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Blessed beוּבָרוּךְyour discernment,טַעְמֵךְand blessed beוּבְרוּכָהyou,אָתְּwhoאֲשֶׁרhave kept meכְּלִתִנִיthisהַ הַזֶּהdayיּוֹםfrom enteringמִבּוֹאinto guilt of bloodבְדָמִיםand from savingוְהֹשֵׁעַmyselfלִיwith my own hand.יָדִי
1 Samuel 25:33
Study it in the app“Blessed be your discernment, and blessed be you, who have kept me this day from entering into guilt of blood and from saving myself with my own hand.”
David thanks Abigail for keeping him from avenging himselfConflict and Reconciliation
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 25:33, word by word
- Blessed beבָרוּךְvaruch
greet
To wish someone God's good; to greet.
Where else “varuch” appears- your discernmentטַעְמֵtame
discernment
The ability to see what is fitting and choose well.
Where else “tame” appears- have kept meכְּלִתִkeliti
hold back, restrain
Hold back, restrain, withhold; keep someone from doing something, prevent.
Where else “keliti” appears- dayיּוֹםyom
today
This very day in which one speaks, the present moment.
Where else “yom” appears- from enteringבּוֹאbo
enter
To go into a place.
Where else “bo” appears- into guilt of bloodדָמִיםdamim
bloodguilt
A murder, and the guilt it leaves on the killer.
Where else “damim” appears- and from savingהֹשֵׁעַhoshea
save
To rescue someone from danger.
Where else “hoshea” appears- with my own handיָדִyadi
power
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yadi” appears
The context
32David said to Abigail, “Blessed be YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me!
33 · This verse (above)
34For indeed, as YHWH lives, the Elohim of Israel, who has kept me back from harming you, if you had not hurried and come to meet me, surely there would not have been left to Nabal, by the light of morning, so much as one who urinates against a wall.”