1 Samuel 30:22

“Every 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.””

1 Samuel 30:22 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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1 Samuel 30:22, word by word

evilרָעra

evil

What is evil, the opposite of good.

Where else “ra” appears
and wickedבְלִיַּעַלveliyaal

worthlessness, wickedness

Worthlessness, a thing of no value: "sons of belial" are worthless people who do evil. Later it was used as a name for the evil one (2 Corinthians 6:15).

Where else “veliyaal” appears
manאִישׁish

man

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

Where else “ish” appears
had goneהָלְכוּhalchu

go

To move on foot from place to place; to set out.

Where else “halchu” appears
Davidדָּוִדdavid

David

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

Where else “david” appears
answeredיַּעַןyaan

answer

To reply to what was said.

Where else “yaan” appears
and saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “yomru” appears
giveנִתֵּןniten

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

Where else “niten” appears
any of the spoilשָּׁלָלshalal

spoil, plunder

Spoil: what is taken from a defeated enemy.

Where else “shalal” appears
we have rescuedהִצַּלְנוּhitsalnu

take away

To take something from the one who has it, to recover it or give it to another.

Where else “hitsalnu” appears
his wifeאִשְׁתּisht

wife

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

Where else “isht” appears
and his childrenבָּנָיbanay

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

Where else “banay” appears
that they may lead them awayיִנְהֲגוּyinhagu

drive, lead

Drive, lead along (livestock, people); carry off.

Where else “yinhagu” appears
and goיֵלֵכוּyelechu

go

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

Where else “yelechu” appears

The context

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.

22 · This verse (above)

23David said, “You shall not do so, my brothers, with what YHWH has given us; he has kept us and given the band that came against us into our hand.

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