David
David (daw-veed')
loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse -- David.
therefore departed
yalak (yaw-lak')
to walk; causatively, to carry (in various senses)
thence and escaped
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
to the cave
m`arah (meh-aw-raw')
a cavern (as dark) -- cave, den, hole.
Adullam
`Adullam (ad-ool-lawm')
Adullam, a place in Palestine -- Adullam.
and when his brethren
'ach (awkh)
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1) -- another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other.
and all his father's
'ab (awb)
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application) -- chief, (fore-)father(-less), patrimony, principal. Compare names in Abi-.
house
bayith (bah'-yith)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
heard
shama` (shaw-mah')
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
it they went down
yarad (yaw-rad')
to descend; causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)
thither to him
