1 Samuel 30:21

“David 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.”

1 Samuel 30:21 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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1 Samuel 30:21, word by word

Davidדָוִדdavid

David

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

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cameיָּבֹאyavo

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

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the two hundredמָאתַיִםmatayim

hundred

The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.

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menאֲנָשִׁיםanashim

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

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had been too exhaustedפִּגְּרוּpigru

be exhausted

Be exhausted, too worn out to go on. From the same root comes the word "corpse".

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to goלֶּכֶתlechet

go

To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.

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and whom they had made stayיֹּשִׁיבֻyoshivu

stay

To remain in a place.

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at the brookנַחַלnachal

torrent

A channel that runs with water only in the rainy season.

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Besorבְּשׂוֹרbesor

Besor

Besor: a brook in the south of Judah, near Ziklag, where two hundred of David's men stayed behind, too exhausted to go on.

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and they went outיֵּצְאוּyetsu

set out

To set out somewhere, or go out to war.

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to meetקְרַאתkerat

meet

To go out toward someone who is coming, to meet him on the way.

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the peopleעָםam

crowd

The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.

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came nearיִּגַּשׁyigash

come near

To go until one is near someone or something.

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he askedיִּשְׁאַלyishal

ask

To ask a question.

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about their welfareשָׁלוֹםshalom

greet

What one says on meeting: "shalom to you".

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The context

20David took all the sheep and goats and the cattle; they drove before those livestock and said, “This is David’s spoil.”

21 · This verse (above)

22Every evil and wicked man among the men who had gone with David answered and said, “Because they did not go with me, we will not give them any of the spoil that we have rescued, except to each man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away and go.”

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