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1 Samuel 25:4

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← 1 Samuel 25:3	1 Samuel 25:4 (KJV)	1 Samuel 25:5 →
Now the name of the man [was] Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and [she was] a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man [was] churlish and evil in his doings; and he [was] of the house of Caleb.	And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.	And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And David^H1732 heard^H8085 in the wilderness^H4057 that Nabal^H5037 did shear^H1494 his sheep^H6629.

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Original Hebrew

וַיִּשְׁמַע דָּוִד בַּמִּדְבָּר כִּי־גֹזֵז נָבָל אֶת־צֹאנֹו׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יִּשְׁמַ֥ע	va/i.yish.Ma'	H8085	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he heard
דָּוִ֖ד	da.Vid	H1732	HNp	David
בַּ/מִּדְבָּ֑ר	ba./mid.Bar	H4057	HRd/Ncmsa	in the/ wilderness
כִּֽי	ki-	H3588	HC	that
גֹזֵ֥ז	go.Zez	H1494	HVqrmsa	(was) shearing
נָבָ֖ל	na.Val	H5037	HNp	Nabal
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
צֹאנֽ/וֹ	tzo.N/o	H6629	HNcbsc/Sp3ms	sheep/ his

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

Strong's References

• H1494 — גַּזָז (gazâz, gaw-zaz'): a primitive root (akin to גּוּז); to cut off; specifically to shear aflock or shave the hair; figuratively to destroy an enemy; cut off (down), poll, shave, (sheep-) shear(-er).
• H1732 — דָּוִד (Dâvid, daw-veed'): rarely (fully); דָּוִיד; from the same as דּוֹד; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse; David.
• H4057 — מִדְבָּר (midbâr, mid-bawr'): from דָבַר in the sense of driving; a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs); desert, south, speech, wilderness.
• H5037 — נָבָל (Nâbâl, naw-bawl'): the same as נָבָל; dolt; Nabal, an Israelite; Nabal.
• 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).
• 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:

• 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)

• did shear — Genesis 38:13, 2 Samuel 13:23

Reciprocal references (1): Genesis 38:12

Related Topics

• Nave’s: DECISION, NABAL

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