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Asוְהָיָהsheהִיאwas ridingרֹכֶבֶתonעַלthe donkeyהַחֲמוֹרand coming downוְיֹרֶדֶתunder coverבְּסֵתֶרof the mountain,הָהָרlook,וְהִנֵּהDavidדָוִדand his menוַאֲנָשָׁיוwere coming downיֹרְדִיםtoward her,לִקְרָאתָהּand she metוַתִּפְגֹּשׁthem.אֹתָם
1 Samuel 25:20
Study it in the app“As she was riding on the donkey and coming down under cover of the mountain, look, David and his men were coming down toward her, and she met them.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 25:20, word by word
- Asהָיָהhaya
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “haya” appears- was ridingרֹכֶבֶתrochevet
ride
To ride an animal or a chariot.
Where else “rochevet” appears- the donkeyחֲמוֹרchamor
donkey
Donkey, male donkey.
Where else “chamor” appears- and coming downיֹרֶדֶתyoredet
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yoredet” appears- under coverסֵתֶרseter
hiding place
A place where someone hides or is kept safe, as under God's shelter.
Where else “seter” appears- of the mountainהָרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- Davidדָוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- and his menאֲנָשָׁיanashay
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashay” appears- toward herקְרָאתָkerata
meet
To go out toward someone who is coming, to meet him on the way.
Where else “kerata” appears- and she metתִּפְגֹּשׁtifgosh
meet
Meet someone, come upon, encounter.
Where else “tifgosh” appears
The context
19She said to her young men, “Go on ahead of me; look, I am coming after you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.
20 · This verse (above)
21Now David had said, “Surely in vain I have guarded all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missing of all that was his; and he has repaid me evil for good.