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David’sדָוִדyoung menנַעֲרֵיcameוַיָּבֹאוּand spokeוַיְדַבְּרוּtoאֶלNabalנָבָלaccording to allכְּכָלtheseהָאֵלֶּהwordsהַדְּבָרִיםin the nameבְּשֵׁםof David,דָּוִדand they waited.וַיָּנוּחוּ
1 Samuel 25:9
Study it in the app“David’s young men came and spoke to Nabal according to all these words in the name of David, and they waited.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 25:9, 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- young menנַעֲרֵיnaare
young servant
A young man, often in someone's service: servant, messenger or soldier.
Where else “naare” appears- cameיָּבֹאוּyavou
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” appears- and spokeיְדַבְּרוּyedabru
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “yedabru” appears- Nabalנָבָלnaval
Nabal
Nabal, a rich man of Maon, husband of Abigail, who scorned David (1 Samuel 25). His name sounds the same as the Hebrew word for "fool".
Where else “naval” appears- wordsדְּבָרִיםdevarim
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devarim” appears- in the nameשֵׁםshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- and they waitedיָּנוּחוּyanuchu
rest
To stay still and settle in a place.
Where else “yanuchu” appears
The context
8Ask 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.’”
9 · This verse (above)
10Nabal answered David’s servants and said, “Who is David, and who is the son of Jesse? Today many are the slaves who are breaking away, each from his master.