1 SAMUEL 27:8

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.”

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1 Samuel 27:8 Translation & Meaning

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And David דָּוִד֙ David, the youngest son of Jesse David
and his men וַֽאֲנָשָׁ֔יו Properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified H0120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively) men
went up, וַיַּ֤עַל To ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative up
and invaded וַֽיִּפְשְׁט֛וּ To spread out (i.e., deploy in hostile array); by analogy, to strip (i.e., unclothe, plunder, flay, etc.) invaded
the Geshurites, הַגְּשׁוּרִ֥י A Geshurite (also collectively) or inhabitants of Geshur Geshurites
and the Gezrites, וְהַגִּרְזִ֖י A Grizite (collectively) or member of a native tribe in Palestine Gezrites
and the Amalekites: וְהָעֲמָֽלֵקִ֑י An Amalekite (or collectively the Amalekites) or descendants of Amalek Amalekites
for כִּ֣י (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed for
those הֵ֜נָּה Themselves (often used emphatic for the copula, also in indirect relation) those
nations were (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
of old מֵֽעוֹלָ֔ם Properly, concealed, i.e., the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e., (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always old
the inhabitants יֹֽשְׁב֤וֹת Properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry inhabitants
of the land, הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ The earth (at large, or partitively a land) land
as thou goest בּֽוֹאֲךָ֥ To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) goest
to Shur, שׁ֖וּרָה Shur, a region of the Desert Shur
even unto וְעַד As far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with) even
the land אֶ֥רֶץ The earth (at large, or partitively a land) land
of Egypt. מִצְרָֽיִם׃ Mitsrajim, i.e., Upper and Lower Egypt Egypt

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  • 6  Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day.

  • 7  And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.

  • 8  And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.

  • 9  And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.

  • 10  And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.




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