1 Samuel 25:17

“Now, 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.””

1 Samuel 25:17 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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1 Samuel 25:17, word by word

knowדְּעִיdei

know

To know something, realize.

Where else “dei” appears
and considerרְאִיrei

realize

To realize: "he saw that it was good".

Where else “rei” appears
you will doתַּעֲשִׂיtaasi

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

Where else “taasi” appears
evilרָעָהraa

evil

What is evil, the opposite of good.

Where else “raa” appears
has been determinedכָלְתָהchalta

determine

For evil to be already decided against someone.

Where else “chalta” appears
our masterאֲדֹנֵיadone

lord

The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.

Where else “adone” appears
his houseבֵּיתbet

household

The family, everyone living under one roof.

Where else “bet” appears
is a manבֶּןben

descendant

A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".

Where else “ben” appears
too wickedבְּלִיַּעַלbeliyaal

worthlessness, wickedness

Worthlessness, a thing of no value: "sons of belial" are worthless people who do evil. Later it was used as a name for the evil one (2 Corinthians 6:15).

Where else “beliyaal” appears
to speakדַּבֵּרdaber

speak

To speak, say something; above all God to his people.

Where else “daber” appears

The context

16They were a wall around us both by night and by day, all the days we were with them tending the flock.

17 · This verse (above)

18Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves and two skins of wine and five sheep ready dressed, and five seahs of roasted grain and a hundred clusters of raisins and two hundred cakes of figs, and put them on the donkeys.

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