דָּוִ֤ד

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 דָּוִ֤ד

   da-VID

   David
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיֶּחֱזַ֨ק דָּוִ֤ד מִן־הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי֙

   va-ye-khe-ZAK da-VID min-ha-pe-li-SHTI

   and prevailed David from the Philistine
3. clause🔊 וַיֶּחֱזַ֨ק דָּוִ֤ד מִן־הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי֙ בַּקֶּ֣לַע וּבָאֶ֔בֶן וַיַּ֥ךְ אֶת־הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖י וַיְמִיתֵ֑הוּ

   va-ye-khe-ZAK da-VID min-ha-pe-li-SHTI ba-KE-la u-va-E-ven va-YAKH et-ha-pe-li-SHTI va-ye-mi-TE-hu

   and prevailed David from the Philistine with the sling and with a stone and struck the Philistine and killed him
4. sentence🔊 וַיֶּחֱזַ֨ק דָּוִ֤ד מִן־הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי֙ בַּקֶּ֣לַע וּבָאֶ֔בֶן וַיַּ֥ךְ אֶת־הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖י וַיְמִיתֵ֑הוּ וְחֶ֖רֶב אֵ֥ין בְּיַד־דָּוִֽד׃

   va-ye-khe-ZAK da-VID min-ha-pe-li-SHTI ba-KE-la u-va-E-ven va-YAKH et-ha-pe-li-SHTI va-ye-mi-TE-hu ve-KHE-rev EN be-yad-da-VID

   and prevailed David from the Philistine with the sling and with a stone and struck the Philistine and killed him and a sword there was not in the hand of David

Exegesis

The nominal clause vecherev ’ēn beyad-dāwîd {וְחֶ֖רֶב אֵ֥ין בְּיַד־דָּוִֽד | və-ḥe-reḇ ’ēn bə-yaḏ-dā-wîd} ‘and a sword was not in the hand of David’ underscores the absence of conventional arms and highlights the theological theme of empowerment beyond human weaponry.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ד־ו־דd-w-d

“beloved”

• 🔊 דּוֹדdōdbeloved, uncleSong of Songs 1:2