1 Samuel 25:8

“Ask your young men, and they will tell you. So let the young men find favor in your eyes, for we have come on a good day. Give, please, whatever your hand finds to your servants and to your son, to David.’””

1 Samuel 25:8 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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1 Samuel 25:8, word by word

Askשְׁאַלsheal

ask

To ask a question.

Where else “sheal” appears
your young menנְעָרֶיneare

young servant

A young man, often in someone's service: servant, messenger or soldier.

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and they will tellיַגִּידוּyagidu

tell

To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.

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findיִמְצְאוּyimtsu

find favor

To find favor: to be well regarded by someone with power to give.

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favorחֵןchen

favor

Someone's goodwill toward another: looking on them kindly.

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in your eyesעֵינֶיene

sight

"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.

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we have comeבָּנוּbanu

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

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a goodטוֹבtov

good

What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.

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dayיוֹםyom

day

The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.

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Giveתְּנָtena

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

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your handיָדְyad

hand

The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.

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to your servantsעֲבָדֶיavade

your servant

"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".

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and to your sonבִנְvin

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

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to David.’דָוִדdavid

David

David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."

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Translation note

“A good day”: a feast day; the shearing was celebrated with a banquet (2 Samuel 13:23).

The context

7Now I have heard that you have shearers. Now, the shepherds who are yours were with us; we did not wrong them, and nothing of theirs went missing all the days they were in Carmel.

8 · This verse (above)

9David’s young men came and spoke to Nabal according to all these words in the name of David, and they waited.

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