Abigailאֲבִיגַיִלhurriedוַתְּמַהֵרand aroseוַתָּקָםand rodeוַתִּרְכַּבonעַלthe donkey,הַחֲמוֹרwith her fiveוְחָמֵשׁyoung womenנַעֲרֹתֶיהָwho wentהַהֹלְכוֹתat her feet;לְרַגְלָהּshe wentוַתֵּלֶךְafterאַחֲרֵיthe messengersמַלְאֲכֵיof Davidדָוִדand becameוַתְּהִיhisלוֹwife.לְאִשָּׁה
1 Samuel 25:42
Study it in the app“Abigail hurried and arose and rode on the donkey, with her five young women who went at her feet; she went after the messengers of David and became his wife.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 25:42, word by word
- 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- hurriedתְּמַהֵרtemaher
hurry
To act without delay, with haste and energy.
Where else “temaher” appears- and aroseתָּקָםtakam
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “takam” appears- and rodeתִּרְכַּבtirkav
ride
To ride an animal or a chariot.
Where else “tirkav” appears- the donkeyחֲמוֹרchamor
donkey
Donkey, male donkey.
Where else “chamor” appears- with her fiveחָמֵשׁchamesh
five
Five.
Where else “chamesh” appears- young womenנַעֲרֹתֶיnaarote
girl
An unmarried female of marrying age.
Where else “naarote” appears- who wentהֹלְכוֹתholchot
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “holchot” appears- at her feetרַגְלָragla
follow
Literally "the foot": where someone goes; walking behind them.
Where else “ragla” appears- she wentתֵּלֶךְtelech
go along
To accompany someone on the way, to go along with him.
Where else “telech” appears- the messengersמַלְאֲכֵיmalache
messenger
Someone sent on an errand.
Where else “malache” appears- of Davidדָוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- and becameתְּהִיtehi
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “tehi” appears- wifeאִשָּׁהisha
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isha” appears
The context
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.”
42 · This verse (above)
43David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel, and both of them became his wives.