1 Samuel 25:11

“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?””

1 Samuel 25:11 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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1 Samuel 25:11, word by word

Shall I takeלָקַחְתִּיlakachti

take

To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.

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my breadלַחְמִlachmi

bread

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

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and my waterמֵימַmema

water

Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.

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and my meatטִבְחָתִtivchati

meat

The meat of the beasts killed to eat.

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I have butcheredטָבַחְתִּיtavachti

slaughter

To slaughter an animal to prepare its meat.

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for my shearersגֹזְזָgozza

shear

To clip the wool from flocks.

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and give itנָתַתִּיnatati

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

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to menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

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knowיָדַעְתִּיyadati

know

To know something, realize.

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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.

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