1 Samuel 17:15

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Now David went to and fro from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Beth-lehem.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְדָוִ֛ד הֹלֵ֥ךְ וָשָׁ֖ב מֵעַ֣ל שָׁא֑וּל לִרְע֛וֹת אֶת־צֹ֥אן אָבִ֖יו בֵּֽית לָֽחֶם׃

Transliteration

And Dāwid [was] hālaḵ and šûḇ from ʿal Šāʾûl to rāʿâ ʾēt-ṣōʾn [of] his ʾāḇ [in] Bêt-leḥem.

Grammar Details

*Dāwid*: proper noun - David
*hālaḵ*: Qal participle masculine singular - going
*šûḇ*: Qal participle masculine singular - returning
*ʿal*: preposition - from upon/from
*Šāʾûl*: proper noun - Saul
*rāʿâ*: Qal infinitive construct - to tend/shepherd
*ʾēt*: direct object marker
*ṣōʾn*: noun, common singular construct - flock of
*ʾāḇ*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his father
*Bêt-leḥem*: proper noun - Bethlehem

Word Meanings

*hālaḵ* and *šûḇ*: going back and forth/coming and going
*ʿal*: from/from being with
*rāʿâ*: to tend/to shepherd/to pasture
*ṣōʾn*: flock/sheep

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Referenced Verses

1 Sam 16:11 : 11 And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he is keeping the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him; for we will not sit down till he come hither.
1 Sam 16:19-23 : 19 Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, who is with the sheep. 20 And Jesse took an ass [laden] with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul. 21 And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armorbearer. 22 And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me; for he hath found favor in my sight. 23 And it came to pass, when the [evil] spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took the harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

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