Inוַיְהִי בַthe morning,בֹּקֶרwhenבְּthe wineהַיַּיִןhad gone outצֵאתof Nabal,מִנָּבָלhis wifeאִשְׁתּוֹtoldוַתַּגֶּדhimלוֹtheseהָאֵלֶּהthings;הַדְּבָרִיםand his heartלִבּוֹdiedוַיָּמָתwithin him,בְּקִרְבּוֹand heוְהוּאbecameהָיָהlike a stone.לְאָבֶן
1 Samuel 25:37
Study it in the app“In the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these things; and his heart died within him, and he became like a stone.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 25:37, word by word
- Inיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- the morningבֹּקֶרboker
morning
Morning, dawn.
Where else “boker” appears- the wineיַּיִןyayin
wine
Wine; also drunkenness.
Where else “yayin” appears- had gone outצֵאתtset
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “tset” appears- of Nabalנָּבָלnaval
Nabal
Nabal, a rich man of Maon, husband of Abigail, who scorned David (1 Samuel 25). His name sounds the same as the Hebrew word for "fool".
Where else “naval” appears- his wifeאִשְׁתּisht
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isht” appears- toldתַּגֶּדtaged
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “taged” appears- thingsדְּבָרִיםdevarim
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “devarim” appears- and his heartלִבּlib
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lib” appears- diedיָּמָתyamat
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “yamat” appears- within himקִרְבּkirb
inside
One's inner part, one's inmost self.
Where else “kirb” appears- like a stoneאָבֶןaven
stone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “aven” appears
The context
36Abigail came to Nabal, and look, he had a feast in his house like the feast of a king. Nabal’s heart was merry within him, and he was very drunk; so she did not tell him anything, small or great, until the light of morning.
37 · This verse (above)
38About ten days later YHWH struck down Nabal, and he died.