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2 Samuel 18:24

“And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

דָּוִדDâvid · daw-veed'
H1732 · Hebrew

Definition: David, the youngest son of Jesse
Derivation: rarely (fully); דָּוִיד; from the same as H1730 (דּוֹד); loving;
KJV renderings: David.
Grammar: וְ — conjunction
דָוִ֥ד — proper noun
Code HC/Np
Usage: Occurs 1,075 times in the Hebrew Bible.Ruth 4:17 Ruth 4:22 1 Samuel 16:13 1 Samuel 16:19 1 Samuel 16:20

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read דָּוִד here.

Verse 23 Verse 25

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.