Study it in the app“They 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.”
They gaveוַיִּתְּנוּhimלוֹa pieceפֶלַחof fig cakeדְּבֵלָהand twoוּשְׁנֵיclusters of raisins,צִמֻּקִיםand he ate,וַיֹּאכַלand his spiritרוּחוֹreturnedוַתָּשָׁבto him,אֵלָיוforכִּיhe had notלֹאeatenאָכַלbreadלֶחֶםorוְלֹאdrunkשָׁתָהwaterמַיִםfor threeשְׁלֹשָׁהdaysיָמִיםand threeוּשְׁלֹשָׁהnights.לֵילוֹת
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yitnu” appearsslice
A cut part of something round, like a pomegranate.
Where else “felach” appearsfig cake
Cake of dried, pressed figs; a food that keeps and is carried on journeys.
Where else “devela” appearstwo
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shene” appearsraisin cake
Cake or cluster of raisins.
Where else “tsimukim” appearseat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “yochal” appearsspirit
What moves a person inside: their life, their mood.
Where else “ruch” appearsreturn
To go back to a place.
Where else “tashav” appearsfood
Everything eaten at the table, even if it is not bread.
Where else “lechem” appearsdrink
Drink.
Where else “shata” appearswater
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appearsthree
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shelosha” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yamim” appearsnight
Night.
Where else “lelot” appears“His spirit returned to him”: he recovered his strength.
11They 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.
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13David said to him, “To whom do you belong, and where are you from?” He said, “I am an Egyptian young man, slave of an Amalekite man; my master left me because I fell sick three days ago.
