1 Samuel 24:1

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

ויעל וַיַּעַל

and he is climbing up

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ו

wāw

Definition

sequential 'and'

Root

From H8505; a prefix

Exhaustive

Vav Conversive/Consecutive: The category “vav conversive / vav consecutive” is not an ancient grammatical datum; it is a modern explanatory construct, developed by early Hebraists to force Biblical Hebrew into a Latin/chronological tense model that it simply does not share.

The notion arose in early modern grammar (17th–19th c.) when scholars assumed:
- verbs must encode tense,
- narratives must advance by past → present → future,
- therefore Hebrew forms that “don’t behave” must be converted.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

עלה

ʻâlâh

Definition

to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative; arise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, [phrase] shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make to) go (away, up); grow (over) increase, lay, leap, levy, lift (self) up, light, (make) up, [idiom] mention, mount up, offer, make to pay, [phrase] perfect, prefer, put (on), raise, recover, restore, (make to) rise (up), scale, set (up), shoot forth (up), (begin to) spring (up), stir up, take away (up), work.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5927

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

עָלָה

verb intransitive • Strongs / High • Page 1091

I. To be high, above, aloft, to be elevated, raised high. To go to a height, to ascend, to go up (opposite יָרַד). To shoot up, of plants, to sprout. To go or come up, often applied to going from a low to a higher region.

עָלָה

verb intransitive • Strongs / High • Page 1091

II. The reverse of יָרַד; specifically used for going to Assyria, or going into a desert, or pilgrimages to holy places (usually higher).

עָלָה

verb • Root עלה • Strongs / High • Page 1092

To go up, ascend, rise. Used for: going to a higher place, overcoming, subduing, overflowing (river), spreading upwards, leading up, mounting up, increasing, prancing, springing upon, crying out, reaching, or amounting to.

עָלָה

verb • Strongs / High • Page 1093

To offer a burnt-offering (context of the usage of the verb regarding sacrifice).

עָלָה

intransitive verb • Strongs / High • Page 1093

II. 1. To glow, burn, blaze (of sacrifices, flame, anger, wrath). 2. To sprout, grow (of plants). 3. To lighten, shine (of dawn).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

עָלָה

verb • Page 508

To go up, ascend, mount. Applied to people (ascending to a country or place of judgment), things (roads leading, countries extending, lots coming up), plants (shooting or growing up), or metaphorically (rising in value, advancing, excelling, coming to mind). Includes derived forms: Niph. (to be brought up, driven away, or exalted) and Hiph. (to lead or bring up, present an offering, take away, or enroll). (Is. 14:14, Ex. 24:13, Gen. 49:4, Prov. 21:22, Gen. 13:1, Jer. 48:15, Job 36:33, Prov. 24:31, Am. 8:8, 1 K. 22:35, Deut. 28:43, Ezra 1:11, Ps. 47:10, Gen. 37:28, Is. 57:6, Lev. 14:20).

עִלָּה

chald. n.f. • Root עלל • Page 509

A cause, occasion, or pretext. Found in Dan. 6: 5, 6.

conjunctive, Verb Qal sequential imperfect third person masculine singular

LXX: ἀνέβη ἀνέβησαν ἀναβήσεται ἀνάβηθι ἀνήνεγκεν

LXX Usage Statistics

H5927:

ἀνέβη 144× (15.2%)

ἀνέβησαν 56× (5.8%)

ἀναβήσεται 42× (4.5%)

ἀνάβηθι 29× (3.3%)

ἀνήνεγκεν 23× (2.3%)

ἀναβῆναι 18× (1.9%)

ἀνήγαγεν 18× (1.9%)

ἀνάβητε 16× (1.8%)

--- 15× (1.7%)

ἀναβῇ 14× (1.6%)

דוד דָּוד

David

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

דוד

Dâvid

Definition

David, the youngest son of Jesse

Root

rarely (fully); דויד; from the same as H1730 (דוד); loving;

Exhaustive

rarely (fully); דויד; from the same as דוד; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse; David.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1732

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

דָּוִד

proper noun • Root דוד • Strongs / High • Page 358

Proper noun of the famous Israelite king, founder of a dynasty (1055-1015 B.C.) and chief composer of the Psalter. Meaning loving, joiner, or beloved.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

דָּוִד

noun masculine • Root , דוד • Page 158

David, son of Jesse, king of Israel. 1 Sam. xvi. ff. 2 Sam. 1 Chr. xii.-xxx. Zion, 1 K. 3:1. The posterity of David, the royal family, Is. 7:2, 13.

Noun proper name masculine

LXX: δαυιδ '' --- ὡσ αὐτοῦ

LXX Usage Statistics

H1732:

δαυιδ 966× (90.3%)

'' 45× (3.7%)

--- 28× (2.7%)

ὡσ 9× (0.9%)

αὐτοῦ 2× (0.2%)

ψαλμὸσ 2× (0.2%)

βασιλεὺσ 2× (0.2%)

βασιλεῖ 2× (0.2%)

משם מִשָּׁם

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

מ

mi / min

Definition

from

Root

Abbreviated from H4480

Exhaustive

(mem) — from / out of

Core value: emergence, separation, derivation
מ does not merely indicate origin in time (“after”). It marks boundary-crossing:
- source,
- differentiation,
- contrast,
- extraction.
Aonically, מ indicates transition between states.
not “after X” but “out from within X.”
This is why מ can signal both cause and contrast: both involve standing on the far side of a boundary.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

שם

shâm

Definition

there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence

Root

a primitive particle (rather from the relative pronoun, H834 (אשר));

Exhaustive

a primitive particle (rather from the relative pronoun, אשר); there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence; in it, [phrase] thence, there (-in, [phrase] of, [phrase] out), [phrase] thither, [phrase] whither.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H8033

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

שֵׁם

noun masculine • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1442

A sign, a memorial, a token, a mark, and therefore a name. (Includes usage regarding calling or inscribing a name).

Matched via consonantal key only

שֵׁם

noun masculine • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1442

Metaphor: The internal essence as outwardly revealed and known as operative; hence of God (the Divine Essence, Presence, Protection, or Power).

Matched via consonantal key only

שֵׁם

noun masculine • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1442

Fame, renown, fama, an honourable name. Also used to denote a good name, sweet scent (assonance), bad reputation, or posterity (name after death).

Matched via consonantal key only

שֵׁם

noun proper • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1442

Proper noun: The oldest son of Noah (Gen. 5, 32), progenitor of the Semites.

Matched via consonantal key only

שָׂם

verb (aramaic) • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1398

Same as Hebrew שׂוּם: to issue, to set forth, to give a name, to take consideration.

Matched via consonantal key only

שֵׁם

unknown • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1442

A sign (comp. the Ar.)

Matched via consonantal key only

שֵׁם

noun proper masculine • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1443

Sem, the eldest son of Noah, progenitor of the Semite peoples and territory.

Matched via consonantal key only

שֵׁם

noun masculine • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1443

A name; fame, renown. Used along with אֱלָהּ in the Targ.

Matched via consonantal key only

שָׁם

adverb • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1441

1. Of place: there, ibi, tum; there where. 2. Of time: then, at that time. 3. Of a thing: thence, from the place/time/thing.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

שֵׁם

m. constr. • Page 683

1. a name; a celebrated name, celebrity, renown. Gen. 6: 4, Num. 16: 2. 2. a rumour, report. Deut. 22: 14. 3. the name of Jehovah, particularly his praise or glory. Ps. 79: 9, Is. 48: 9.

שָׁם

adverb • Page 683

1. there. 2. thither (i.q. שָׁמָּה). 3. then (spoken of time). 4. thither/whither (with paragagic ה). Gen. 13: 3, 1 Sam. 2: 14, Ps. 14: 5, Gen. 19: 20.

שֻׁם

m. chald. • Page 684

A name. References: Dan. 4:5 [4:8]; Ezra 5:1. With suffix שֻׁמֵּהּ (from שֵׁם) Dan. 2:20, 26; 4:5 [4:8]; 5:12. Ezra 5:14: 'and they were given to Sheshbazzar, as his name was'.

Prep-M, Adverb

LXX: ἐκεῖ ἐκεῖθεν --- '' ὄνομα

LXX Usage Statistics

H8033:

ἐκεῖ 553× (68.1%)

ἐκεῖθεν 109× (13.4%)

--- 44× (5.5%)

'' 23× (2.4%)

ὄνομα 13× (1.4%)

οὗ 10× (1.2%)

ἐπικληθῆναι 8× (1.0%)

ἦν 6× (0.6%)

ἔτι 4× (0.5%)

ἧσ 3× (0.3%)

וישב וַיֵּשֶׁב

and he is sitting

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ו

wāw

Definition

sequential 'and'

Root

From H8505; a prefix

Exhaustive

Vav Conversive/Consecutive: The category “vav conversive / vav consecutive” is not an ancient grammatical datum; it is a modern explanatory construct, developed by early Hebraists to force Biblical Hebrew into a Latin/chronological tense model that it simply does not share.

The notion arose in early modern grammar (17th–19th c.) when scholars assumed:
- verbs must encode tense,
- narratives must advance by past → present → future,
- therefore Hebrew forms that “don’t behave” must be converted.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

ישב

yâshab

Definition

properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry; (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3427

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

יָשַׁב

verb • Root ישב • Strongs / High • Page 656

To sit, remain, dwell. The fundamental meaning is to keep firmly in a place, to hold it firmly, to possess it, and therefore to sit. Piel (יִשֵּׁב): to pitch a dwelling. Hifil (הוֹשִׁיב): to cause to sit, to cause to dwell, to cause to be inhabited. Hophal (הוּשַׁב): to be inhabited, to be made to dwell, to be settled in.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

יָשַׁב

verb • Root ישב • Page 301

1. To seat one's self, to sit (Ps. 9:8, Ps. 80:2, Is. 37:16). Includes sitting as a judge (Ps. 9:8) or lying in wait (Ps. 10:8). 2. To continue (Gen. 24:55, 29:19, Hos. 3:3). 3. To dwell (Gen. 13:6, Gen. 4:20, Ps. 22:4). 4. Passive: to be inhabited or habitable (Is. 13:20, Jer. 17:6). Niph. נוֹשַׁב to be inhabited (Ex. 16:35).

conjunctive, Verb Qal sequential imperfect third person masculine singular

LXX: κατοικοῦντασ κατοικοῦντεσ ἐκάθισεν ἐκάθισαν κατῴκησεν

LXX Usage Statistics

H3427:

κατοικοῦντασ 88× (7.4%)

κατοικοῦντεσ 80× (6.4%)

ἐκάθισεν 61× (5.4%)

ἐκάθισαν 37× (3.4%)

κατῴκησεν 34× (3.1%)

ἐκάθητο 29× (2.8%)

κατῴκησαν 28× (2.6%)

κατῴκει 24× (2.3%)

κατοικοῦσιν 23× (2.0%)

κατοικεῖν 23× (2.2%)

במצדות בִּמְצָדוֹת

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ב

bə

Definition

in, by

Root

A primitive particle; a prefix

Exhaustive

(beth) — in / within / by means of

Core value: interiority, enclosure, participation

ב does not primarily mean “in time” (“when”) or even “in space.” It marks being inside a domain, whether that domain is:
- spatial (house, land),
- conceptual (wisdom, covenant),
- modal (strength, fear),
- instrumental (by means of).
Aonically, ב marks immersion.
not “when X happened” but “within the state or field of X.”
This is why ב־יום does not need to mean “on the day (chronological)” but “within the day-realm / condition”.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

מצד

mᵉtsad

Definition

a fastness (as a covert of ambush)

Root

or מצד; or (feminine) מצדה; from H6679 (צוד);

Exhaustive

or מצד; or (feminine) מצדה; from צוד; a fastness (as a covert of ambush); castle, fort, (strong) hold, munition.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H4679

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

צַד

noun masculine • Consonantal / Low • Page 1214

prop. a turning, a bending, i. e. the side turned away (opposite to נֶגֶד, פָּנִים); hence side, flank.

Matched via prefix/suffix stripped stem

צַד

noun (aramaic) • Consonantal / Low • Page 1215

Aram. m. the same (as צַר); hence on the side, a parte, against.

Matched via prefix/suffix stripped stem

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

בְּ

preposition • Page 84

A preposition with various meanings: 4. by (swearing, Gen. 22:16); 5. through (Num. 12:2); 6. upon (Num. 14:10); 7. to a place or thing (Judg. 6:35); 8. against (Gen. 16:12); 9. concerning (after 'to speak'); 10. out of, from (Gen. 44:5); 11. among; 12. before (Gen. 23:18); 13. for (Deut. 19:21); 14. on account of (Gen. 18:28); 15. after, according to (Gen. 1:26); 16. as (Job 34:36); 17. used with verbs of sense; 18. Beth essentiae (Jehovah is among my helpers, Ps. 118:7); 19. before an infinitive: when, while, after, since (Gen. 2:4).

בּ

prefix • Page 83

A prefix preposition with various meanings: 1. In or into a place/subject. 2. With, denoting an instrument, aid, or concomitance. 3. On, at, or near.

Preposition, Noun common feminine plural construct

LXX: στενοῖσ περιοχῇ

LXX Usage Statistics

H4679:

στενοῖσ 3× (18.0%)

περιοχῇ 2× (16.4%)

עין עֵין־

eye-spring

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

עין גדי

ʻÊyn Gedîy

Definition

En-Gedi, a place in Palestine

Root

from H5869 (עין) and H1423 (גדי); fountain of a kid;

Exhaustive

from עין and גדי; fountain of a kid; En-Gedi, a place in Palestine; En-gedi.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5872

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

גְּדִי

noun masculine • Root גדה • Consonantal / Medium • Page 305

The pushed out, the cast out, spoken of the fruit of the body, foetus; specifically the young of goats, a kid.

Matched via consonantal key only

גָּדִי

patronymic • Root גד • Consonantal / Medium • Page 302

A Gadite, a member of the tribe of Gad.

Matched via consonantal key only

גָּדִי

patronymic • Root גד • Consonantal / Medium • Page 305

A patronymic from Gad.

Matched via consonantal key only

גָּדִי

noun proper masculine • Root גד • Consonantal / Medium • Page 305

A masculine proper name (from Gad; Jovianus).

Matched via consonantal key only

גַּדִּי

noun proper masculine • Consonantal / Medium • Page 302

A proper name, masculine.

Matched via consonantal key only

גַּדִּי

feminine noun • Root גדה • Consonantal / Medium • Page 304

1. Venus or Astarte, same as גַּד, גָּדָה; hence fortune; then the nature-deity of fortune. 2. Used in the place name עֵין־גֶּדִי (fountain of Gad), a city in Southern Palestine.

Matched via consonantal key only

גַּדִּי

noun proper masculine • Root גד • Consonantal / Medium • Page 305

A masculine proper name (from Gad).

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

גְּדִי

noun masculine • Page 129

kid, haedus (Ex. 23:19). Generally with the addition עִזִּים, a kid of the goats (Gen. 38:17, 20). Plur. גְּדָיִים, גְּדָיֵי.

עֵין גֶּדִי

proper noun • Page 504

fountain of the kid; a city in the tribe of Judah, not far from the southern point of the Dead sea, fruitful in palms. Mentioned in Josh. 15:62, 1 Sam. 24:1, Ezek. 47:10, and Cant. 1:14. Anciently called חַצְצוֹן־תָּמָר.

Noun proper name

LXX: εγγαδδι ενγαδδι [:] αινγαδιν ανκαδησ

LXX Usage Statistics

H5872:

εγγαδδι 4× (36.0%)

ενγαδδι 2× (18.0%)

[:] 2× (15.3%)

αινγαδιν 2× (15.3%)

ανκαδησ 2× (15.3%)

גדי גֶּדִי׃

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

עין גדי

ʻÊyn Gedîy

Definition

En-Gedi, a place in Palestine

Root

from H5869 (עין) and H1423 (גדי); fountain of a kid;

Exhaustive

from עין and גדי; fountain of a kid; En-Gedi, a place in Palestine; En-gedi.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5872

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

גְּדִי

noun masculine • Root גדה • Consonantal / Medium • Page 305

The pushed out, the cast out, spoken of the fruit of the body, foetus; specifically the young of goats, a kid.

Matched via consonantal key only

גָּדִי

patronymic • Root גד • Consonantal / Medium • Page 302

A Gadite, a member of the tribe of Gad.

Matched via consonantal key only

גָּדִי

patronymic • Root גד • Consonantal / Medium • Page 305

A patronymic from Gad.

Matched via consonantal key only

גָּדִי

noun proper masculine • Root גד • Consonantal / Medium • Page 305

A masculine proper name (from Gad; Jovianus).

Matched via consonantal key only

גַּדִּי

noun proper masculine • Consonantal / Medium • Page 302

A proper name, masculine.

Matched via consonantal key only

גַּדִּי

feminine noun • Root גדה • Consonantal / Medium • Page 304

1. Venus or Astarte, same as גַּד, גָּדָה; hence fortune; then the nature-deity of fortune. 2. Used in the place name עֵין־גֶּדִי (fountain of Gad), a city in Southern Palestine.

Matched via consonantal key only

גַּדִּי

noun proper masculine • Root גד • Consonantal / Medium • Page 305

A masculine proper name (from Gad).

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

גְּדִי

noun masculine • Page 129

kid, haedus (Ex. 23:19). Generally with the addition עִזִּים, a kid of the goats (Gen. 38:17, 20). Plur. גְּדָיִים, גְּדָיֵי.

עֵין גֶּדִי

proper noun • Page 504

fountain of the kid; a city in the tribe of Judah, not far from the southern point of the Dead sea, fruitful in palms. Mentioned in Josh. 15:62, 1 Sam. 24:1, Ezek. 47:10, and Cant. 1:14. Anciently called חַצְצוֹן־תָּמָר.

Noun proper name

LXX: εγγαδδι ενγαδδι [:] αινγαδιν ανκαδησ

LXX Usage Statistics

H5872:

εγγαδδι 4× (36.0%)

ενγαδδι 2× (18.0%)

[:] 2× (15.3%)

αινγαδιν 2× (15.3%)

ανκαδησ 2× (15.3%)

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And it will be when Saul turned back from after the rovers, and they will announce to him, saying, Behold, David in the desert of Engedi.

LITV Translation:
And it happened, when Saul had returned from after the Philistines, they told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of Engedi.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And David rose up from thence, and dwelt in the narrow passes of Engedi.