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1 Samuel 25:39

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← 1 Samuel 25:38	1 Samuel 25:39 (KJV)	1 Samuel 25:40 →
And it came to pass about ten days [after], that the LORD smote Nabal, that he died.	And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed [be] the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.	And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And when David^H1732 heard^H8085 that Nabal^H5037 was dead^H4191, he said^H559, Blessed^H1288 be the LORD^H3068, that hath pleaded^H7378 the cause^H7379 of my reproach^H2781 from the hand^H3027 of Nabal^H5037, and hath kept^H2820 his servant^H5650 from evil^H7451: for the LORD^H3068 hath returned^H7725 the wickedness^H7451 of Nabal^H5037 upon his own head^H7218. And David^H1732 sent^H7971 and communed^H1696 with Abigail^H26, to take^H3947 her to him to wife^H802.

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Original Hebrew

וַיִּשְׁמַע דָּוִד כִּי מֵת נָבָל וַיֹּאמֶר בָּרוּךְ יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר רָב אֶת־רִיב חֶרְפָּתִי מִיַּד נָבָל וְאֶת־עַבְדֹּו חָשַׂךְ מֵרָעָה וְאֵת רָעַת נָבָל הֵשִׁיב יְהוָה בְּרֹאשֹׁו וַיִּשְׁלַח דָּוִד וַיְדַבֵּר בַּאֲבִיגַיִל לְקַחְתָּהּ לֹו לְאִשָּׁה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יִּשְׁמַ֣ע	va/i.yish.Ma'	H8085	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he heard
דָּוִד֮	da.Vid	H1732	HNp	David
כִּ֣י	ki	H3588	HC	that
מֵ֣ת	met	H4191	HVqp3ms	he had died
נָבָל֒	na.Val	H5037	HNp	Nabal
וַ/יֹּ֡אמֶר	va/i.Yo.mer	H559	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he said
בָּר֣וּךְ	ba.Rukh	H1288	HVqsmsa	(be) blessed
יְהוָ֡ה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	who
רָב֩	rav	H7378	HVqp3ms	he has conducted
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
רִ֨יב	riv	H7379	HNcbsc	(the) case of
חֶרְפָּתִ֜/י	cher.pa.T/i	H2781	HNcfsc/Sp1cs	disgrace/ my
מִ/יַּ֣ד	mi./Yad	H3027	HR/Ncbsc	from/ (the) hand of
נָבָ֗ל	na.Val	H5037	HNp	Nabal
וְ/אֶת	ve./'Et	H853	HC/To	and/ (obj.)
עַבְדּ/וֹ֙	av.D/o	H5650	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	servant/ his
חָשַׂ֣ךְ	cha.Sakh	H2820	HVqp3ms	he has restrained
מֵֽ/רָעָ֔ה	me./ra.'Ah	H7451	HR/Ncfsa	from/ evil
וְ/אֵת֙	ve./'Et	H853	HC/To	and/ (obj.)
רָעַ֣ת	ra.'At	H7451	HNcfsc	(the) evil of
נָבָ֔ל	na.Val	H5037	HNp	Nabal
הֵשִׁ֥יב	he.Shiv	H7725	HVhp3ms	he has turned back
יְהוָ֖ה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh
בְּ/רֹאשׁ֑/וֹ	be./ro.Sh/o	H7218	HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms	on/ own head/ his
וַ/יִּשְׁלַ֤ח	va/i.yish.Lach	H7971	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he sent
דָּוִד֙	da.Vid	H1732	HNp	David
וַ/יְדַבֵּ֣ר	va/y.da.Ber	H1696	HC/Vpw3ms	and/ he spoke
בַּ/אֲבִיגַ֔יִל	ba./'a.vi.Ga.yil	H26	HR/Np	with/ Abigail
לְ/קַחְתָּ֥/הּ	le./kach.Ta/h	H3947	HR/Vqc/Sp3fs	to/ take/ her
ל֖/וֹ	l/o		HR/Sp3ms	for (the)/ himself
לְ/אִשָּֽׁה	le./'i.Shah	H802	HR/Ncfsa	to/ a wife

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.
• 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.
• H802 — אִשָּׁה (ʼishshâh, ish-shaw'): feminine of אִישׁ or אֱנוֹשׁ; irregular plural, נָשִׁים;(used in the same wide sense as אֱנוֹשׁ); a woman; (adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
• H1288 — בָרַךְ (bârak, baw-rak'): a primitive root; to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason); [idiom] abundantly, [idiom] altogether, [idiom] at all, blaspheme, bless, congratulate, curse, [idiom] greatly, [idiom] indeed, kneel (down), praise, salute, [idiom] still, thank.
• H1696 — דָבַר (dâbar, daw-bar'): a primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue; answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.
• H1732 — דָּוִד (Dâvid, daw-veed'): rarely (fully); דָּוִיד; from the same as דּוֹד; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse; David.
• H2781 — חֶרְפָּה (cherpâh, kher-paw'): from חָרַף; contumely, disgrace, the pudenda; rebuke, reproach(-fully), shame.
• H2820 — חָשַׂךְ (châsak, khaw-sak'): a primitive root; also interchangeable with חָשַׁךְ; to restrain or (reflex.) refrain; by implication, to refuse, spare, preserve; to observe; assuage, [idiom] darken, forbear, hinder, hold back, keep (back), punish, refrain, reserve, spare, withhold.
• 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.
• H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
• H3947 — לָקַח (lâqach, law-kakh'): a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications); accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
• H4191 — מוּת (mûwth, mooth): a primitive root; to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill; [idiom] at all, [idiom] crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), [idiom] must needs, slay, [idiom] surely, [idiom] very suddenly, [idiom] in (no) wise.
• H5037 — נָבָל (Nâbâl, naw-bawl'): the same as נָבָל; dolt; Nabal, an Israelite; Nabal.
• H5650 — עֶבֶד (ʻebed, eh'-bed): from עָבַד; a servant; [idiom] bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.
• H7218 — רֹאשׁ (rôʼsh, roshe): from an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.); band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
• H7378 — רִיב (rîyb, reeb): or רוּב; a primitive root; properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend; adversary, chide, complain, contend, debate, [idiom] ever, [idiom] lay wait, plead, rebuke, strive, [idiom] thoroughly.
• H7379 — רִיב (rîyb, reeb): or רִב; from רִיב; a contest (personal or legal); [phrase] adversary, cause, chiding, contend(-tion), controversy, multitude (from the margin), pleading, strife, strive(-ing), suit.
• H7451 — רַע (raʻ, rah): from רָעַע; bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral); adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, [phrase] not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
• H7725 — שׁוּב (shûwb, shoob): a primitive root; to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again; ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, [idiom] certainly, come again (back), [idiom] consider, [phrase] continually, convert, deliver (again), [phrase] deny, draw back, fetch home again, [idiom] fro, get (oneself) (back) again, [idiom] give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, [idiom] needs, be past, [idiom] pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, [phrase] say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, [idiom] surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.
• 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).
• H8085 — שָׁמַע (shâmaʻ, shaw-mah'): a primitive root; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.); [idiom] attentively, call (gather) together, [idiom] carefully, [idiom] certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, [idiom] diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), [idiom] indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, [idiom] surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.

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

• 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).
• H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.

Cross References

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

• Blessed — Judges 5:2, 1 Samuel 25:32, 2 Samuel 22:47-49, Psalms 58:10-11, Revelation 19:1-4
• hath returned — 2 Samuel 3:28-29, 1 Kings 2:44, Esther 7:10, Psalms 7:16
• kept his servant — 1 Samuel 25:26, 1 Samuel 25:34, Hosea 2:6-7, 2 Corinthians 13:7, 1 Thessalonians 5:23, 2 Timothy 4:18
• pleaded — Proverbs 22:23, Lamentations 3:58-60, Micah 7:9
• to take her — Proverbs 18:22, Proverbs 19:14, Proverbs 31:10, Proverbs 31:30

Reciprocal references (8): Genesis 24:27, 1 Chronicles 3:1, Psalms 5:10, Psalms 19:13, Psalms 37:10, Psalms 119:22, Isaiah 51:22, Romans 7:3

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: RESTRAINTS, DIVINE
• Torrey’s: MARRIAGE
• Nave’s: POLYGAMY, WIFE

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