Everyכָּלevilרָעand wickedוּבְלִיַּעַלmanאִישׁamongמֵthe menהָאֲנָשִׁיםwhoאֲשֶׁרhad goneהָלְכוּwithעִםDavidדָּוִדansweredוַיַּעַןand said,וַיֹּאמְרוּ“Becauseיַעַן אֲשֶׁרthey did notלֹאgoהָלְכוּwith me,עִמִּיwe will notלֹאgiveנִתֵּןthemלָהֶםany of the spoilמֵהַשָּׁלָלthatאֲשֶׁרwe have rescued,הִצַּלְנוּexceptכִּי אִםto each manאִישׁhis wifeאֶת אִשְׁתּוֹand his children,וְאֶת בָּנָיוthat they may lead them awayוְיִנְהֲגוּand go.”וְיֵלֵכוּ
1 Samuel 30:22
Study it in the app“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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
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.