Study it in the app“Achish 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.”
AchishאָכִישׁcalledוַיִּקְרָאtoאֶלDavidדָּוִדand saidוַיֹּאמֶרto him,אֵלָיו“As YHWH lives,חַי יְהוָהyouאַתָּהare upright,כִּי יָשָׁרand your going outוְ צֵאתְךָand your coming inוּבֹאֲךָwith meאִתִּיin the campבַּמַּחֲנֶהis goodטוֹבin my eyes,בְּעֵינַיforכִּיI have notלֹאfoundמָצָאתִיevilרָעָהin youבְךָfrom the dayמִיּוֹםyou cameבֹּאֲךָto meאֵלַיuntilעַדthisהַ הַזֶּהday;יּוֹםbut in the eyesוּבְעֵינֵיof the lordsהַסְּרָנִיםyouאָתָּהare notלֹאgood.טוֹב
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” appearscall
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “yikra” appearsDavid
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” appearsas lives
The oath formula: "as YHWH lives", calling him to witness.
Where else “chay” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsupright
Acting well before YHWH, without bending.
Where else “yashar” appearsgo out
To go out of a place.
Where else “tset” appearsenter
To go into a place.
Where else “voa” appearscamp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machane” appearsgood
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appearssight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ena” appearsfind
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “matsati” appearsevil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearslord
One of the five chiefs of the Philistine cities.
Where else “seranim” appearsAchish, a Philistine, swears here by YHWH, the Elohim of David; the text records it so.
5Is this not David, of whom they answered one another in the dances, saying, ‘Saul has struck his thousands, and David his myriads’?”
6 · This verse (above)
7Now turn back and go in peace, and do not do what is evil in the eyes of the lords of the Philistines.”
