Now,וְעַתָּהknowדְּעִיand considerוּרְאִיwhatמַהyou will do,תַּעֲשִׂיforכִּיevilהָרָעָהhas been determinedכָלְתָהagainstאֶלour masterאֲדֹנֵינוּand againstוְעַלallכָּלhis house;בֵּיתוֹand heוְהוּאis a manבֶּןtoo wickedבְּלִיַּעַל מִto speakדַּבֵּרto.”אֵלָיו
1 Samuel 25:17
Study it in the app“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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
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.