1 Samuel 21:2
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1 Samuel 21:2
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Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?
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And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place.
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Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present.
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Verse Text
And DavidH1732 saidH559 unto AhimelechH288 the priestH3548, The kingH4428 hath commandedH6680 me a businessH1697, and hath saidH559 unto me, Let no manH376 knowH3045 any thingH3972 of the businessH1697 whereabout I sendH7971 thee, and what I have commandedH6680 thee: and I have appointedH3045 my servantsH5288 to suchH6423 and suchH492 a placeH4725.
וַיֹּאמֶר דָּוִד לַאֲחִימֶלֶךְ הַכֹּהֵן הַמֶּלֶךְ צִוַּנִי דָבָר וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי אִישׁ אַל־יֵדַע מְאוּמָה אֶת־הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר־אָנֹכִי שֹׁלֵחֲךָ וַאֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִךָ וְאֶת־הַנְּעָרִים יֹודַעְתִּי אֶל־מְקֹום פְּלֹנִי אַלְמֹונִי׃
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Morphology | Gloss |
|---|---|---|---|---|
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר |
va/i.Yo.mer | H559 | HC/Vqw3ms | and/ he said |
דָּוִ֜ד |
da.Vid | H1732 | HNp | David |
לַ/אֲחִימֶ֣לֶךְ |
la./'a.chi.Me.lekh | H288 | HR/Np | to/ Ahimelech |
הַ/כֹּהֵ֗ן |
ha./ko.Hen | H3548 | HTd/Ncmsa | the/ priest |
הַ/מֶּלֶךְ֮ |
ha./me.leKh | H4428 | HTd/Ncmsa | the/ king |
צִוַּ֣/נִי |
tzi.Va./ni | H6680 | HVpp3ms/Sp1cs | he commanded/ me |
דָבָר֒ |
da.Var | H1697 | HNcmsa | a matter |
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר |
va/i.Yo.mer | H559 | HC/Vqw3ms | and/ he said |
אֵלַ֗/י |
'e.La/i | H413 | HR/Sp1cs | to/ me |
אִ֣ישׁ |
'ish | H376 | HNcmsa | anyone |
אַל |
'al- | H408 | HTn | may not |
יֵ֧דַע |
Ye.da' | H3045 | HVqj3ms | he know |
מְא֛וּמָה |
me.'U.mah | H3972 | HNcfsa | anything |
אֶת |
'et- | H853 | HTo | (obj.) |
הַ/דָּבָ֛ר |
ha./da.Var | H1697 | HTd/Ncmsa | the/ matter |
אֲשֶׁר |
'a.Sher- | H834 | HTr | which |
אָנֹכִ֥י |
'a.no.Khi | H595 | HPp1cs | I |
שֹׁלֵֽחֲ/ךָ֖ |
sho.le.cha./Kha | H7971 | HVqrmsc/Sp2ms | (am) sending/ you |
וַ/אֲשֶׁ֣ר |
va./'a.Sher | H834 | HC/Tr | and/ which |
צִוִּיתִ֑/ךָ |
tzi.vi.Ti./kha | H6680 | HVpp1cs/Sp2ms | I have commanded/ you |
וְ/אֶת |
ve./'Et | H853 | HC/To | and/ (obj.) |
הַ/נְּעָרִ֣ים |
ha./ne.'a.Rim | H5288 | HTd/Ncmpa | the/ young men |
יוֹדַ֔עְתִּי |
yo.Da'.ti | H3045 | HVmp1cs | I have directed |
אֶל |
'el- | H413 | HR | to |
מְק֥וֹם |
me.Kom | H4725 | HNcmsc | a place of |
פְּלֹנִ֖י |
pe.lo.Ni | H6423 | HPf | a certain one |
אַלְמוֹנִֽי |
'al.mo.Ni | H492 | HAamsa | a certain one |
- H288 — אֲחִימֶלֶךְ (ʼĂchîymelek, akh-ee-meh'-lek): from אָח (ʼâch) H251 and מֶלֶךְ (melek) H4428; brother of (the) king; Achimelek, the name of an Israelite and of a Hittite; Ahimelech.
- H376 — אִישׁ (ʼîysh, eesh): contracted for אֱנוֹשׁ (ʼĕnôwsh) H582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation); also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אִשָּׁה (ʼishshâh) H802.
- H492 — אַלְמֹנִי (ʼalmônîy, al-mo-nee'): from אַלְמֹן (ʼalmôn) H489 in the sense of concealment; some one (i.e. so and so, without giving the name of the person or place); one, and such.
- 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.
- H1697 — דָּבָר (dâbâr, daw-baw'): from דָבַר (dâbar) H1696; a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause; act, advice, affair, answer, [idiom] any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, [phrase] chronicles, commandment, [idiom] commune(-ication), [phrase] concern(-ing), [phrase] confer, counsel, [phrase] dearth, decree, deed, [idiom] disease, due, duty, effect, [phrase] eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-) ness, [phrase] glory, [phrase] harm, hurt, [phrase] iniquity, [phrase] judgment, language, [phrase] lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, [idiom] ought, [idiom] parts, [phrase] pertaining, [phrase] please, portion, [phrase] power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, [idiom] (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, [phrase] sign, [phrase] so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, [phrase] song, speech, [idiom] spoken, talk, task, [phrase] that, [idiom] there done, thing (concerning), thought, [phrase] thus, tidings, what(-soever), [phrase] wherewith, which, word, work.
- H1732 — דָּוִד (Dâvid, daw-veed'): rarely (fully); דָּוִיד (Dâvîyd); from the same as דּוֹד (dôwd) H1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse; David.
- H3045 — יָדַע (yâdaʻ, yaw-dah'): a primitive root; to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.); acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-) awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, [idiom] could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-) norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, [phrase] be learned, [phrase] lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, [idiom] prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), [idiom] will be, wist, wit, wot.
- H3548 — כֹּהֵן (kôhên, ko-hane'): active participle of כָּהַן (kâhan) H3547; literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman); chief ruler, [idiom] own, priest, prince, principal officer.
- H3972 — מְאוּמָה (mᵉʼûwmâh, meh-oo'-maw): apparently a form of מאוּם (mʼûwm) H3971; properly, a speck or point, i.e. (by implication) something; with negative, nothing; fault, [phrase] no(-ught), ought, somewhat, any (no-)thing.
- H4428 — מֶלֶךְ (melek, meh'-lek): from מָלַךְ (mâlak) H4427; a king; king, royal.
- H4725 — מָקוֹם (mâqôwm, maw-kome'): or מָקֹם (mâqôm); also (feminine) מְקוֹמָה (mᵉqôwmâh); or מְקֹמָה (mᵉqômâh); from קוּם (qûwm) H6965; properly, a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific); also (figuratively) of a condition (of body or mind); country, [idiom] home, [idiom] open, place, room, space, [idiom] whither(-soever).
- H5288 — נַעַר (naʻar, nah'-ar): from נָעַר (nâʻar) H5287; (concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latitude in age); babe, boy, child, damsel (from the margin), lad, servant, young (man).
- H6423 — פְּלֹנִי (pᵉlônîy, pel-o-nee'): from פָּלָה (pâlâh) H6395; such a one, i.e. a specified person; such.
- H6680 — צָוָה (tsâvâh, tsaw-vaw'): a primitive root; (intensively) to constitute, enjoin; appoint, (for-) bid, (give a) charge, (give a, give in, send with) command(-er, -ment), send a messenger, put, (set) in order.
- 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:
- H408 — אַל (ʼal, al): a negative particle (akin to לֹא (lôʼ) H3808); not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing; nay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.
- H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל (ʼel) ); 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).
- H595 — אָנֹכִי (ʼânôkîy, aw-no-kee'): sometimes, ; a primitive pronoun; I; I, me, [idiom] which.
- 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 (ʼôwth) H226 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).
Verse Cross-References
- The king — Genesis 27:20, Genesis 27:24, 1 Samuel 19:17, 1 Samuel 22:22, 1 Kings 13:18, Psalms 119:29, Galatians 2:12, Colossians 3:9
Reciprocal references (5): Exodus 1:19, Judges 16:7, 1 Samuel 22:14, 1 Samuel 27:10, 2 Samuel 17:20
Related Topics
- Thompson Chain: TEMPTATION; TRUTH-FALSEHOOD
- Torrey’s: LYING; TABERNACLE
- Nave’s: BETRAYAL; CONFIDENCE; DAVID; TABERNACLE
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