהwith meאִתִּיtheseזֶהdays,יָמִיםorאוֹtheseזֶהyears?שָׁנִיםI have foundוְ מָצָאתִיnothingלֹא מְאוּמָהin himבוֹfrom the dayמִיּוֹםhe deserted to meנָפְלוֹuntilעַדthisהַ הַזֶּהday.”יּוֹם
chief
Someone set over others, in the army or in the state.
Where else “sare” appearsPhilistines
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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appearsHebrew
Hebrew: a descendant of Eber; the name that other peoples gave to Abram and to the Israelites.
Where else “ivrim” 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” appearsDavid
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearsservant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “eved” appearsSaul
Saul, the name of several people. The best known is the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, the first king of Israel. A king of Edom and a son of Simeon also bear it. It means "asked for".
Where else “shaul” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsIsrael
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appearstime
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yamim” appearsyear
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shanim” appearsfind
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “matsati” appearsanything
Something, anything; with "not", nothing.
Where else “meuma” appearsdesert
To fall upon someone, or desert to the enemy.
Where else “nafl” appears2The 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.
3 · This verse (above)
4But the commanders of the Philistines were angry with him, and the commanders of the Philistines said to him, “Send back the man, and let him return to his place where you assigned him; he shall not go down with us into battle, so that he may not become to us an opponent in the battle. For with what could this fellow make himself acceptable to his lord? Would it not be with the heads of these men?
