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Aboutוַיְהִי כַּtenעֲשֶׂרֶתdays laterהַיָּמִיםYHWHיְהוָהstruck downוַיִּגֹּףNabal,אֶת נָבָלand he died.וַיָּמֹת
1 Samuel 25:38
Study it in the app“About ten days later YHWH struck down Nabal, and he died.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 25:38, word by word
- Aboutיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- tenעֲשֶׂרֶתaseret
ten
Ten.
Where else “aseret” appears- days laterיָּמִיםyamim
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yamim” 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- struck downיִּגֹּףyigof
strike
To punish with a blow; YHWH does it with a plague or by letting a battle be lost.
Where else “yigof” appears- Nabalנָבָלnaval
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- and he diedיָּמֹתyamot
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “yamot” appears
The context
37In 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.
38 · This verse (above)
39David heard that Nabal had died, and he said, “Blessed be YHWH, who has defended the cause of my insult at the hand of Nabal, and has held back his servant from evil; and the evil of Nabal YHWH has returned on his own head.” David sent and spoke to Abigail to take her to himself as wife.