Bible/1 Samuel/25/40

Bible > 1 Samuel > Chapter 25 > Verse 40

1 Samuel 25:40

---

← 1 Samuel 25:39	1 Samuel 25:40 (KJV)	1 Samuel 25:41 →
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.	And she arose, and bowed herself on [her] face to the earth, and said, Behold, [let] thine handmaid [be] a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And when the servants^H5650 of David^H1732 were come^H935 to Abigail^H26 to Carmel^H3760, they spake^H1696 unto her, saying^H559, David^H1732 sent^H7971 us unto thee, to take^H3947 thee to him to wife^H802.

---

Original Hebrew

וַיָּבֹאוּ עַבְדֵי דָוִד אֶל־אֲבִיגַיִל הַכַּרְמֶלָה וַיְדַבְּרוּ אֵלֶיהָ לֵאמֹר דָּוִד שְׁלָחָנוּ אֵלַיִךְ לְקַחְתֵּךְ לֹו לְאִשָּׁה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יָּבֹ֜אוּ	va/i.ya.Vo.'u	H935	HC/Vqw3mp	and/ they went
עַבְדֵ֥י	'av.Dei	H5650	HNcmpc	(the) servants of
דָוִ֛ד	da.Vid	H1732	HNp	David
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
אֲבִיגַ֖יִל	'a.vi.Ga.yil	H26	HNp	Abigail
הַ/כַּרְמֶ֑לָ/ה	ha./kar.Me.la/h	H3760	HTd/Np/Sd	(the)/ Carmel/ towards
וַ/יְדַבְּר֤וּ	va/y.da.be.Ru	H1696	HC/Vpw3mp	and/ they spoke
אֵלֶ֨י/הָ֙	'e.Lei./ha	H413	HR/Sp3fs	to/ her
לֵ/אמֹ֔ר	le./Mor	H559	HR/Vqc	(to)/ saying
דָּוִד֙	da.Vid	H1732	HNp	David
שְׁלָחָ֣/נוּ	she.la.Cha./nu	H7971	HVqp3ms/Sp1cp	he has sent/ us
אֵלַ֔יִ/ךְ	'e.La.yi/kh	H413	HR/Sp2fs	to/ you
לְ/קַחְתֵּ֥/ךְ	le./kach.Te/kh	H3947	HR/Vqc/Sp2fs	to/ take/ you
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.
• H935 — בּוֹא (bôwʼ, bo): a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications); abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat, [phrase] employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, [phrase] follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, [phrase] have, [idiom] indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, [idiom] (well) stricken (in age), [idiom] surely, take (in), way.
• 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.
• H3760 — כַּרְמֶל (Karmel, kar-mel'): the same as כַּרְמֶל; Karmel, the name of a hill and of a town in Palestine; Carmel, fruitful (plentiful) field, (place).
• 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.
• H5650 — עֶבֶד (ʻebed, eh'-bed): from עָבַד; a servant; [idiom] bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.
• 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).

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

• 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).

Cross References

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

• David sent — Genesis 24:37-38, Genesis 24:51

Reciprocal references (1): 1 Samuel 25:31

Related Topics

• Torrey’s: MARRIAGE
• Nave’s: POLYGAMY, WIFE

Discussion / Insights

No content yet

Notes and References

No content yet

Bible › 1 Samuel › 1 Samuel 25 › Verse 40