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She fellוַתִּפֹּלatעַלhis feetרַגְלָיוand said,וַתֹּאמֶר“On me,בִּי אֲנִיmy lord,אֲדֹנִיbe the iniquity!הֶעָוֺןPleaseנָאlet your servantאֲמָתְךָspeakוּתְדַבֶּרin your ears,בְּאָזְנֶיךָand hearוּשְׁמַעthe wordsדִּבְרֵיof your servant.אֲמָתֶךָ
1 Samuel 25:24
Study it in the app“She 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 25:24, word by word
- She fellתִּפֹּלtipol
fall prostrate
To fall facedown, or embrace someone.
Where else “tipol” appears- his feetרַגְלָיraglay
foot
The part of the body that supports and makes one walk.
Where else “raglay” appears- and saidתֹּאמֶרtomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appears- my lordאֲדֹנִadoni
lord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adoni” appears- be the iniquityעָוֺןavon
iniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avon” appears- let your servantאֲמָתְamat
female slave, maidservant
Female slave, maidservant.
Where else “amat” appears- speakתְדַבֶּרtedaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “tedaber” appears- in your earsאָזְנֶיazne
hearing
The ear that listens: "incline your ear".
Where else “azne” appears- and hearשְׁמַעshema
listen
To pay close attention, or heed a plea.
Where else “shema” appears- the wordsדִּבְרֵיdivre
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “divre” appears
The context
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.
24 · This verse (above)
25Please do not let my lord set his heart on this wicked man, on Nabal; for as his name is, so is he: Nabal is his name, and outrage is with him. But I, your servant, did not see the young men of my lord whom you sent.