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1 Samuel 26:2

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← 1 Samuel 26:1	1 Samuel 26:2 (KJV)	1 Samuel 26:3 →
And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, [which is] before Jeshimon?	Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.	And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which [is] before Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Then Saul^H7586 arose^H6965, and went down^H3381 to the wilderness^H4057 of Ziph^H2128, having three^H7969 thousand^H505 chosen^H977 men^H376 of Israel^H3478 with him, to seek^H1245 David^H1732 in the wilderness^H4057 of Ziph^H2128.

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Original Hebrew

וַיָּקָם שָׁאוּל וַיֵּרֶד אֶל־מִדְבַּר־זִיף וְאִתֹּו שְׁלֹשֶׁת־אֲלָפִים אִישׁ בְּחוּרֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לְבַקֵּשׁ אֶת־דָּוִד בְּמִדְבַּר־זִיף׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יָּ֣קָם	va/i.Ya.kom	H6965	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he arose
שָׁא֗וּל	sha.'Ul	H7586	HNp	Saul
וַ/יֵּ֨רֶד֙	va/i.Ye.red	H3381	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he went down
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
מִדְבַּר	mid.bar-	H4057	HNcmsc	(the) wilderness of
זִ֔יף	Zif	H2128	HNp	Ziph
וְ/אִתּ֛/וֹ	ve./'i.T/o	H854	HC/R/Sp3ms	and/ (were) with/ him
שְׁלֹֽשֶׁת	she.lo.shet-	H7969	HAcmsc	three
אֲלָפִ֥ים	'a.la.Fim	H505	HAcbpa	thousand(s)
אִ֖ישׁ	'ish	H376	HNcmsa	man
בְּחוּרֵ֣י	be.chu.Rei	H977	HVqsmpc	(the) chosen (men) of
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל	Yis.ra.'El	H3478	HNp	Israel
לְ/בַקֵּ֥שׁ	le./va.Kesh	H1245	HR/Vpc	to/ seek
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
דָּוִ֖ד	da.Vid	H1732	HNp	David
בְּ/מִדְבַּר	be./mid.bar-	H4057	HR/Ncmsc	in/ (the) wilderness of
זִֽיף	Zif	H2128	HNp	Ziph

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H376 — אִישׁ (ʼîysh, eesh): contracted for אֱנוֹשׁ (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation); also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אִשָּׁה.
• H505 — אֶלֶף (ʼeleph, eh'-lef): prop, the same as אֶלֶף; hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand; thousand.
• H977 — בָּחַר (bâchar, baw-khar'): a primitive root; properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select; acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require.
• H1245 — בָּקַשׁ (bâqash, baw-kash'): a primitive root; to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after; ask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request, require, seek (for).
• H1732 — דָּוִד (Dâvid, daw-veed'): rarely (fully); דָּוִיד; from the same as דּוֹד; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse; David.
• H2128 — זִיף (Zîyph, zeef): from the same as זֶפֶת; flowing; Ziph, the name of a place in Palestine; also of an Israelite; Ziph.
• H3381 — יָרַד (yârad, yaw-rad'): a primitive root; to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications); [idiom] abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, [idiom] indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down.
• H3478 — יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisrâʼêl, yis-raw-ale'): from שָׂרָה and אֵל; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity; Israel.
• H4057 — מִדְבָּר (midbâr, mid-bawr'): from דָבַר in the sense of driving; a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs); desert, south, speech, wilderness.
• H6965 — קוּם (qûwm, koom): a primitive root; to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative); abide, accomplish, [idiom] be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, [idiom] be dim, endure, [idiom] enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, [idiom] but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (up), remain, (a-) rise (up) (again, against), rouse up, set (up), (e-) stablish, (make to) stand (up), stir up, strengthen, succeed, (as-, make) sure(-ly), (be) up(-hold, -rising).
• H7586 — שָׁאוּל (Shâʼûwl, shaw-ool'): passive participle of שָׁאַל; asked; Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites; Saul, Shaul.
• H7969 — שָׁלוֹשׁ (shâlôwsh, shaw-loshe'): or שָׁלֹשׁ; masculine שְׁלוֹשָׁה; or שְׁלֹשָׁה; a primitive number; three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice; [phrase] fork, [phrase] often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, [phrase] thrice. Compare שָׁלִישׁ.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H854 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): probably from אָנָה; properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.; against, among, before, by, for, from, in(-to), (out) of, with. Often with another prepositional prefix.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• Saul arose — 1 Samuel 23:23-25, 1 Samuel 24:17, Psalms 38:12, Psalms 140:4-9
• three thousand — 1 Samuel 24:2

Reciprocal references (5): Genesis 37:20, Numbers 24:1, Joshua 15:55, Psalms 17:11, Psalms 120:7

Related Topics

• Nave’s: SELF-CONTROL, ZIPH

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