1 Samuel 18:30

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, as often as they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much [ set by.]

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֵּצְא֖וּ שָׂרֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֑ים וַיְהִ֣י ׀ מִדֵּ֣י צֵאתָ֗ם שָׂכַ֤ל דָּוִד֙ מִכֹּל֙ עַבְדֵ֣י שָׁא֔וּל וַיִּיקַ֥ר שְׁמ֖וֹ מְאֹֽד׃

Transliteration

And wa-yēṣəʾû śārê pəlištîm, and wa-yəhî from middê their ṣēʾtām, śākal Dāwid more than all ʿabdê Šāʾûl; and wa-yîqqar his šəmô məʾōd.

Grammar Details

• *wa-yēṣəʾû*: conjunction + qal imperfect, 3mp - and they went out
• *śārê*: masculine plural construct - commanders/officials of
• *pəlištîm*: proper noun - Philistines
• *wa-yəhî*: conjunction + qal imperfect, 3ms - and it happened
• *mi-ddê*: preposition + construct noun - from the time of
• *ṣēʾtām*: qal infinitive construct + 3mp suffix - their going out
• *śākal*: qal perfect, 3ms - he succeeded/acted wisely
• *Dāwid*: proper noun - David
• *mi-kōl*: preposition + noun construct - more than all
• *ʿabdê*: masculine plural construct - servants of
• *Šāʾûl*: proper noun - Saul
• *wa-yîqqar*: conjunction + qal imperfect, 3ms - and it became precious/valued
• *šəmô*: masculine singular noun + 3ms suffix - his name
• *məʾōd*: adverb - very/exceedingly

Word Meanings

• *yāṣāʾ*: go out/come out/depart
• *śar*: commander/official/captain
• *pəlištîm*: Philistines
• *hāyâ*: be/come to pass/happen
• *dê*: enough/sufficiency/as often as
• *śākal*: act wisely/succeed/prosper
• *ʿebed*: servant/slave/official
• *yāqar*: be precious/valuable/esteemed
• *šēm*: name/reputation/fame

Referenced Verses

• 2 Sam 11:1 : 1 And it came to pass, at the return of the year, at the time when kings go out [to battle], that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem.
• 1 Sam 18:5 : 5 And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, [and] behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and it was good in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.
• 1 Sam 26:21 : 21 Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David; for I will no more do thee harm, because my life was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.
• 1 Sam 2:30 : 30 Therefore Jehovah, the God of Israel, saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now Jehovah saith, Be it far from me; for them that honor me I will honor, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
• 2 Kgs 1:13 : 13 And again he sent the captain of a third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.
• Ps 116:15 : 15 Precious in the sight of Jehovah Is the death of his saints.
• Ps 119:99 : 99 I have more understanding than all my teachers; For thy testimonies are my meditation.
• Dan 1:20 : 20 And in every matter of wisdom and understanding, concerning which the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters that were in all his realm.
• Luke 21:15 : 15 for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to withstand or to gainsay.
• Eph 5:15 : 15 Look therefore carefully how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise;
• 1 Pet 2:4 : 4 unto whom coming, a living stone, rejected indeed of men, but with God elect, precious,
• 1 Pet 2:7 : 7 For you therefore that believe is the preciousness: but for such as disbelieve, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner;