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1 Samuel 25:23

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So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that [pertain] to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.	And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,	And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, [upon] me [let this] iniquity [be]: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And when Abigail^H26 saw^H7200 David^H1732, she hasted^H4116, and lighted off^H3381 the ass^H2543, and fell^H5307 before^H639 David^H1732 on her face^H6440, and bowed^H7812 herself to the ground^H776,

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Original Hebrew

וַתֵּרֶא אֲבִיגַיִל אֶת־דָּוִד וַתְּמַהֵר וַתֵּרֶד מֵעַל הַחֲמֹור וַתִּפֹּל לְאַפֵּי דָוִד עַל־פָּנֶיהָ וַתִּשְׁתַּחוּ אָרֶץ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/תֵּ֤רֶא	va./Te.re'	H7200	HC/Vqw3fs	and/ she saw
אֲבִיגַ֨יִל֙	'a.vi.Ga.yil	H26	HNp	Abigail
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
דָּוִ֔ד	da.Vid	H1732	HNp	David
וַ/תְּמַהֵ֕ר	va./te.ma.Her	H4116	HC/Vpw3fs	and/ she made haste
וַ/תֵּ֖רֶד	va./Te.red	H3381	HC/Vqw3fs	and/ she came down
מֵ/עַ֣ל	me./'Al	H5921	HR/R	from/ on
הַ/חֲמ֑וֹר	ha./cha.Mor	H2543	HTd/Ncbsa	the/ donkey
וַ/תִּפֹּ֞ל	va./ti.Pol	H5307	HC/Vqw3fs	and/ she fell
לְ/אַפֵּ֤י	le./'a.Pei	H639	HR/Ncmdc	to/ (the) face of
דָוִד֙	da.Vid	H1732	HNp	David
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	on
פָּנֶ֔י/הָ	pa.Nei./ha	H6440	HNcbpc/Sp3fs	face/ her
וַ/תִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ	va./tish.Ta.chu	H7812	HC/Vvw3fs	and/ she bowed down
אָֽרֶץ	'A.retz	H776	HNcbsa	(the) ground

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

Strong's References

• H26 — אֲבִיגַיִל (ʼĂbîygayil, ab-ee-gah'-yil): or shorter אֲבִיגַל; from אָב and גִּיל; father (i.e. source) of joy; Abigail or Abigal, the name of two Israelitesses; Abigal.
• H639 — אַף (ʼaph, af): from אָנַף; properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire; anger(-gry), [phrase] before, countenance, face, [phrase] forebearing, forehead, [phrase] (long-) suffering, nose, nostril, snout, [idiom] worthy, wrath.
• H776 — אֶרֶץ (ʼerets, eh'-rets): from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
• H1732 — דָּוִד (Dâvid, daw-veed'): rarely (fully); דָּוִיד; from the same as דּוֹד; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse; David.
• H2543 — חֲמוֹר (chămôwr, kham-ore'): or (shortened) חֲמֹר; from חָמַר; a male ass (from its dun red); (he) ass.
• H3381 — יָרַד (yârad, yaw-rad'): a primitive root; to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications); [idiom] abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, [idiom] indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down.
• H4116 — מָהַר (mâhar, maw-har'): a primitive root; properly, to be liquid or flow easily, i.e. (by implication); to hurry (in a good or a bad sense); often used (with another verb) adverbially, promptly; be carried headlong, fearful, (cause to make, in, make) haste(-n, -ily), (be) hasty, (fetch, make ready) [idiom] quickly, rash, [idiom] shortly, (be so) [idiom] soon, make speed, [idiom] speedily, [idiom] straightway, [idiom] suddenly, swift.
• H5307 — נָפַל (nâphal, naw-fal'): a primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative); be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for פָּלַל), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be ([idiom] hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, [idiom] surely, throw down.
• H6440 — פָּנִים (pânîym, paw-neem'): plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun פָּנֶה; from פָּנָה); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.); [phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, [idiom] him(-self), [phrase] honourable, [phrase] impudent, [phrase] in, it, look(-eth) (-s), [idiom] me, [phrase] meet, [idiom] more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), [idiom] on, open, [phrase] out of, over against, the partial, person, [phrase] please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, [phrase] regard, right forth, [phrase] serve, [idiom] shewbread, sight, state, straight, [phrase] street, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them(-selves), through ([phrase] -out), till, time(-s) past, (un-) to(-ward), [phrase] upon, upside ([phrase] down), with(-in, [phrase] -stand), [idiom] ye, [idiom] you.
• H7200 — רָאָה (râʼâh, raw-aw'): a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative); advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, [idiom] be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), [idiom] sight of others, (e-) spy, stare, [idiom] surely, [idiom] think, view, visions.
• H7812 — שָׁחָה (shâchâh, shaw-khaw'): a primitive root; to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God); bow (self) down, crouch, fall down (flat), humbly beseech, do (make) obeisance, do reverence, make to stoop, worship.

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

• 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).
• 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.

Cross References

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

• fell — 1 Samuel 20:41, 1 Samuel 24:8
• lighted — Joshua 15:18, Judges 1:14

Reciprocal references (5): 2 Samuel 1:2, 2 Samuel 9:6, 2 Samuel 14:4, 1 Kings 1:16, 1 Chronicles 21:21

Related Topics

• Nave’s: ASS (DONKEY), DECISION, DIPLOMACY, FIG, INTERCESSION, NABAL, OBSEQUIOUSNESS, PRUDENCE, SALUTATIONS, TACT, WIFE

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