1 Samuel 27:1
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
David, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me all over Israel, and I will slip out of his hand.”

Young's Literal Translation
And David saith unto his heart, ‘Now am I consumed one day by the hand of Saul; there is nothing for me better than that I diligently escape unto the land of the Philistines, and Saul hath been despairing of me—of seeking me any more in all the border of Israel, and I have escaped out of 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.

Hebrew
David, however,
דָּוִד֙ (dā·wiḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

said
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

himself,
לִבּ֔וֹ (lib·bōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

“One
אֶחָ֖ד (’e·ḥāḏ)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's 259: United, one, first

of these days
יוֹם־ (yō·wm-)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3117: A day

now
עַתָּ֛ה (‘at·tāh)
Adverb
Strong's 6258: At this time

I will be swept away
אֶסָּפֶ֥ה (’es·sā·p̄eh)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 5595: To sweep or snatch away, catch up

by the hand
בְּיַד־ (bə·yaḏ-)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 3027: A hand

of Saul.
שָׁא֑וּל (šā·’ūl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 7586: Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelites

There is nothing
אֵֽין־ (’ên-)
Adverb
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

better
ט֜וֹב (ṭō·wḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

for me
לִ֨י (lî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

than
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

to escape
הִמָּלֵ֥ט (him·mā·lêṭ)
Verb - Nifal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 4422: To be smooth, to escape, to release, rescue, to bring forth young, emit sparks

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

the land
אֶ֣רֶץ (’e·reṣ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 776: Earth, land

of the Philistines.
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֗ים (pə·liš·tîm)
Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's 6430: Philistines -- inhabitants of Philistia

Then Saul
שָׁאוּל֙ (šā·’ūl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 7586: Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelites

will stop
וְנוֹאַ֨שׁ (wə·nō·w·’aš)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2976: To desist, to despond

searching
לְבַקְשֵׁ֤נִי (lə·ḇaq·šê·nî)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | first person common singular
Strong's 1245: To search out, to strive after

for me
מִמֶּ֤נִּי (mim·men·nî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

all over
בְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

Israel,
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

and I will slip
וְנִמְלַטְתִּ֖י (wə·nim·laṭ·tî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 4422: To be smooth, to escape, to release, rescue, to bring forth young, emit sparks

out of his hand.”
מִיָּדֽוֹ׃ (mî·yā·ḏōw)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3027: A hand

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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