1 Samuel 30:18

“David rescued all that Amalek had taken, and his two wives David rescued.”

1 Samuel 30:18 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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1 Samuel 30:18, word by word

Davidדָּוִדdavid

David

David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."

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rescuedיַּצֵּלyatsel

rescue

To take someone out of danger or out of his enemy's hands.

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Amalekעֲמָלֵקamalek

Amalek

Amalek, a grandson of Esau. The Amalekites, who became enemies of Israel, descend from him; the name also stands for that people.

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had takenלָקְחוּlakchu

seize

To take away, seize.

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his twoשְׁתֵּיshete

two

A pair, a quantity of two.

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wivesנָשָׁיnashay

wife

Literally "his woman": the one married to him.

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The context

17David struck them from twilight until the evening of the next day; and not a man of them escaped, except four hundred young men who rode on the camels and fled.

18 · This verse (above)

19Nothing of theirs was missing, from the small to the great, to sons and daughters, and from the spoil to all that they had taken for themselves; David brought back everything.

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