They had taken captiveוַיִּשְׁבּוּthe womenהַנָּשִׁיםwhoאֲשֶׁרwere in it,בָּהּfrom smallמִקָּטֹןtoוְעַדgreat;גָּדוֹלthey had notלֹאput to deathהֵמִיתוּanyone,אִישׁbut carried them offוַיִּנְהֲגוּand wentוַיֵּלְכוּon their way.לְדַרְכָּם
1 Samuel 30:2
Study it in the app“They had taken captive the women who were in it, from small to great; they had not put to death anyone, but carried them off and went on their way.”
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 30:2, word by word
- They had taken captiveיִּשְׁבּוּyishbu
take captive
Take captive, carry off as prisoners in war.
Where else “yishbu” appears- the womenנָּשִׁיםnashim
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “nashim” appears- from smallקָּטֹןkaton
small
What is small in size or counts for little.
Where else “katon” appears- greatגָּדוֹלgadol
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appears- put to deathהֵמִיתוּhemitu
kill
To kill someone.
Where else “hemitu” appears- anyoneאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- but carried them offיִּנְהֲגוּyinhagu
drive, lead
Drive, lead along (livestock, people); carry off.
Where else “yinhagu” appears- and wentיֵּלְכוּyelchu
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelchu” appears- on their wayדַרְכָּdarka
manner
The way one lives and acts.
Where else “darka” appears
The context
1When David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had raided against the Negev and against Ziklag, and they had struck Ziklag and burned it with fire.
2 · This verse (above)
3David and his men came to the town, and look, it was burned with fire, and their wives and their sons and their daughters had been taken captive.