1 Samuel 26:1
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
שָׁאוּל
Shâʼûwl
Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites
גִּבְעָה
Gibʻâh
Gibah; the name of three places in Palestine
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
דָּוִד
Dâvid
David, the youngest son of Jesse
סָתַר
çâthar
to hide (by covering), literally or figuratively
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
הַר
har
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
חֲכִילָה
Chăkîylâh
Chakilah, a hill in Palestine
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
Key Terms in This Verse
נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →Cross References
Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon?
Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth,
Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah,
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.
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