1 Samuel 22:1
Old Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father’s house heard it, they went down thither to him."
Word-by-Word Analysis
דָּוִד
Dâvid
David, the youngest son of Jesse
כֵּן
kên
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner...
נָסַע
nâçaʻ
properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on ajourney
שָׁם
shâm
there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
מָלַט
mâlaṭ
properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young...
עֲדֻלָּם
ʻĂdullâm
Adullam, a place in Palestine
אָח
ʼâch
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
שָׁמַע
shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
אָן
ʼân
where?; hence, whither?, when?; also hither and thither
Key Terms in This Verse
מָלַט mâlaṭ
properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparks
Study H4422 →נָסַע nâçaʻ
properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on ajourney
Study H5265 →אָח ʼâch
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
Study H251 →שָׁמַע shâmaʻ
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
Study H8085 →אָב ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Study H1 →Cross References
I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.
Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel.
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