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1 Samuel 27 KJV

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¹And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.וַיֹּ֤אמֶר דָּוִד֙ אֶל לִבּ֔וֹ עַתָּ֛ה אֶסָּפֶ֥ה יוֹם אֶחָ֖ד בְּיַד שָׁא֑וּל אֵֽין ט֜וֹב כִּ֣י הִמָּלֵ֥ט אִמָּלֵ֣ט אֶל אֶ֣רֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֗ים וְנוֹאַ֨שׁ מִמֶּ֤נִּי שָׁאוּל֙ לְבַקְשֵׁ֤נִי עוֹד֙ בְּכָל גְּב֣וּל יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְנִמְלַטְתִּ֖י מִיָּדֽוֹ
²And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.וַיָּ֣קָם דָּוִ֔ד וַיַּעֲבֹ֣ר ה֔וּא וְשֵׁשׁ מֵא֥וֹת אִ֖ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עִמּ֑וֹ אֶל אָכִ֥ישׁ בֶּן מָע֖וֹךְ מֶ֥לֶךְ גַּֽת
³And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife.וַיֵּשֶׁב֩ דָּוִ֨ד עִם אָכִ֥ישׁ בְּגַ֛ת ה֥וּא וַאֲנָשָׁ֖יו אִ֣ישׁ וּבֵית֑וֹ דָּוִד֙ וּשְׁתֵּ֣י נָשָׁ֔יו אֲחִינֹ֨עַם֙ הַיִּזְרְעֵאלִ֔ית וַאֲבִיגַ֥יִל אֵֽשֶׁת נָבָ֖ל הַֽכַּרְמְלִֽית
⁴And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.וַיֻּגַּ֣ד לְשָׁא֔וּל כִּֽי בָרַ֥ח דָּוִ֖ד גַּ֑ת וְלֹֽא יוסף יָסַ֥ף ע֖וֹד לְבַקְשֽׁוֹ
⁵And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?וַיֹּ֨אמֶר דָּוִ֜ד אֶל אָכִ֗ישׁ אִם נָא֩ מָצָ֨אתִי חֵ֤ן בְּעֵינֶ֨יךָ֙ יִתְּנוּ מָק֗וֹם בְּאַחַ֛ת עָרֵ֥י הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה וְאֵ֣שְׁבָה שָּׁ֑ם וְלָ֨מָּה יֵשֵׁ֧ב עַבְדְּךָ֛ בְּעִ֥יר הַמַּמְלָכָ֖ה עִמָּֽךְ
⁶Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.וַיִּתֶּן אָכִ֛ישׁ בַּיּ֥וֹם הַה֖וּא אֶת צִֽקְלָ֑ג לָכֵ֞ן הָיְתָ֤ה צִֽקְלַג֙ לְמַלְכֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה עַ֖ד הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה
⁷And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.וַֽיְהִי֙ מִסְפַּ֣ר הַיָּמִ֔ים אֲשֶׁר יָשַׁ֥ב דָּוִ֖ד בִּשְׂדֵ֣ה פְלִשְׁתִּ֑ים יָמִ֖ים וְאַרְבָּעָ֥ה חֳדָשִֽׁים
⁸And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.וַיַּ֤עַל דָּוִד֙ וַֽאֲנָשָׁ֔יו וַֽיִּפְשְׁט֛וּ אֶל הַגְּשׁוּרִ֥י והגרזי וְהַגִּזְרִ֖י וְהָעֲמָלֵקִ֑י כִּ֣י הֵ֜נָּה יֹשְׁב֤וֹת הָאָ֨רֶץ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר מֵֽעוֹלָ֔ם בּוֹאֲךָ֥ שׁ֖וּרָה וְעַד אֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם
⁹And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.וְהִכָּ֤ה דָוִד֙ אֶת הָאָ֔רֶץ וְלֹ֥א יְחַיֶּ֖ה אִ֣ישׁ וְאִשָּׁ֑ה וְלָקַח֩ צֹ֨אן וּבָקָ֜ר וַחֲמֹרִ֤ים וּגְמַלִּים֙ וּבְגָדִ֔ים וַיָּ֖שָׁב וַיָּבֹ֥א אֶל אָכִֽישׁ
¹⁰And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אָכִ֔ישׁ אַל פְּשַׁטְתֶּ֖ם הַיּ֑וֹם וַיֹּ֣אמֶר דָּוִ֗ד עַל נֶ֤גֶב יְהוּדָה֙ וְעַל נֶ֣גֶב הַיַּרְחְמְאֵלִ֔י וְאֶל נֶ֖גֶב הַקֵּינִֽי
¹¹And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the Philistines.וְאִ֨ישׁ וְאִשָּׁ֜ה לֹֽא יְחַיֶּ֣ה דָוִ֗ד לְהָבִ֥יא גַת֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר פֶּן יַגִּ֥דוּ עָלֵ֖ינוּ לֵאמֹ֑ר כֹּֽה עָשָׂ֤ה דָוִד֙ וְכֹ֣ה מִשְׁפָּט֔וֹ כָּל הַ֨יָּמִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָשַׁ֖ב בִּשְׂדֵ֥ה פְלִשְׁתִּֽים
¹²And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.וַיַּאֲמֵ֥ן אָכִ֖ישׁ בְּדָוִ֣ד לֵאמֹ֑ר הַבְאֵ֤שׁ הִבְאִישׁ֙ בְּעַמּ֣וֹ בְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְהָ֥יָה לְעֶ֥בֶד עוֹלָֽם

1 Samuel 27 original-language research

The Hebrew lines shown beneath the KJV text come from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (OSHB) data in YHWSA. The chapter vocabulary below is ranked from verse-level Strong's tagging; grammatical particles are omitted so meaningful terms remain visible.

207 tagged Hebrew tokens94 distinct lexical entries12 of 12 verses source-tagged

דָּוִדH1732

dāwid · da-VEED

David, the youngest son of Jesse

13 occurrences in verses 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 · Hebrew gematria 14

יוֹםH3117

yôm · yome

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)

7 occurrences in verses 1, 6, 7, 10, 11 · Hebrew gematria 616

אֲכִישׁH397

ʾăkîš · uh-HEESH

Akish, a Philistine king

7 occurrences in verses 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12 · Hebrew gematria 331

אָמַרH559

ʾāmar · ah-MAHR

to say (used with great latitude)

7 occurrences in verses 1, 5, 10, 11, 12 · Hebrew gematria 241

יָשַׁבH3427

yāšab · ya-SHAHV

properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

6 occurrences in verses 3, 5, 7, 8, 11 · Hebrew gematria 312

אִישׁH376

ʾîš · eesh

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)

6 occurrences in verses 2, 3, 8, 9, 11 · Hebrew gematria 311

גַּתH1661

gat · ɡaht

Gath, a Philistine city

4 occurrences in verses 2, 3, 4, 11 · Hebrew gematria 403

אֶרֶץH776

ʾereṣ · eh-RETS

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

4 occurrences in verses 1, 8, 9 · Hebrew gematria 1101

אִשָּׁהH802

ʾiššâ · ee-SHA

a woman

4 occurrences in verses 3, 9, 11 · Hebrew gematria 306

הוּאH1931

hûʾ · hoo

he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are

3 occurrences in verses 2, 3, 6 · Hebrew gematria 12

Hebrew verse gematria

YHWSA calculates these totals directly from every consonant in the tagged Hebrew source line using the Carlo Suarès letter-number system; vowel points and cantillation marks do not add values. The totals are not reverse-mapped from English. A matching number is a comparison to investigate, not proof that two passages mean the same thing.

Verse	Value	Workspace
1 Samuel 27:1	8,068	study verse
1 Samuel 27:2	5,664	study verse
1 Samuel 27:3	6,976	study verse
1 Samuel 27:4	3,348	study verse
1 Samuel 27:5	8,608	study verse
1 Samuel 27:6	4,971	study verse
1 Samuel 27:7	5,500	study verse
1 Samuel 27:8	8,494	study verse
1 Samuel 27:9	6,370	study verse
1 Samuel 27:10	3,817	study verse
1 Samuel 27:11	6,808	study verse
1 Samuel 27:12	3,500	study verse

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