The Meaning of 1 Samuel 29:5 Explained

1 Samuel 29:5

KJV: Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

YLT: Is not this David, of whom they answer in choruses, saying, Saul hath smitten among his thousands, and David among his myriads?'

Darby: Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul smote his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

ASV: Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

[Is] not this David,  of whom they sang  one to another in dances,  saying,  Saul  slew  his thousands,  and David  his ten thousands? 

What does 1 Samuel 29:5 Mean?

Context Summary

1 Samuel 29:1-11 - Under Just Suspicion
David was in a strait! To what a plight had eighteen months of deceit brought him! He had no alternative other than to follow King Achish to battle, but it must have been with a sinking heart. It looked as if he would be forced to fight Saul, the Lord's anointed, and Jonathan, his friend, and the people whom he was one day to rule. Probably he turned in an agony of prayer to God, that he might be extricated from the net which his sins had woven. Read Deuteronomy 30:4.
An unexpected door opened in the valley of Achor. The Philistine lords took offense at David's position in the rear with the king, and insisted on his returning with his men to Ziklag. In the end Achish had to yield, though with great reluctance. He little realized the profound sense of belief with which David heard the royal order. As David stole off in the gray dawn with his men on the homeward journey, he must have broken into the words of Psalms 124:7. [source]

Chapter Summary: 1 Samuel 29

1  David marching with the Philistines
3  is disallowed by their princes
6  Achish dismisses him, with commendations of his fidelity

What do the individual words in 1 Samuel 29:5 mean?

[Is] not this David of whom they sang one to another in dances saying has slain Saul [his] thousands and David ten thousands [his] ten thousands -
הֲלוֹא־ זֶ֣ה דָוִ֔ד אֲשֶׁ֧ר יַעֲנוּ־ ל֛וֹ בַּמְּחֹל֖וֹת לֵאמֹ֑ר הִכָּ֤ה שָׁאוּל֙ בַּֽאֲלָפָ֔יו וְדָוִ֖ד [ברבבתו] ؟ (בְּרִבְבֹתָֽיו) ס

הֲלוֹא־  [Is]  not 
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
זֶ֣ה  this 
Parse: Pronoun, masculine singular
Root: זֶה  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, another, such.
דָוִ֔ד  David 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּוִד  
Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
אֲשֶׁ֧ר  of  whom 
Parse: Pronoun, relative
Root: אֲשֶׁר 
Sense: (relative part.).
יַעֲנוּ־  they  sang 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: לְעַנּׄות 
Sense: to answer, respond, testify, speak, shout.
ל֛וֹ  one  to  another 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
בַּמְּחֹל֖וֹת  in  dances 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, feminine plural
Root: מְחֹלָה  
Sense: dancing, dance.
לֵאמֹ֑ר  saying 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
הִכָּ֤ה  has  slain 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: נָכָה  
Sense: to strike, smite, hit, beat, slay, kill.
שָׁאוּל֙  Saul 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שָׁאוּל  
Sense: a Benjamite, son of Kish, and the st king of Israel.
בַּֽאֲלָפָ֔יו  [his]  thousands 
Parse: Preposition-b, Number, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אֶלֶף 
Sense: a thousand.
וְדָוִ֖ד  and  David 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּוִד  
Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
[ברבבתו]  ten  thousands 
Parse: Preposition-b, Number, feminine plural construct, third person masculine singular
؟ (בְּרִבְבֹתָֽיו)  [his]  ten  thousands 
Parse: Preposition-b, Number, feminine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: רְבָבָה  
Sense: multitude, myriad, ten thousand.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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