Davidדָוִדsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto him,לוֹ“To whomלְמִיdo you belong,אַתָּהand whereוְאֵיare youאָתָּהfrom?”מִזֶּהHe said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Iאָנֹכִיam an Egyptianמִצְרִיyoung man,נַעַרslaveעֶבֶדof an Amalekiteעֲמָלֵקִיman;לְאִישׁmy masterאֲדֹנִיleft meוַיַּעַזְבֵנִיbecauseכִּיI fell sickחָלִיתִיthree days ago.הַיּוֹם שְׁלֹשָׁה
1 Samuel 30:13
Study it in the app“David 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 30:13, word by word
- Davidדָוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- am an Egyptianמִצְרִיmitsri
Egyptian
Egyptian.
Where else “mitsri” appears- young manנַעַרnaar
boy
A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.
Where else “naar” appears- slaveעֶבֶדeved
slave
A person who belongs to a master and works for him, without freedom of his own.
Where else “eved” appears- of an Amalekiteעֲמָלֵקִיamaleki
Amalekite
Amalekite(s): a nomadic people of southern Canaan, enemies of Israel from the exodus onward.
Where else “amaleki” appears- manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- my masterאֲדֹנִadoni
lord
The one with authority over another; or a respectful title.
Where else “adoni” appears- left meיַּעַזְבֵyaazve
leave
To not take something along, or put it in another's care.
Where else “yaazve” appears- I fell sickחָלִיתִיchaliti
be sick
To lose one's health or strength, feel ill.
Where else “chaliti” appears- three days agoיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- three days agoשְׁלֹשָׁהshelosha
three
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shelosha” appears
The context
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.
13 · This verse (above)
14We raided the Negev of the Cherethites, and against what belongs to Judah, and against the Negev of Caleb; and Ziklag we burned with fire.”