So the priestהַכֹּהֵןgaveוַיִּתֶּןhimלוֹholy bread,קֹדֶשׁforכִּיthere was noלֹא הָיָהbreadלֶחֶםthereשָׁםexceptכִּי אִםthe breadלֶחֶםof the presenceהַפָּנִיםthat had been removedהַמּוּסָרִיםfrom beforeמִלִּפְנֵיYHWH,יְהוָהto putלָשׂוּםhotחֹםbread thereלֶחֶםon the dayבְּיוֹםit was taken away.הִלָּקְחוֹ
1 Samuel 21:6
Study it in the app“So the priest gave him holy bread, for there was no bread there except the bread of the presence that had been removed from before YHWH, to put hot bread there on the day it was taken away.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 21:6, word by word
- So the priestכֹּהֵןkohen
priest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohen” appears- gaveיִּתֶּןyiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yiten” appears- holy breadקֹדֶשׁkodesh
holy thing
Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.
Where else “kodesh” appears- there was noהָיָהhaya
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “haya” appears- breadלֶחֶםlechem
bread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lechem” appears- of the presenceפָּנִיםpanim
presence
Literally "the face": being before someone, face to face.
Where else “panim” appears- that had been removedמּוּסָרִיםmusarim
remove
To take away something from where it was: an altar, a load, an office, loyal love.
Where else “musarim” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- to putשׂוּםsum
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “sum” appears- hotחֹםchom
heat
Heat.
Where else “chom” appears- on the dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- it was taken awayהִלָּקְחhilakch
seize
To take away, seize.
Where else “hilakch” appears
Translation note
The bread of the presence was twelve loaves that were set before YHWH every Sabbath; when they were replaced, the previous ones were for the priests (Leviticus 24:5-9). Jesus recalled this event (Matthew 12:3-4; Mark 2:25-26).
The context
5David answered the priest and said to him, “Surely women have been kept from us as yesterday and the day before when I set out, and the things of the young men were holy, though it was an ordinary journey; how much more today will they be holy in their things!”
6 · This verse (above)
7Now there was a man of the servants of Saul on that day, detained before YHWH; his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief of the shepherds who belonged to Saul.