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When Abigailוַ אֲבִיגַיִלsawתֵּרֶאDavid,דָּוִדshe hurriedוַתְּמַהֵרand got downוַתֵּרֶדfromמֵעַלthe donkey,הַחֲמוֹרand fellוַתִּפֹּלbeforeלְאַפֵּיDavidדָוִדonעַלher faceפָּנֶיהָand bowed downוַתִּשְׁתַּחוּto the ground.אָרֶץ
1 Samuel 25:23
Study it in the app“When Abigail saw David, she hurried and got down from the donkey, and fell before David on her face and bowed down to the ground.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 25:23, word by word
- When Abigailאֲבִיגַיִלavigayil
Abigail
Abigail: the name of two women; best known is the wife of Nabal, a woman of good understanding, who later became David's wife (1 Samuel 25); the other is a sister of David (1 Chronicles 2:16). It means "my father rejoices".
Where else “avigayil” appears- sawתֵּרֶאtere
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “tere” appears- Davidדָּוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- she hurriedתְּמַהֵרtemaher
hurry
To act without delay, with haste and energy.
Where else “temaher” appears- and got downתֵּרֶדtered
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “tered” appears- the donkeyחֲמוֹרchamor
donkey
Donkey, male donkey.
Where else “chamor” appears- and fellתִּפֹּלtipol
fall
To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.
Where else “tipol” appears- beforeאַפֵּיape
face
A person's face: it is bowed to the ground to honor, and "before someone" is in front of his face.
Where else “ape” appears- her faceפָּנֶיpane
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “pane” appears- and bowed downתִּשְׁתַּחוּtishtachu
bow down
To bow to the ground before someone in respect.
Where else “tishtachu” appears- to the groundאָרֶץarets
ground
What is underfoot: bowing down to touch it.
Where else “arets” appears
The context
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.”
23 · This verse (above)
24She fell at his feet and said, “On me, my lord, be the iniquity! Please let your servant speak in your ears, and hear the words of your servant.