Study it in the app“Achish answered and said to David, “I know that you are good in my eyes, like an angel of Elohim; but the commanders of the Philistines have said, ‘He shall not go up with us into battle.’”
Achishאָכִישׁansweredוַיַּעַןand saidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלDavid,דָּוִד“I knowיָדַעְתִּיthatכִּיyouאַתָּהare goodטוֹבin my eyes,בְּעֵינַיlike an angelכְּמַלְאַךְof Elohim;אֱלֹהִיםbutאַךְthe commandersשָׂרֵיof the Philistinesפְלִשְׁתִּיםhave said,אָמְרוּ‘He shall notלֹאgo upיַעֲלֶהwith usעִמָּנוּinto battle.’בַּמִּלְחָמָה
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” appearsanswer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “yaan” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsDavid
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearsknow
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadati” 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” appearsangel
A messenger from God, a heavenly being.
Where else “malach” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearschief
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” appearsgo up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaale” appearswar, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” appears8David 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?”
9 · This verse (above)
10Now rise early in the morning, with the servants of your lord who came with you; rise early in the morning, and when you have light, go.”
