Study it in the app“David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, “As YHWH lives, who has rescued my life from all distress,”
DavidדָּוִדansweredוַיַּעַןRechabרֵכָבand Baanahוְאֶת בַּעֲנָהhis brother,אָחִיוthe sonsבְּנֵיof Rimmonרִמּוֹןthe Beerothite,הַבְּאֵרֹתִיand saidוַיֹּאמֶרto them,לָהֶם“As YHWHיְהוָהlives,חַיwhoאֲשֶׁרhas rescuedפָּדָהmy lifeנַפְשִׁיfrom allמִכָּלdistress,צָרָה
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearsanswer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “yaan” appearsRechab
Rechab, the name of several men; among them the one who, with his brother Baanah, killed Ish-bosheth (2 Samuel 4), and the ancestor of the Rechabites (Jeremiah 35).
Where else “rechav” appearsBaanah
Baanah, the name of several men; among them the band leader who, with his brother Rechab, killed Ish-bosheth (2 Samuel 4), and the father of Heleb, one of David's mighty men (2 Samuel 23:29).
Where else “baana” appearsbrother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “achi” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “bene” appearsRimmon
Rimmon: the name of a god of the Syrians and of several towns, among them one of Judah in the Negev. The name means "pomegranate," the fruit.
Where else “rimon” appearsBeerothite
Beerothite: an inhabitant of Beeroth, a Gibeonite city counted with Benjamin (Joshua 9:17).
Where else “beeroti” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” 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” appearsas lives
The oath formula: "as YHWH lives", calling him to witness.
Where else “chay” appearsredeem
To set someone free from slavery or danger, as God did with Israel.
Where else “pada” appearslife
Life, when it is at stake.
Where else “nafshi” appearsdistress
A time of hardship or danger.
Where else “tsara” appears8They brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron, and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, your enemy, who sought your life. YHWH has given my lord the king vengeance this day on Saul and on his offspring.”
9 · This verse (above)
10when the one who reported to me, saying, ‘Look, Saul is dead,’ and he was in his own eyes like one bringing good news, I seized him and killed him in Ziklag, that was how I gave him a reward for his news.
