1 SAMUEL 17:16

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.”

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1 Samuel 17:16 Translation & Meaning

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And the Philistine הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖י A Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth Philistine
drew near וַיִּגַּ֥שׁ To be or come (causatively, bring) near (for any purpose); euphemistically, to lie with a woman; as an enemy, to attack; religious to worship; causatively, to present; figuratively, to adduce an argument; by reversal, to stand back drew near
morning הַשְׁכֵּ֣ם Literally, to load up (on the back of man or beast), i.e., to start early in the morning morning
and evening, וְהַֽעֲרֵ֑ב To grow dusky at sundown evening
and presented himself וַיִּתְיַצֵּ֖ב To place (any thing so as to stay); reflexively, to station, offer, continue presented himself
forty אַרְבָּעִ֥ים Forty forty
days. יֽוֹם׃ A day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb) days

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  • 14  And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.

  • 15  But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.

  • 16  And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

  • 17  And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren;

  • 18  And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.




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