en_tn_condensed/1sa/27/05.md

# If I have found favor in your eyes

Here the eyes represent seeing, and seeing represents thoughts or judgment. See how you translated this in [1 Samuel 20:3](../20/03.md). Alternate translation: "If I have pleased you" or "If you consider me favorably" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# let them give me a place

Since Achish was the one who would "give," this is a metonym for "please give me a place." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# one of the cities in the country

"one of the outlying towns" or "one of the towns outside the city"

# Why should your servant live in the royal city with you?

This rhetorical question can be translated as a statement. Alternate translation: "I do not need to live in the city with you." or "I am not important enough to live here with you in the royal city." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

# your servant

David speaks as if he were another person to show that he respected Achish. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-pronouns]])