KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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“And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil.”
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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 David” | דָּוִ֔ד | David, the youngest son of Jesse | David |
| “took” | וַיִּקַּ֣ח | To take (in the widest variety of applications) | took |
| “all” | כָּל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | all |
| “the flocks” | הַצֹּ֖אן | A collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men) | flocks |
| “and the herds,” | וְהַבָּקָ֑ר | A beeve or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd | herds |
| “which” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “they drave” | נָֽהֲג֗וּ | To drive forth (a person, an animal or chariot), i.e., lead, carry away; reflexively, to proceed (i.e., impel or guide oneself) | drave |
| “before” | לִפְנֵי֙ | The face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.) | before |
| “those” | הַה֔וּא | He (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are | those |
| “other” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “cattle,” | הַמִּקְנֶ֣ה | Something bought, i.e., property, but only live stock; abstractly, acquisition | cattle |
| “and said,” | וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ | To say (used with great latitude) | said |
| “This” | זֶ֖ה | The masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that | This |
| “is” | (No Hebrew definition. English implied.) | ||
| “David's” | דָּוִֽד׃ | David, the youngest son of Jesse | Davids |
| “spoil.” | שְׁלַ֥ל | Booty | spoil |
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18 And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives.
19 And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all.
20 And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil.
21 And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them.
22 Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart.
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