1 Samuel 26:12
Old Testament • 20 words with Strong's data
"So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul’s bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked: for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the LORD was fallen upon them."
Word-by-Word Analysis
דָּוִד
Dâvid
David, the youngest son of Jesse
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
כִּידוֹן
kîydôwn
properly, something to strike with, i.e. a dart
בַּקְבֻּק
baqbuq
a bottle (from the gurgling in emptying)
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
שָׁאוּל
Shâʼûwl
Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites
מְרַאֲשָׁה
mᵉraʼăshâh
properly, a headpiece, i.e. (plural for adverbial) at (or as) the head-rest (or pillow)
אָסַף
ʼâçaph
to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
סוּר
çûwr
to turn off (literal or figurative)
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
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)
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
יָדַע
yâdaʻ
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o...
לֹא
lôʼ
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
רָדַם
râdam
to stun, i.e. stupefy (with sleep or death)
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
תְּהוֹם
tᵉhôwm
an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean watersupply)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
נָפַל
nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
Key Terms in This Verse
מְרַאֲשָׁה mᵉraʼăshâh
properly, a headpiece, i.e. (plural for adverbial) at (or as) the head-rest (or pillow)
Study H4763 →אָסַף ʼâçaph
to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
Study H622 →תְּהוֹם tᵉhôwm
an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean watersupply)
Study H8415 →נָפַל nâphal
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
Study H5307 →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 →Cross References
And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered.
So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him.
On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which the LORD said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. The...
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