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They foundוַיִּמְצְאוּan Egyptianמִצְרִיmanאִישׁin the fieldבַּשָּׂדֶהand broughtוַיִּקְחוּhimאֹתוֹtoאֶלDavid;דָּוִדthey gaveוַיִּתְּנוּhimלוֹbread,לֶחֶםand he ate,וַיֹּאכַלand they gave himוַיַּשְׁקֻהוּwater to drink.מָיִם
1 Samuel 30:11
Study it in the app“They found an Egyptian man in the field and brought him to David; they gave him bread, and he ate, and they gave him water to drink.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 30:11, word by word
- They foundיִּמְצְאוּyimtsu
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “yimtsu” appears- an Egyptianמִצְרִיmitsri
Egyptian
Egyptian.
Where else “mitsri” appears- manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- in the fieldשָּׂדֶהsade
field
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sade” appears- and broughtיִּקְחוּyikchu
fetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “yikchu” appears- Davidדָּוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- they gaveיִּתְּנוּyitnu
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yitnu” appears- breadלֶחֶםlechem
bread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lechem” appears- and he ateיֹּאכַלyochal
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “yochal” appears- and they gave himיַּשְׁקֻyashku
give drink
To give water or another liquid to people or animals.
Where else “yashku” appears- water to drinkמָיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears
The context
10David pursued, he and four hundred men, while two hundred men stayed behind, who were too exhausted to cross the brook Besor.
11 · This verse (above)
12They gave him a piece of fig cake and two clusters of raisins, and he ate, and his spirit returned to him, for he had not eaten bread or drunk water for three days and three nights.