1st Samuel 27:1
And David said in his heart, Sometime I shall fall in one day in the hand of Saul; whether it is not better, that I flee, and be saved in the land of Philistines, that Saul despair, and cease to seek me in all the ends of Israel; therefore flee we his hands.This verse in the real world
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- יָאַשׁyâʼashto desist, i.e. (figuratively) to despond
- סָפָהçâphâhproperly, to scrape (literally, to shave; but usually figuratively) together (i.e. to accu
- כִּיkîy(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often la
- מָלַטmâlaṭproperly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causative
- גְּבוּלgᵉbûwlproperly, a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extension the territor
- בָּקַשׁbâqashto search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to striv
- פְּלִשְׁתִּיPᵉlishtîya Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth
- שָׁאוּלShâʼûwlShaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Isa 40:27–31, Isa 51:12, 1Sa 16:13, 1Sa 21:10–15, 1Sa 27:10–11, Isa 30:15–16, 1Sa 28:1–2, 1Sa 23:17