1 Samuel

1 Samuel 23:28–29

²⁸So Saul broke off his pursuit of David and went to meet the Philistines. That is why that place is called Sela-hammahlekoth.^b ²⁹And David went up from there and lived in the strongholds of En-gedi.

Footnotes

b 23:28 Sela-hammahlekoth means Rock of Escape.

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1 Samuel 23:28

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So Saul	שָׁא֗וּל	šā·’ūl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H7586 Shaul
broke off	וַיָּ֣שָׁב	way·yā·šāḇ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7725 turn back, return
his pursuit	מִרְדֹף֙	mir·ḏōp̄	Preposition-m; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H7291 pursue, chase, persecute
of David	דָוִ֔ד	ḏā·wiḏ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1732 David
and went	וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ	way·yê·leḵ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1980 go, come, walk
to meet	לִקְרַ֣את	liq·raṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H7122 encounter, befall
the Philistines	פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים	pə·liš·tîm	Noun - proper - masculine plural	H6430 Philistine
That is why	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
that	הַה֔וּא	ha·hū	Article; Pronoun - third person masculine singular	H1931 he, she
place	לַמָּק֣וֹם	lam·mā·qō·wm	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4725 standing, spot, condition
is called	קָֽרְאוּ֙	qā·rə·’ū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H7121 call, proclaim, read
Sela-hammahlekoth	הַֽמַּחְלְקֽוֹת׃	ham·maḥ·lə·qō·wṯ	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H5555 Sela-ham-Machlekoth

1 Samuel 23:29

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And David	דָּוִ֖ד	dā·wiḏ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1732 David
went up	וַיַּ֥עַל	way·ya·‘al	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5927 go up, ascend, climb
from there	מִשָּׁ֑ם	miš·šām	Preposition-m; Adverb	H8033 there, thither
and lived	וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב	way·yê·šeḇ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3427 sit, remain, dwell
in the strongholds	בִּמְצָד֥וֹת	bim·ṣā·ḏō·wṯ	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine plural construct	H4679 fastness, stronghold
of En-gedi	גֶּֽדִי׃	ge·ḏî	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H5872 En-Gedi

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1 Samuel 23:29 2 Chronicles 20:2 · Joshua 15:62 · Song of Solomon 1:14 · Ezekiel 47:10

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.