a.khish is a Hebrew proper name identifying the individual whom David approaches, serves, and addresses in the narratives.

The attested form is a proper name used to identify an individual in narratives involving David and, later, Shimei’s servants. Most occurrences place this person in direct speech or action with David; the remaining occurrences identify the destination connected with Shimei’s search for his servants.

1. Personal name in narrative reference · dominant

   All supplied tokens are tagged Noun · Proper and identify the same named individual. In 1 Samuel 27:5 the APB renders David speaking to this person about receiving a place to dwell, while in 1 Samuel 29:3 it renders this person answering the Philistine rulers concerning David; 1 Kings 2:40 likewise places the name as Shimei goes to seek his servants.

   1 Samuel 27:51 Samuel 29:31 Samuel 29:61 Kings 2:40

In the Anselm Paraphrase: The APB consistently presents the proper name as “Achish” in narrative and dialogue, including David’s speech to him and his own replies. Because the paraphrase is not word-aligned, its surrounding descriptions are not treated as separate meanings of the name.