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Nowוְעַתָּהturn backשׁוּבand goוְלֵךְin peace,בְּשָׁלוֹםand do notוְלֹאdoתַעֲשֶׂהwhat is evilרָעin the eyesבְּעֵינֵיof the lordsסַרְנֵיof the Philistines.”פְלִשְׁתִּים
1 Samuel 29:7
Study it in the app“Now turn back and go in peace, and do not do what is evil in the eyes of the lords of the Philistines.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 29:7, word by word
- turn backשׁוּבshuv
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shuv” appears- and goלֵךְlech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “lech” appears- in peaceשָׁלוֹםshalom
peace
Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.
Where else “shalom” appears- doתַעֲשֶׂהtaase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “taase” appears- what is evilרָעra
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “ra” appears- in the eyesעֵינֵיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- of 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
The context
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.
7 · This verse (above)
8David said to Achish, “But what have I done? And what have you found in your servant from the day that I was before you until this day, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?”