KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
To get what 1 Samuel 30:11 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And they found” | וַֽיִּמְצְא֤וּ | Properly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present | found |
| “an Egyptian” | אִישׁ | 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) | Egyptian |
| “in the field,” | בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה | A field (as flat) | field |
| “and brought” | וַיִּקְח֥וּ | To take (in the widest variety of applications) | brought |
| “him to” | אֶל | Near, with or among; often in general, to | him to |
| “David,” | דָּוִ֑ד | David, the youngest son of Jesse | David |
| “and gave” | וַיִּתְּנוּ | To give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) | gave |
| “him bread,” | לֶ֙חֶם֙ | Food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it) | bread |
| “and he did eat;” | וַיֹּ֔אכַל | To eat (literally or figuratively) | did eat |
| “and they made him drink” | וַיַּשְׁקֻ֖הוּ | To quaff, i.e., (causatively) to irrigate or furnish a potion to | made drink |
| “water;” | מָֽיִם׃ | Water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen | water |
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9 So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed.
10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.
11 And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;
12 And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.
13 And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick.
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