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1 Samuel 25:16

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← 1 Samuel 25:15	1 Samuel 25:16 (KJV)	1 Samuel 25:17 →
But the men [were] very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields:	They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.	Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he [is such] a son of Belial, that [a man] cannot speak to him.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

They were a wall^H2346 unto us both by night^H3915 and day^H3119, all the while^H3117 we were with them keeping^H7462 the sheep^H6629.

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Original Hebrew

חֹומָה הָיוּ עָלֵינוּ גַּם־לַיְלָה גַּם־יֹומָם כָּל־יְמֵי הֱיֹותֵנוּ עִמָּם רֹעִים הַצֹּאן׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
חוֹמָה֙	cho.Mah	H2346	HNcfsa	a wall
הָי֣וּ	ha.Yu	H1961	HVqp3cp	they were
עָלֵ֔י/נוּ	'a.Lei./nu	H5921	HR/Sp1cp	with/ us
גַּם	gam-	H1571	HTa	both
לַ֖יְלָה	Lay.lah	H3915	HNcmsa	night
גַּם	gam-	H1571	HTa	as well as
יוֹמָ֑ם	yo.Mam	H3119	HD	by day
כָּל	kol-	H3605	HNcmsc	all
יְמֵ֛י	ye.Mei	H3117	HNcmpc	(the) days of
הֱיוֹתֵ֥/נוּ	he.yo.Te./nu	H1961	HVqc/Sp1cp	being/ we
עִמָּ֖/ם	'i.Ma/m	H5973	HR/Sp3mp	with/ them
רֹעִ֥ים	ro.'Im	H7462	HVqrmpa	shepherding
הַ/צֹּֽאן	ha./Tzon	H6629	HTd/Ncbsa	the/ flock

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

Strong's References

• H2346 — חוֹמָה (chôwmâh, kho-maw'): feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join; a wall of protection; wall, walled.
• H3117 — יוֹם (yôwm, yome): from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.
• H3119 — יוֹמָם (yôwmâm, yo-mawm'): from יוֹם; daily; daily, (by, in the) day(-time).
• H3915 — לַיִל (layil, lah'-yil): or (Isaiah 21:11) לֵיל; also לַיְלָה; from the same as לוּל; properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity; (mid-)night (season).
• H6629 — צֹאן (tsôʼn, tsone): or צאוֹן; (Psalm 144:13), from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men); (small) cattle, flock ([phrase] -s), lamb ([phrase] -s), sheep(-cote, -fold, -shearer, -herds).
• H7462 — רָעָה (râʻâh, raw-aw'): a primitive root; to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend); [idiom] break, companion, keep company with, devour, eat up, evil entreat, feed, use as a friend, make friendship with, herdman, keep (sheep) (-er), pastor, [phrase] shearing house, shepherd, wander, waste.

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

• H1571 — גַּם (gam, gam): by contraction from an unused root meaning to gather; properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and; again, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so)...and, but, either...or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay...neither, one, then(-refore), though, what, with, yea.
• H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
• H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).
• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.
• H5973 — עִם (ʻim, eem): from עָמַם; adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English); accompanying, against, and, as ([idiom] long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-) to, with(-al).

Cross References

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

• a wall — Exodus 14:22, Job 1:10, Jeremiah 15:20, Zechariah 2:5

Reciprocal references (3): 1 Samuel 22:2, 1 Samuel 25:7, Psalms 38:20

Related Topics

• Torrey’s: WALLS
• Nave’s: DECISION, INHOSPITABLENESS, NABAL, SERVANT, WIFE

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