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And they wereוַיִּהְיוּthereשָׁםwithעִםDavidדָּוִידthreeשְׁלוֹשָׁהdays,יָמִיםeatingאֹכְלִיםand drinking,וְשׁוֹתִיםforכִּיtheir brothersאֲחֵיהֶםhad preparedהֵכִינוּfor them.לָהֶם
1 Chronicles 12:39
Study it in the app“And they were there with David three days, eating and drinking, for their brothers had prepared for them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Chronicles 12:39, word by word
- And they wereיִּהְיוּyihyu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihyu” appears- Davidדָּוִידdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- threeשְׁלוֹשָׁהshelosha
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shelosha” appears- daysיָמִיםyamim
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yamim” appears- eatingאֹכְלִיםochlim
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “ochlim” appears- and drinkingשׁוֹתִיםshotim
drink
Drink.
Where else “shotim” appears- their brothersאֲחֵיache
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “ache” appears- had preparedהֵכִינוּhechinu
prepare
To get something set and done beforehand.
Where else “hechinu” appears
The context
38All these, men of war, drawn up in battle order, came with a whole heart to Hebron to make David king over all Israel; and also all the rest of Israel was of one heart to make David king.
39 · This verse (above)
40And also those near to them, as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, were bringing bread on donkeys and on camels and on mules and on cattle: food of flour, cakes of figs and cakes of raisins, and wine and oil, and cattle and sheep in abundance; for there was joy in Israel.