And David
David (daw-veed')
loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse -- David.
said
'amar (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
in his heart
leb (labe)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect
I shall now perish
caphah (saw-faw')
to scrape (literally, to shave; but usually figuratively) together (i.e. to accumulate or increase) or away (i.e. to scatter, remove, or ruin; intransitively, to perish)
one
'echad (ekh-awd')
united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
day
yowm (yome)
a day (as the warm hours),
by the hand
yad (yawd)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
of Saul
Sha'uwl (shaw-ool')
asked; Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites -- Saul, Shaul.
there is nothing better
towb (tobe)
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun
for me than that
kiy (kee)
very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed
I should speedily
malat (maw-lat')
to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparks
escape
malat (maw-lat')
to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparks
into the land
'erets (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world.
of the Philistines
Plishtiy (pel-ish-tee')
a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth -- Philistine.
and Saul
Sha'uwl (shaw-ool')
asked; Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites -- Saul, Shaul.
shall despair
ya'ash (yaw-ash')
to desist, i.e. (figuratively) to despond -- (cause to) despair, one that is desperate, be no hope.
of me to seek
baqash (baw-kash')
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
me any more in any coast
gbuwl (gheb-ool')
a cord (as twisted), i.e. (by implication) a boundary; by extens. the territory inclosed -- border, bound, coast, great, landmark, limit, quarter, space.
of Israel
Yisra'el (yis-raw-ale')
he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
so shall I escape
malat (maw-lat')
to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparks
out of his hand
yad (yawd)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
