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1 Samuel 21:3

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And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed [my] servants to such and such a place.	Now therefore what is under thine hand? give [me] five [loaves of] bread in mine hand, or what there is present.	And the priest answered David, and said, [There is] no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Now therefore what is^H3426 under thine hand^H3027? give^H5414 me five^H2568 loaves of bread^H3899 in mine hand^H3027, or what there is present^H4672.

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Original Hebrew

וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד לַאֲחִימֶלֶךְ הַכֹּהֵן הַמֶּלֶךְ צִוַּנִי דָבָר וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי אִישׁ אַל־יֵדַע מְאוּמָה אֶת־הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר־אָנֹכִי שֹׁלֵחֲךָ וַאֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִךָ וְאֶת־הַנְּעָרִים יֹודַעְתִּי אֶל־מְקֹום פְּלֹנִי אַלְמֹונִי׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר	va/i.Yo.mer	H559	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he said
דָּוִ֜ד	da.Vid	H1732	HNp	David
לַ/אֲחִימֶ֣לֶךְ	la./'a.chi.Me.lekh	H288	HR/Np	to/ Ahimelech
הַ/כֹּהֵ֗ן	ha./ko.Hen	H3548	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ priest
הַ/מֶּלֶךְ֮	ha./me.leKh	H4428	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ king
צִוַּ֣/נִי	tzi.Va./ni	H6680	HVpp3ms/Sp1cs	he commanded/ me
דָבָר֒	da.Var	H1697	HNcmsa	a matter
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר	va/i.Yo.mer	H559	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he said
אֵלַ֗/י	'e.La/i	H413	HR/Sp1cs	to/ me
אִ֣ישׁ	'ish	H376	HNcmsa	anyone
אַל	'al-	H408	HTn	may not
יֵ֧דַע	Ye.da'	H3045	HVqj3ms	he know
מְא֛וּמָה	me.'U.mah	H3972	HNcfsa	anything
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
הַ/דָּבָ֛ר	ha./da.Var	H1697	HTd/Ncmsa	the/ matter
אֲשֶׁר	'a.Sher-	H834	HTr	which
אָנֹכִ֥י	'a.no.Khi	H595	HPp1cs	I
שֹׁלֵֽחֲ/ךָ֖	sho.le.cha./Kha	H7971	HVqrmsc/Sp2ms	(am) sending/ you
וַ/אֲשֶׁ֣ר	va./'a.Sher	H834	HC/Tr	and/ which
צִוִּיתִ֑/ךָ	tzi.vi.Ti./kha	H6680	HVpp1cs/Sp2ms	I have commanded/ you
וְ/אֶת	ve./'Et	H853	HC/To	and/ (obj.)
הַ/נְּעָרִ֣ים	ha./ne.'a.Rim	H5288	HTd/Ncmpa	the/ young men
יוֹדַ֔עְתִּי	yo.Da'.ti	H3045	HVmp1cs	I have directed
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
מְק֥וֹם	me.Kom	H4725	HNcmsc	a place of
פְּלֹנִ֖י	pe.lo.Ni	H6423	HPf	a certain one
אַלְמוֹנִֽי	'al.mo.Ni	H492	HAamsa	a certain one

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H2568 — חָמֵשׁ (châmêsh, khaw-maysh'): masculine חֲמִשָּׁה; a primitive numeral; five; fif(-teen), fifth, five ([idiom] apiece).
• H3027 — יָד (yâd, yawd): a primitive word; in distinction from כַּף, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows); a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),; ([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, [idiom] enough, [phrase] fellowship, force, [idiom] from, hand(-staves, -y work), [idiom] he, himself, [idiom] in, labour, [phrase] large, ledge, (left-) handed, means, [idiom] mine, ministry, near, [idiom] of, [idiom] order, ordinance, [idiom] our, parts, pain, power, [idiom] presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, [phrase] swear, terror, [idiom] thee, [idiom] by them, [idiom] themselves, [idiom] thine own, [idiom] thou, through, [idiom] throwing, [phrase] thumb, times, [idiom] to, [idiom] under, [idiom] us, [idiom] wait on, (way-) side, where, [phrase] wide, [idiom] with (him, me, you), work, [phrase] yield, [idiom] yourselves.
• H3426 — יֵשׁ (yêsh, yaysh): perhaps from an unused root meaning to stand out, or exist; entity; used adverbially or as a copula for the substantive verb (הָיָה); there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection); (there) are, (he, it, shall, there, there may, there shall, there should) be, thou do, had, hast, (which) hath, (I, shalt, that) have, (he, it, there) is, substance, it (there) was, (there) were, ye will, thou wilt, wouldest.
• H3899 — לֶחֶם (lechem, lekh'-em): from לָחַם; See also בֵּית לְעַפְרָה; food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it); (shew-) bread, [idiom] eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals.
• H4672 — מָצָא (mâtsâʼ, maw-tsaw'): a primitive root; properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present; [phrase] be able, befall, being, catch, [idiom] certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), [idiom] have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-) on, meet (with), [idiom] occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.
• H5414 — נָתַן (nâthan, naw-than'): a primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.); add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] without fail, fasten, frame, [idiom] get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), [idiom] have, [idiom] indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), [phrase] lie, lift up, make, [phrase] O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, [idiom] pull, put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), [phrase] sing, [phrase] slander, strike, (sub-) mit, suffer, [idiom] surely, [idiom] take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, [phrase] weep, [phrase] willingly, [phrase] withdraw, [phrase] would (to) God, yield.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H288 — אֲחִימֶלֶךְ (ʼĂchîymelek, akh-ee-meh'-lek): from אָח and מֶלֶךְ; brother of (the) king; Achimelek, the name of an Israelite and of a Hittite; Ahimelech.
• H376 — אִישׁ (ʼîysh, eesh): contracted for אֱנוֹשׁ (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation); also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אִשָּׁה.
• H408 — אַל (ʼal, al): a negative particle (akin to לֹא); not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing; nay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.
• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• H492 — אַלְמֹנִי (ʼalmônîy, al-mo-nee'): from אַלְמֹן in the sense of concealment; some one (i.e. so and so, without giving the name of the person or place); one, and such.
• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H595 — אָנֹכִי (ʼânôkîy, aw-no-kee'): sometimes, aw-no'-kee; a primitive pronoun; I; I, me, [idiom] which.
• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• H1697 — דָּבָר (dâbâr, daw-baw'): from דָבַר; a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause; act, advice, affair, answer, [idiom] any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, [phrase] chronicles, commandment, [idiom] commune(-ication), [phrase] concern(-ing), [phrase] confer, counsel, [phrase] dearth, decree, deed, [idiom] disease, due, duty, effect, [phrase] eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-) ness, [phrase] glory, [phrase] harm, hurt, [phrase] iniquity, [phrase] judgment, language, [phrase] lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, [idiom] ought, [idiom] parts, [phrase] pertaining, [phrase] please, portion, [phrase] power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, [idiom] (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, [phrase] sign, [phrase] so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, [phrase] song, speech, [idiom] spoken, talk, task, [phrase] that, [idiom] there done, thing (concerning), thought, [phrase] thus, tidings, what(-soever), [phrase] wherewith, which, word, work.
• H1732 — דָּוִד (Dâvid, daw-veed'): rarely (fully); דָּוִיד; from the same as דּוֹד; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse; David.
• H3045 — יָדַע (yâdaʻ, yaw-dah'): a primitive root; to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.); acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-) awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, [idiom] could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-) norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, [phrase] be learned, [phrase] lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, [idiom] prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), [idiom] will be, wist, wit, wot.
• H3548 — כֹּהֵן (kôhên, ko-hane'): active participle of כָּהַן; literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman); chief ruler, [idiom] own, priest, prince, principal officer.
• H3972 — מְאוּמָה (mᵉʼûwmâh, meh-oo'-maw): apparently a form of מאוּם; properly, a speck or point, i.e. (by implication) something; with negative, nothing; fault, [phrase] no(-ught), ought, somewhat, any (no-)thing.
• H4428 — מֶלֶךְ (melek, meh'-lek): from מָלַךְ; a king; king, royal.
• H4725 — מָקוֹם (mâqôwm, maw-kome'): or מָקֹם; also (feminine) מְקוֹמָה; or מְקֹמָה; from קוּם; properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind); country, [idiom] home, [idiom] open, place, room, space, [idiom] whither(-soever).
• H5288 — נַעַר (naʻar, nah'-ar): from נָעַר; (concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latitude in age); babe, boy, child, damsel (from the margin), lad, servant, young (man).
• H6423 — פְּלֹנִי (pᵉlônîy, pel-o-nee'): from פָּלָה; such a one, i.e. a specified person; such.
• H6680 — צָוָה (tsâvâh, tsaw-vaw'): a primitive root; (intensively) to constitute, enjoin; appoint, (for-) bid, (give a) charge, (give a, give in, send with) command(-er, -ment), send a messenger, put, (set) in order.
• H7971 — שָׁלַח (shâlach, shaw-lakh'): a primitive root; to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications); [idiom] any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, [idiom] earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• under thine — Judges 9:29, 1 Samuel 21:4, Isaiah 3:6

Reciprocal references (5): Genesis 47:15, Judges 16:7, Matthew 12:3, Mark 2:25, Luke 6:3

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: TEMPTATION
• Nave’s: CONFIDENCE, DAVID, TABERNACLE

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