1 Samuel 23:15

KJV1611 – Modern English

And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life; and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a forest.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּ֣רְא דָוִ֔ד כִּֽי־יָצָ֥א שָׁא֖וּל לְבַקֵּ֣שׁ אֶת־נַפְשׁ֑וֹ וְדָוִ֥ד בְּמִדְבַּר־זִ֖יף בַּחֹֽרְשָׁה

Transliteration

And wayyarʾ Dāwid kî-yāṣāʾ Šāʾûl lᵊbaqqēš ʾet-his napšô; and Dāwid in midbar-Zîp in the ḥōrᵊšāh

Grammar Details

• *wayyarʾ*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he saw
• *Dāwid*: proper noun, masculine singular
• *kî*: conjunction - that
• *yāṣāʾ*: Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - had come out
• *Šāʾûl*: proper noun, masculine singular - Saul
• *lᵊbaqqēš*: preposition + Piel infinitive construct - to seek
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *napšô*: noun, feminine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his life/soul
• *midbar*: noun, masculine singular construct - wilderness of
• *Zîp*: proper noun, place name
• *baḥōrᵊšāh*: preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - in the thicket/wood

Word Meanings

• *wayyarʾ*: and he saw/and he perceived/and he realized
• *yāṣāʾ*: had come out/had gone forth/had set out
• *lᵊbaqqēš*: to seek/to hunt/to try to take
• *napšô*: his life/his soul/his person
• *ḥōrᵊšāh*: thicket/wood/forest

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  When David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life, he stayed in the Wilderness of Ziph, in the woods.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And David{H1732} saw{H7200} that Saul{H7586} was come out{H3318} to seek{H1245} his life:{H5315} and David{H1732} was in the wilderness{H4057} of Ziph{H2128} in the wood.{H2793}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And David{H1732} saw{H7200}{(H8799)} that Saul{H7586} was come out{H3318}{(H8804)} to seek{H1245}{(H8763)} his life{H5315}: and David{H1732} was in the wilderness{H4057} of Ziph{H2128} in a wood{H2793}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And Dauid sawe, that Saul was gone forth to seke after his life. But Dauid was in the wildernes of Siph, in the wodd.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And Dauid sawe that Saul was come out for to seeke his life: and Dauid was in the wildernes of Ziph in the wood.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And Dauid sawe that Saul was come out to seke his lyfe: And Dauid was in the wildernesse of Ziph in the wood.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David [was] in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the wood.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And David seeth that Saul hath come out to seek his life, and David `is' in the wilderness of Ziph, in a forest.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the wood.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the wood.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And David was full of fear, in the knowledge that Saul had come out to take his life; and David was in the waste land of Ziph, in Horesh.

• World English Bible (2000)

  David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the wood.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  David realized that Saul had come out to seek his life; at that time David was in Horesh in the wilderness of Ziph.