Allוְכָלhis servantsעֲבָדָיוwere passingעֹבְרִיםbeside him,עַל יָדוֹand allוְכָלthe Cherethitesהַכְּרֵתִיand allוְכָלthe Pelethitesהַפְּלֵתִיand allוְכָלthe Gittites,הַגִּתִּיםsixשֵׁשׁhundredמֵאוֹתmenאִישׁwhoאֲשֶׁרhad comeבָּאוּafter himבְרַגְלוֹfrom Gath,מִגַּתwere passingעֹבְרִיםbeforeעַל פְּנֵיthe king.הַמֶּלֶךְ
2 Samuel 15:18
Study it in the app“All his servants were passing beside him, and all the Cherethites and all the Pelethites and all the Gittites, six hundred men who had come after him from Gath, were passing before the king.”
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Samuel 15:18, word by word
- his servantsעֲבָדָיavaday
servant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “avaday” appears- were passingעֹבְרִיםovrim
pass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “ovrim” appears- beside himיָדyad
beside
Literally "the hand": the side or edge of something.
Where else “yad” appears- the Cherethitesכְּרֵתִיkereti
Kerethites
Kerethite: a member of a people neighboring the Philistines, in the south. Later there were Kerethites in David's personal guard (2 Samuel 8:18).
Where else “kereti” appears- the Pelethitesפְּלֵתִיpeleti
Pelethites
Pelethites: together with the Kerethites, King David's personal guard.
Where else “peleti” appears- the Gittitesגִּתִּיםgitim
Gittite
Gittite: an inhabitant of the Philistine city of Gath.
Where else “gitim” appears- sixשֵׁשׁshesh
six
Six; also "sixth".
Where else “shesh” appears- hundredמֵאוֹתmeot
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “meot” appears- menאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- had comeבָּאוּbau
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “bau” appears- after himרַגְלragl
follow
Literally "the foot": where someone goes; walking behind them.
Where else “ragl” appears- from Gathגַּתgat
Gath
See it on the mapWhere else “gat” appears- beforeפְּנֵיpene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appears- the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears
Places in this verse
Gath ?
Today: possibly Tell es-Safi (Tel Zafit), Israel
A Philistine city at the edge of the coastal plain; its exact site is not certain.
Goliath was from Gath (1 Sam 17:4). David fled from Saul to Gath and pretended to be insane (1 Sam 21:10-13).
The context
17The king went out, and all the people after him, and they stopped at Beth-merhak.
18 · This verse (above)
19The king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why will you also go with us? Go back and stay with the king, for you are a foreigner, and also an exile you are from your place.