Pleaseנָאforgiveשָׂאthe transgressionלְפֶשַׁעof your servant;אֲמָתֶךָforכִּיYHWHיְהוָהwill certainly makeעָשֹׂה יַעֲשֶׂהfor my lordלַאדֹנִיa firmנֶאֱמָןhouse,בַּיִתbecauseכִּיmy lordאֲדֹנִיis fightingנִלְחָםthe warsמִלְחֲמוֹתof YHWH,יְהוָהand evilוְרָעָהshall notלֹאbe foundתִמָּצֵאin youבְךָall your days.מִיָּמֶיךָ
1 Samuel 25:28
Study it in the app“Please forgive the transgression of your servant; for YHWH will certainly make for my lord a firm house, because my lord is fighting the wars of YHWH, and evil shall not be found in you all your days.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 25:28, word by word
- forgiveשָׂאsa
forgive
To take away someone's sin, forgive.
Where else “sa” appears- the transgressionפֶשַׁעfesha
transgression
A serious wrong against someone: rebellion, transgression.
Where else “fesha” appears- of your servantאֲמָתֶamate
female slave, maidservant
Female slave, maidservant.
Where else “amate” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- will certainly makeעָשֹׂהaso
make
To build or create something.
Where else “aso” appears- for my lordאדֹנִdoni
lord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “doni” appears- a firmנֶאֱמָןneeman
be firm
To be dependable, steady, never failing.
Where else “neeman” appears- houseבַּיִתbayit
dynasty
Someone's descendants: "the house of David".
Where else “bayit” appears- is fightingנִלְחָםnilcham
fight
To struggle against an enemy with weapons and give battle; God also fights for his people.
Where else “nilcham” appears- the warsמִלְחֲמוֹתmilchamot
war, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchamot” appears- and evilרָעָהraa
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appears- be foundתִמָּצֵאtimatse
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “timatse” appears- all your daysיָּמֶיyame
time
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yame” appears
Translation note
“A firm house”: a family of kings that will last (2 Samuel 7:11-16).
The context
27And now, this blessing that your servant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who go about at the feet of my lord.
28 · This verse (above)
29Though a man has risen to pursue you and to seek your life, yet the life of my lord will be bound in the bundle of the living with YHWH your Elohim; but the lives of your enemies he will sling out from within the hollow of the sling.