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Is this notהֲלוֹא זֶהDavid,דָוִדof whomאֲשֶׁר לוֹthey answered one anotherיַעֲנוּin the dances,בַּמְּחֹלוֹתsaying,לֵאמֹר‘Saulשָׁאוּלhas struckהִכָּהhis thousands,בַּאֲלָפָיוand Davidוְדָוִדhis myriads’?”בְּרִבְבֹתָיו
1 Samuel 29:5
Study it in the app“Is this not David, of whom they answered one another in the dances, saying, ‘Saul has struck his thousands, and David his myriads’?””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 29:5, word by word
- Davidדָוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- they answered one anotherיַעֲנוּyaanu
sing in turns
To sing in turns, so that one choir answers the other.
Where else “yaanu” appears- in the dancesמְּחֹלוֹתmecholot
dance
Dance in a ring.
Where else “mecholot” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- ‘Saulשָׁאוּלshaul
Saul
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” appears- has struckהִכָּהhika
strike dead
To strike dead, kill.
Where else “hika” appears- his thousandsאֲלָפָיalafay
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “alafay” appears- his myriads’רִבְבֹתָיrivvotay
ten thousand, myriad
Ten thousand; a countless multitude.
Where else “rivvotay” appears
The context
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?
5 · This verse (above)
6Achish called to David and said to him, “As YHWH lives, you are upright, and your going out and your coming in with me in the camp is good in my eyes, for I have not found evil in you from the day you came to me until this day; but in the eyes of the lords you are not good.