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Davidדָּוִדalso tookוְ לָקַחAhinoamאֲחִינֹעַםof Jezreel,מִיִּזְרְעֶאלand both of themוַ גַּם שְׁתֵּיהֶןbecameתִּהְיֶיןָhisלוֹwives.לְנָשִׁים
1 Samuel 25:43
Study it in the app“David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel, and both of them became his wives.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 25:43, word by word
- Davidדָּוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- also tookלָקַחlakach
take a wife
"Take a wife": to marry.
Where else “lakach” appears- Ahinoamאֲחִינֹעַםachinoam
Ahinoam
Ahinoam: the name of two women: the wife of King Saul (1 Samuel 14:50) and one of David's wives (1 Samuel 25:43).
Where else “achinoam” appears- of Jezreelיִּזְרְעֶאלyizrel
Jezreel
See it on the mapWhere else “yizrel” appears- and both of themשְׁתֵּיshete
both
The two together, both of them.
Where else “shete” appears- becameתִּהְיֶיןָtihyena
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “tihyena” appears- wivesנָשִׁיםnashim
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “nashim” appears
Translation note
The text tells that David had several wives. Deuteronomy 17:17 says that the king was not to multiply wives.
Places in this verse
Jezreel
Today: Zir'in and the Jezreel Valley, Israel
A city and valley in northern Israel, between Galilee and Samaria.
There Ahab and Jezebel took Naboth's vineyard (1 Kgs 21:1-16), and Jezebel died there (2 Kgs 9:30-37).
The context
42Abigail 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.
43 · This verse (above)
44But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Palti son of Laish, who was from Gallim.