1 Samuel 23:29

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Bible > 1 Samuel > Chapter 23 > Verse 29

1 Samuel 23:29


← 1 Samuel 23:28 1 Samuel 23:29 (KJV) 1 Samuel 24:1 →
Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Selahammahlekoth.
And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at Engedi.
And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of Engedi.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And DavidH1732 went upH5927 from thence, and dweltH3427 in strong holdsH4679 at EngediH5872.


Original Hebrew

וַיַּעַל דָּוִד מִשָּׁם וַיֵּשֶׁב בִּמְצָדֹות עֵין־גֶּדִי׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
וַ/יַּ֥עַל
va/i.Ya.'al H5927 HC/Vqw3ms and/ he went up
דָּוִ֖ד
da.Vid H1732 HNp David
מִ/שָּׁ֑ם
mi./Sham H8033 HR/D from/ there
וַ/יֵּ֖שֶׁב
va/i.Ye.shev H3427 HC/Vqw3ms and/ he dwelt
בִּ/מְצָד֥וֹת
bi/m.tza.Dot H4679 HR/Ncfpc in/ (the) strongholds of
עֵֽין־גֶּֽדִי
'ein-Ge.di H5872 HNp En-Gedi
Strong's References
  • H1732 — דָּוִד (Dâvid, daw-veed'): rarely (fully); דָּוִיד (Dâvîyd); from the same as דּוֹד (dôwd) H1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse; David.
  • H3427 — יָשַׁב (yâshab, yaw-shab'): a primitive root; properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry; (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
  • H4679 — מְצַד (mᵉtsad, mets-ad'): or מְצָד (mᵉtsâd); or (feminine) מְצָדָה (mᵉtsâdâh); from צוּד (tsûwd) H6679; a fastness (as a covert of ambush); castle, fort, (strong) hold, munition.
  • H5872 — עֵין גֶּדִי (ʻÊyn Gedîy, ane geh'-dee): from עַיִן (ʻayin) H5869 and גְּדִי (gᵉdîy) H1423; fountain of a kid; En-Gedi, a place in Palestine; En-gedi.
  • H5927 — עָלָה (ʻâlâh, aw-law'): a primitive root; to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative; arise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, [phrase] shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make to) go (away, up); grow (over) increase, lay, leap, levy, lift (self) up, light, (make) up, [idiom] mention, mount up, offer, make to pay, [phrase] perfect, prefer, put (on), raise, recover, restore, (make to) rise (up), scale, set (up), shoot forth (up), (begin to) spring (up), stir up, take away (up), work.

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

  • H8033 — שָׁם (shâm, shawm): a primitive particle (rather from the relative pronoun, אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher) H834); there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence; in it, [phrase] thence, there (-in, [phrase] of, [phrase] out), [phrase] thither, [phrase] whither.
Cross References

Reciprocal references (3): Joshua 2:16, 1 Samuel 24:22, 1 Chronicles 12:8

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