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Soכֹּהmay Elohimאֱלֹהִיםdoיַעֲשֶׂהto the enemiesלְאֹיְבֵיof David,דָוִדand soוְכֹהmay he add,יֹסִיףifאִםI leave,אַשְׁאִירof allמִכָּלthatאֲשֶׁרis his,לוֹuntilעַדmorningהַבֹּקֶרso much as one who urinatesמַשְׁתִּיןagainst a wall.”בְּקִיר
1 Samuel 25:22
Study it in the app“So 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 25:22, word by word
- may Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- doיַעֲשֶׂהyaase
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaase” appears- to the enemiesאֹיְבֵיoyve
enemy
Enemy, foe: one who hates and opposes another.
Where else “oyve” appears- of Davidדָוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- may he addיֹסִיףyosif
add
To put more on top of what is already there, to make it grow.
Where else “yosif” appears- I leaveאַשְׁאִירashir
leave
To leave something over.
Where else “ashir” appears- morningבֹּקֶרboker
morning
Morning, dawn.
Where else “boker” appears- so much as one who urinatesמַשְׁתִּיןmashtin
urinate
Urinate. In the phrase "one who urinates against the wall" it is the crude Hebrew way of saying "male."
Where else “mashtin” appears- against a wallקִירkir
wall
The wall of a house or a city.
Where else “kir” appears
Translation note
“One who urinates against a wall” is the crude way in which the Hebrew says “a male.” In the oath the Hebrew says “to the enemies of David,” where one would expect “to David”; it is translated as written.
The context
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.
22 · This verse (above)
23When Abigail saw David, she hurried and got down from the donkey, and fell before David on her face and bowed down to the ground.