דָּוִ֔יד

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 דָּוִ֔יד

   da-VID

   David
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע דָּוִ֔יד

   va-yish-MA da-VID

   and he heard David
3. clause🔊 וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע דָּוִ֔יד וַיֵּצֵ֖א לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃

   va-yish-MA da-VID va-ye-TSE lif-ne-HEM

   and he heard David and he went out before them
4. sentence🔊 וַיִּשְׁמְע֣וּ פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים כִּי־נִמְשַׁ֨ח דָּוִ֤יד לְמֶ֙לֶךְ֙ עַל־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיַּעֲל֥וּ כָל־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים לְבַקֵּ֣שׁ אֶת־דָּוִ֑יד וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע דָּוִ֔יד וַיֵּצֵ֖א לִפְנֵיהֶֽם׃

   va-yish-me-U fe-lish-TIM ki-nim-SHAKH da-VID le-ME-lekh al-kol-yis-ra-EL va-ya-a-LU khol-fe-lish-TIM le-vak-KESH et-da-VID va-yish-MA da-VID va-ye-TSE lif-ne-HEM

   and they heard Philistines that he was anointed David as king over all Israel and they went up all the Philistines to seek David and he heard David and he went out before them

Exegesis

The Piel infinitive levaqqesh {לְבַקֵּ֣שׁ | ləvaqqēš} with et-David {אֶת־דָּוִ֑יד | ’et Dāwîḏ} explicitly identifies David as the direct object of pursuit.