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Davidדָּוִדtookוַיִּקַּחallכָּלthe sheep and goatsהַצֹּאןand the cattle;וְהַבָּקָרthey droveנָהֲגוּbeforeלִפְנֵיthoseהַהוּאlivestockהַמִּקְנֶהand said,וַיֹּאמְרוּ“Thisזֶהis David’sדָּוִדspoil.”שְׁלַל
1 Samuel 30:20
Study it in the app“David took all the sheep and goats and the cattle; they drove before those livestock and said, “This is David’s spoil.””
With the Hebrew beneath
1 Samuel 30:20, word by word
- Davidדָּוִדdavid
David
David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."
Where else “david” appears- tookיִּקַּחyikach
seize
To take away, seize.
Where else “yikach” appears- the sheep and goatsצֹּאןtson
flock
A flock of sheep and goats.
Where else “tson” appears- and the cattleבָּקָרbakar
cattle, herd
Cattle: cows, oxen, bulls; a herd.
Where else “bakar” appears- they droveנָהֲגוּnahagu
drive, lead
Drive, lead along (livestock, people); carry off.
Where else “nahagu” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears- livestockמִּקְנֶהmikne
livestock
Livestock: the animals someone owns, as property.
Where else “mikne” appears- and saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- spoilשְׁלַלshelal
spoil, plunder
Spoil: what is taken from a defeated enemy.
Where else “shelal” appears
Translation note
The Hebrew of this verse is difficult: it is not clear which livestock went in front of which.
The context
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.
20 · This verse (above)
21David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to go after David, and whom they had made stay at the brook Besor; and they went out to meet David and to meet the people who were with him. When David came near to the people, he asked them about their welfare.