Askשְׁאַלyour young men,נְעָרֶיךָand they will tellוְיַגִּידוּyou.לָךְSo let the young menוְ הַנְּעָרִיםfindיִמְצְאוּfavorחֵןin your eyes,בְּעֵינֶיךָforכִּיwe have comeבָּנוּonעַלa goodטוֹבday.יוֹםGive,תְּנָהplease,נָּאwhateverאֵת אֲשֶׁרyour handיָדְךָfindsתִּמְצָאto your servantsלַעֲבָדֶיךָand to your son,וּלְבִנְךָto David.’”לְדָוִד
1 Samuel 25:8
Study it in the app“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.’””
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “neare” appears- and they will tellיַגִּידוּyagidu
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yagidu” appears- findיִמְצְאוּyimtsu
find favor
To find favor: to be well regarded by someone with power to give.
Where else “yimtsu” appears- favorחֵןchen
favor
Someone's goodwill toward another: looking on them kindly.
Where else “chen” appears- in your eyesעֵינֶיene
sight
"In the eyes of" someone: in their view.
Where else “ene” appears- we have comeבָּנוּbanu
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “banu” appears- a goodטוֹבtov
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appears- dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- Giveתְּנָtena
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “tena” appears- your handיָדְyad
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appears- to your servantsעֲבָדֶיavade
your servant
"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".
Where else “avade” appears- and to your sonבִנְvin
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vin” appears- to David.’דָוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears
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.