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DavidדָּוִדsaidוַיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלSaul,שָׁאוּל“Let notאַלthe heartלֵבof anyoneאָדָםfallיִפֹּלbecause of him;עָלָיוyour servantעַבְדְּךָwill goיֵלֵךְand fightוְנִלְחַםwithעִםthisהַזֶּהPhilistine.”הַפְּלִשְׁתִּי
1 Samuel 17:32
Study it in the app“David said to Saul, “Let not the heart of anyone fall because of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 17:32, word by word
- Davidדָּוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- Saulשָׁאוּלshaul
Saul
Saul, the name of several people. The best known is the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, the first king of Israel. A king of Edom and a son of Simeon also bear it. It means "asked for".
Where else “shaul” appears- the heartלֵבlev
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lev” appears- of anyoneאָדָםadam
anyone
A person; with "not", no one.
Where else “adam” appears- fallיִפֹּלyipol
fall
To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.
Where else “yipol” appears- your servantעַבְדְּavd
your servant
"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".
Where else “avd” appears- will goיֵלֵךְyelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appears- and fightנִלְחַםnilcham
fight
To struggle against an enemy with weapons and give battle; God also fights for his people.
Where else “nilcham” appears- Philistineפְּלִשְׁתִּיpelishti
Philistines
Philistines: a people that settled on the south-west coast of Canaan and was Israel's enemy in the days of the judges and of David.
Where else “pelishti” appears
Translation note
Literally: “Let not the heart of a human being fall because of him.”
The context
31The words that David had spoken were heard, and they told them before Saul; and he took him.
32 · This verse (above)
33Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him, for you are a young man, and he is a man of war from his youth.”