1 Samuel 25:12

“David’s young men turned on their way and went back and came and told him according to all these words.”

1 Samuel 25:12 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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."

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young menנַעֲרֵיnaare

young servant

A young man, often in someone's service: servant, messenger or soldier.

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turnedיַּהַפְכוּyahafchu

turn

To turn one's body or course the other way.

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on their wayדַרְכָּdarka

manner

The way one lives and acts.

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and went backיָּשֻׁבוּyashuvu

return

To go back to a place.

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and cameיָּבֹאוּyavou

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

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and toldיַּגִּדוּyagidu

tell

To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.

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wordsדְּבָרִיםdevarim

word

What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.

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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.

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