1 Samuel 25:11
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
לֶחֶם
lechem
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
בָּשָׂר
bâsâr
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman
שָׁחַט
shâchaṭ
to slaughter (in sacrifice or massacre)
English grammatical function word ('shearers'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalen...
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
יָדַע
yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o...
אַיִן
ʼayin
where? (only in connection with prepositional prefix, whence)
Key Terms in This Verse
English grammatical function word ('shearers'). These words (articles, prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns, auxiliary verbs) have no direct equivalent in the original Hebrew or Greek text; they are r...
Study GRAM →לֶחֶם lechem
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
Study H3899 →בָּשָׂר bâsâr
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman
Study H1320 →יָדַע yâdaʻ
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, in...
Study H3045 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →Cross References
And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army?
As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.
As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;
As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;
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 ...
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