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David’sדָוִדservantsעַבְדֵיcameוַיָּבֹאוּtoאֶלAbigailאֲבִיגַיִלat Carmelהַכַּרְמֶלָהand spokeוַיְדַבְּרוּto her,אֵלֶיהָsaying,לֵאמֹר“Davidדָּוִדhas sent usשְׁלָחָנוּto youאֵלַיִךְto take youלְקַחְתֵּךְto himselfלוֹas wife.”לְאִשָּׁה
1 Samuel 25:40
Study it in the app“David’s servants came to Abigail at Carmel and spoke to her, saying, “David has sent us to you to take you to himself as wife.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 25:40, word by word
- David’sדָוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- servantsעַבְדֵיavde
servant
Someone who works for another, or a king's official.
Where else “avde” appears- cameיָּבֹאוּyavou
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” appears- Abigailאֲבִיגַיִלavigayil
Abigail
Abigail: the name of two women; best known is the wife of Nabal, a woman of good understanding, who later became David's wife (1 Samuel 25); the other is a sister of David (1 Chronicles 2:16). It means "my father rejoices".
Where else “avigayil” appears- at Carmelכַּרְמֶלָkarmela
Carmel
See it on the mapWhere else “karmela” appears- and spokeיְדַבְּרוּyedabru
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “yedabru” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- has sent usשְׁלָחָshelaach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “shelaach” appears- to take youקַחְתֵּkachte
take a wife
"Take a wife": to marry.
Where else “kachte” appears- as wifeאִשָּׁהisha
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isha” appears
Places in this verse
Carmel
Today: Mount Carmel, near Haifa, Israel
A mountain ridge near the Mediterranean coast in northern Israel, by present-day Haifa.
Elijah challenged the prophets of Baal there, and fire from the Lord fell (1 Kgs 18:19-38).
The context
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.
40 · This verse (above)
41She arose and bowed down with her face to the ground and said, “Look, your servant is a slave to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.”