David’sדָוִדyoung menנַעֲרֵיturnedוַיַּהַפְכוּon their wayלְדַרְכָּםand went backוַיָּשֻׁבוּand cameוַיָּבֹאוּand toldוַיַּגִּדוּhimלוֹaccording to allכְּכֹלtheseהָאֵלֶּהwords.הַדְּבָרִים
1 Samuel 25:12
Study it in the app“David’s young men turned on their way and went back and came and told him according to all these words.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 25:12, word by word
- David’sדָוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- young menנַעֲרֵיnaare
young servant
A young man, often in someone's service: servant, messenger or soldier.
Where else “naare” appears- turnedיַּהַפְכוּyahafchu
turn
To turn one's body or course the other way.
Where else “yahafchu” appears- on their wayדַרְכָּdarka
manner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “darka” appears- and went backיָּשֻׁבוּyashuvu
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashuvu” appears- and cameיָּבֹאוּyavou
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” appears- and toldיַּגִּדוּyagidu
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yagidu” appears- wordsדְּבָרִיםdevarim
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devarim” appears
The context
11Shall 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?”
12 · This verse (above)
13David said to his men, “Each man, strap on his sword!” And each man strapped on his sword, and David also strapped on his sword; and there went up after David about four hundred men, while two hundred stayed by the baggage.