The menאִישׁof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלsaid,וַיֹּאמֶר“Have you seenהַרְּאִיתֶםthisהַזֶּהmanהָאִישׁwho is coming up?הָעֹלֶהSurelyכִּיto reproachלְחָרֵףIsraelאֶת יִשְׂרָאֵלhe comes up.עֹלֶהAnd it will be thatוְהָיָהthe manהָאִישׁwhoאֲשֶׁרstrikes him,יַכֶּנּוּthe kingהַמֶּלֶךְwill enrich himיַעְשְׁרֶנּוּwith greatגָּדוֹלriches,עֹשֶׁרand will giveיִתֶּןhimלוֹhis daughter,וְאֶת בִּתּוֹand will makeיַעֲשֶׂהthe houseוְאֵת בֵּיתof his fatherאָבִיוfreeחָפְשִׁיin Israel.”בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל
1 Samuel 17:25
Study it in the app“The men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who is coming up? Surely to reproach Israel he comes up. And it will be that the man who strikes him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and will make the house of his father free in Israel.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 17:25, word by word
- The menאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “Have you seenרְּאִיתֶםreitem
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “reitem” appears- who is coming upעֹלֶהole
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “ole” appears- to reproachחָרֵףcharef
reproach
To defy or humble someone with words, to put them to shame.
Where else “charef” appears- And it will be thatהָיָהhaya
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “haya” appears- strikes himיַכֶּyake
strike dead
To strike dead, kill.
Where else “yake” appears- the kingמֶּלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- will enrich himיַעְשְׁרֶyashre
make rich, become rich
Make rich; grow rich.
Where else “yashre” appears- with greatגָּדוֹלgadol
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appears- richesעֹשֶׁרosher
wealth
Wealth, riches.
Where else “osher” appears- and will giveיִתֶּןyiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yiten” appears- his daughterבִּתּbit
daughter
A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.
Where else “bit” appears- and will makeיַעֲשֶׂהyaase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaase” appears- the houseבֵּיתbet
household
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “bet” appears- of his fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- freeחָפְשִׁיchafshi
free
Free: no longer a slave; also free from duties.
Where else “chafshi” appears
Translation note
“Will make the house of his father free”: the text does not say from what; it is understood from the taxes and labor that the king demanded (8:11-17).
The context
24And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from before him and were very afraid.
25 · This verse (above)
26David said to the men who were standing with him, “What will be done for the man who strikes that Philistine and removes the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should reproach the battle lines of the living Elohim?”