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He said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Whyלָמָּה זֶּהis my lordאֲדֹנִיpursuingרֹדֵףafterאַחֲרֵיhis servant?עַבְדּוֹForכִּיwhatמֶהhave I done,עָשִׂיתִיand whatוּמַהevilרָעָהis in my hand?בְּיָדִי
1 Samuel 26:18
Study it in the app“He said, “Why is my lord pursuing after his servant? For what have I done, and what evil is in my hand?”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 26:18, word by word
- He saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- is my lordאֲדֹנִadoni
lord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adoni” appears- pursuingרֹדֵףrodef
pursue
To go after someone to catch them.
Where else “rodef” appears- his servantעַבְדּavd
your servant
"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".
Where else “avd” appears- have I doneעָשִׂיתִיasiti
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asiti” appears- evilרָעָהraa
evil
What is evil, the opposite of good.
Where else “raa” appears- is in my handיָדִyadi
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yadi” appears
The context
17Saul recognized David’s voice and said, “Is this your voice, my son David?” David said, “It is my voice, my lord the king.”
18 · This verse (above)
19Now please let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If YHWH has incited you against me, may he smell an offering; but if it is human beings, cursed be they before YHWH, for they have driven me out today so that I may not join the inheritance of YHWH, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’