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title: אָכִישׁ — Achish · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָכִישׁ (397), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 21 times: Achish. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָכִישׁ

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«אָכִישׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Achish** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 21 times · **Key:** 397 · **BDB:** אָכִישׁ

### Glosses

Achish (20); of.Achish (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Achish [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/397/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/397/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. king of Gath 1 S 21:11, 12, 13, 15 + 15 textual 1 S 27–29 + 1 K 2:39, 40 (perh. cf. ܐܰܟܬܳܐ anger).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָכִישׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/397/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 21:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.21.15/)

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וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אָכִ֖ישׁ אֶל־עֲבָדָ֑יו הִנֵּ֤ה תִרְאוּ֙ אִ֣ישׁ מִשְׁתַּגֵּ֔עַ לָ֛מָּה תָּבִ֥יאוּ אֹת֖וֹ אֵלָֽי׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Achish to servants his there! you.see a.man behaving.like.a.madman why? do.you.bring him to me

*JPS 1917:* Then said Achish unto his servants: 'Lo, when ye see a man that is mad, wherefore do ye bring him to me?

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[1 Samuel 21:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.21.11/)

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וַיָּ֣קָם דָּוִ֔ד וַיִּבְרַ֥ח בַּיּוֹם־הַה֖וּא מִפְּנֵ֣י שָׁא֑וּל וַיָּבֹ֕א אֶל־אָכִ֖ישׁ מֶ֥לֶךְ גַּֽת׃

*Word for word:* and he.arose David and he.fled on the day (the) that from before Saul and he.went to Achish the.king of.Gath

*JPS 1917:* And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.

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