Study it in the app“One young man of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, “Look, David sent messengers from the wilderness to bless our master, and he flew at them.”
Oneאֶחָדyoung manנַעַרof the young menמֵהַנְּעָרִיםtoldהִגִּידAbigail,וְלַאֲבִיגַיִלNabal’sנָבָלwife,אֵשֶׁתsaying,לֵאמֹר“Look,הִנֵּהDavidדָּוִדsentשָׁלַחmessengersמַלְאָכִיםfrom the wildernessמֵהַמִּדְבָּרto blessלְבָרֵךְour master,אֲדֹנֵינוּand he flew atוַיָּעַטthem.בָּהֶם
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “echad” appearsyoung servant
A young man, often in someone's service: servant, messenger or soldier.
Where else “naar” appearstell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “higid” appearsAbigail
Abigail: the name of two women; best known is the wife of Nabal, a woman of good understanding, who later became David's wife (1 Samuel 25); the other is a sister of David (1 Chronicles 2:16). It means "my father rejoices".
Where else “avigayil” appearsNabal
Nabal, a rich man of Maon, husband of Abigail, who scorned David (1 Samuel 25). His name sounds the same as the Hebrew word for "fool".
Where else “naval” appearswife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “eshet” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appearsDavid
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appearssend
To send someone or something.
Where else “shalach” appearsmessenger
Someone sent on an errand.
Where else “malachim” appearswilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appearsbless
God gives good things: life, children, harvests.
Where else “varech” appearslord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adone” appearsshout
To shout furiously at someone.
Where else “yaat” appears“To bless”: to greet with good wishes. “He flew at them”: he shouted at them.
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.
14 · This verse (above)
15Yet the men were very good to us; we were not wronged, and we did not miss anything all the days we went about with them when we were in the field.
