1 Samuel 21:6

“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.”

1 Samuel 21:6 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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holy breadקֹדֶשׁkodesh

holy thing

Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.

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there was noהָיָהhaya

exist

To exist: "let there be light".

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breadלֶחֶםlechem

bread

Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.

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of the presenceפָּנִיםpanim

presence

Literally "the face": being before someone, face to face.

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that had been removedמּוּסָרִיםmusarim

remove

To take away something from where it was: an altar, a load, an office, loyal love.

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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.

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to putשׂוּםsum

put

To put something somewhere.

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hotחֹםchom

heat

Heat.

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on the dayיוֹםyom

day

The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.

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it was taken awayהִלָּקְחhilakch

seize

To take away, seize.

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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.

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