Shall I takeוְלָקַחְתִּיmy breadלַחְמִיand my waterוְ מֵימַיand my meatוְ טִבְחָתִיthatאֲשֶׁרI have butcheredטָבַחְתִּיfor my shearersלְגֹזְזָיand give itוְנָתַתִּיto menלַאֲנָשִׁיםwhoאֲשֶׁרI do notלֹאknowיָדַעְתִּיwhereאֵיtheyהֵמָּהare from?”מִזֶּה
1 Samuel 25:11
Study it in the app“Shall I take my bread and my water and my meat that I have butchered for my shearers and give it to men who I do not know where they are from?””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 25:11, word by word
- Shall I takeלָקַחְתִּיlakachti
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “lakachti” appears- my breadלַחְמִlachmi
bread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lachmi” appears- and my waterמֵימַmema
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mema” appears- and my meatטִבְחָתִtivchati
meat
The meat of the beasts killed to eat.
Where else “tivchati” appears- I have butcheredטָבַחְתִּיtavachti
slaughter
To slaughter an animal to prepare its meat.
Where else “tavachti” appears- for my shearersגֹזְזָgozza
shear
To clip the wool from flocks.
Where else “gozza” appears- and give itנָתַתִּיnatati
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natati” appears- to menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appears- knowיָדַעְתִּיyadati
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “yadati” appears
The context
10Nabal answered David’s servants and said, “Who is David, and who is the son of Jesse? Today many are the slaves who are breaking away, each from his master.
11 · This verse (above)
12David’s young men turned on their way and went back and came and told him according to all these words.