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Now then,וְעַתָּהwhatמַהis thereיֵּשׁunderתַּחַתyour hand?יָדְךָGiveתְּנָהfiveחֲמִשָּׁהloaves of breadלֶחֶםinto my hand,בְיָדִיorאוֹwhatever is found.”הַנִּמְצָא
1 Samuel 21:3
Study it in the app“Now then, what is there under your hand? Give five loaves of bread into my hand, or whatever is found.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 21:3, word by word
- your handיָדְyad
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appears- Giveתְּנָtena
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “tena” appears- fiveחֲמִשָּׁהchamisha
five
Five.
Where else “chamisha” appears- loaves of breadלֶחֶםlechem
bread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lechem” appears- whatever is foundנִּמְצָאnimtsa
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “nimtsa” appears
The context
2David said to Ahimelech the priest, “The king has commanded me a matter and said to me, ‘Let no one know anything of the matter on which I am sending you and which I have commanded you.’ And the young men I have directed to such and such a place.
3 · This verse (above)
4The priest answered David and said, “There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread, if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.”