Now Davidוְדָוִדhad said,אָמַר“Surelyאַךְin vainלַשֶּׁקֶרI have guardedשָׁמַרְתִּיallכָּלthatאֲשֶׁרthis fellow hasלָזֶהin the wilderness,בַּמִּדְבָּרso that nothingוְלֹא מְאוּמָהwas missingנִפְקַדof allמִכָּלthatאֲשֶׁרwas his;לוֹand he has repaidוַיָּשֶׁבmeלִיevilרָעָהforתַּחַתgood.טוֹבָה
1 Samuel 25:21
Study it in the app“Now 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 25:21, word by word
- Now Davidדָוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- had saidאָמַרamar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amar” appears- in vainשֶּׁקֶרsheker
deceit
What has no basis or result: an invented deceit, or something done in vain.
Where else “sheker” appears- I have guardedשָׁמַרְתִּיshamarti
guard
To watch over, protect from all harm.
Where else “shamarti” appears- in the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- so that nothingמְאוּמָהmeuma
anything
Something, anything; with "not", nothing.
Where else “meuma” appears- was missingנִפְקַדnifkad
be missing
To find something gone.
Where else “nifkad” appears- and he has repaidיָּשֶׁבyashev
bring back
To return something, restore.
Where else “yashev” appears- evilרָעָהraa
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appears- goodטוֹבָהtova
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tova” appears
The context
20As 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.
21 · This verse (above)
22So may Elohim do to the enemies of David, and so may he add, if I leave, of all that is his, until morning so much as one who urinates against a wall.”