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They wereהָיוּa wallחוֹמָהaround usעָלֵינוּbothגַּםby nightלַיְלָהandגַּםby day,יוֹמָםallכָּלthe daysיְמֵיwe wereהֱיוֹתֵנוּwith themעִמָּםtendingרֹעִיםthe flock.הַצֹּאן
1 Samuel 25:16
Study it in the app“They were a wall around us both by night and by day, all the days we were with them tending the flock.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 25:16, word by word
- They wereהָיוּhayu
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayu” appears- a wallחוֹמָהchoma
wall
Wall, city wall.
Where else “choma” appears- by nightלַיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears- by dayיוֹמָםyomam
by day
By day, in the daytime.
Where else “yomam” appears- the daysיְמֵיyeme
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yeme” appears- tendingרֹעִיםroim
graze
To tend a flock, or eat grass.
Where else “roim” appears- the flockצֹּאןtson
flock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tson” appears
The context
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.
16 · This verse (above)
17Now, know and consider what you will do, for evil has been determined against our master and against all his house; and he is a man too wicked to speak to.”