Davidדָּוִדsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto him,אֵלָיו“Willהֲyou bring me downתוֹרִדֵנִיtoאֶלthisהַזֶּהband?”הַגְּדוּדHe said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Swearהִשָּׁבְעָהto meלִּיby Elohimבֵאלֹהִיםthat you will notאִםkill meתְּמִיתֵנִיand that you will notוְאִםdeliver meתַּסְגִּרֵנִיinto the handבְּיַדof my master,אֲדֹנִיand I will bring you downוְאוֹרִדְךָtoאֶלthisהַזֶּהband.”הַגְּדוּד
1 Samuel 30:15
Study it in the app“David said to him, “Will you bring me down to this band?” He said, “Swear to me by Elohim that you will not kill me and that you will not deliver me into the hand of my master, and I will bring you down to this band.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 30:15, word by word
- Davidדָּוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- you bring me downתוֹרִדֵtoride
bring down
To bring something or someone to a lower place.
Where else “toride” appears- bandגְּדוּדgedud
band, raiders
Band of raiders, troop that attacks by surprise.
Where else “gedud” appears- “Swearהִשָּׁבְעָhishava
swear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “hishava” appears- by Elohimאלֹהִיםlohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “lohim” appears- kill meתְּמִיתֵtemite
kill
To kill someone.
Where else “temite” appears- deliver meתַּסְגִּרֵtasgire
hand over
To leave a person or a people in the power of an enemy.
Where else “tasgire” appears- into the handיַדyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appears- of my masterאֲדֹנִadoni
lord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adoni” appears
The context
14We raided the Negev of the Cherethites, and against what belongs to Judah, and against the Negev of Caleb; and Ziklag we burned with fire.”
15 · This verse (above)
16He brought him down, and look, they were spread out over the face of all the land, eating and drinking and celebrating because of all the great spoil that they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.