Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 559 [e] וַיֹּ֤אמֶר way-yō-mer And said Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 1732 [e] דָּוִד֙ dā-wiḏ David N-proper-ms 413 [e] אֶל־ ’el- in Prep 3820 [e] לִבּ֔וֹ lib-bōw, his heart N-msc | 3ms 6258 [e] עַתָּ֛ה ‘at-tāh now Adv 5595 [e] אֶסָּפֶ֥ה ’es-sā-p̄eh I shall perish V-Nifal-Imperf-1cs 3117 [e] יוֹם־ yō-wm- day N-ms 259 [e] אֶחָ֖ד ’e-ḥāḏ one Number-ms 3027 [e] בְּיַד־ bə-yaḏ- by the hand Prep-b | N-fsc 7586 [e] שָׁא֑וּל šā-’ūl; of Saul N-proper-ms 369 [e] אֵֽין־ ’ên- [There is] nothing Adv   לִ֨י lî for me Prep | 1cs 2896 [e] ט֜וֹב ṭō-wḇ better N-ms 3588 [e] כִּ֣י kî than Conj 4422 [e] הִמָּלֵ֥ט him-mā-lêṭ speedily V-Nifal-InfAbs 4422 [e] אִמָּלֵ֣ט ׀ ’im-mā-lêṭ that I should escape V-Nifal-Imperf-1cs 413 [e] אֶל־ ’el- to Prep 776 [e] אֶ֣רֶץ ’e-reṣ the land N-fsc 6430 [e] פְּלִשְׁתִּ֗ים pə-liš-tîm, of the Philistines N-proper-mp 2976 [e] וְנוֹאַ֨שׁ wə-nō-w-’aš and will despair Conj-w | V-Nifal-ConjPerf-3ms 4480 [e] מִמֶּ֤נִּי mim-men-nî of me Prep | 1cs 7586 [e] שָׁאוּל֙ šā-’ūl Saul N-proper-ms 1245 [e] לְבַקְשֵׁ֤נִי lə-ḇaq-šê-nî to seek me Prep-l | V-Piel-Inf | 1cs 5750 [e] עוֹד֙ ‘ō-wḏ anymore Adv 3605 [e] בְּכָל־ bə-ḵāl in any Prep-b | N-msc 1366 [e] גְּב֣וּל gə-ḇūl part N-msc 3478 [e] יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל yiś-rā-’êl, of Israel N-proper-ms 4422 [e] וְנִמְלַטְתִּ֖י wə-nim-laṭ-tî so I shall escape Conj-w | V-Nifal-ConjPerf-1cs 3027 [e] מִיָּדֽוֹ׃ mî-yā-ḏōw. out of his hand Prep-m | N-fsc | 3ms

New American Standard Bible
Then David said to himself, "Now I will perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape into the land of the Philistines. Saul then will despair of searching for me anymore in all the territory of Israel, and I will escape from his hand."

King James Bible
And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
David said to himself, "One of these days I'll be swept away by Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape immediately to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me everywhere in Israel, and I'll escape from him."

A.M.

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I shall This was a rash conclusion: God had caused him to be anointed king of Israel, and promised his accession to the throne, and had so often interposed in his behalf, that he was authorised to believe the very reverse.

perish [heb] be consumed
there is nothing

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into the land

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