1 Samuel 25:4 Go deeper

And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep. (KJV)

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וַיִּשְׁמַ֥עvai.yish.Ma'and he heard

Lemma: שָׁמַע (sha.ma) · Strong's: H8085G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)

Meaning: to hear: hear

Used 959 times. Also: Genesis 3:8, Genesis 3:10, Genesis 3:17, Genesis 4:23, Genesis 14:14, Genesis 16:2 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8085G; TAHOT 1 Samuel 25:4 word 1

דָּוִ֖דda.VidDavid

Lemma: דָּוִד (da.vid) · Strong's: H1732

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: David

Used 1075 times. Also: Ruth 4:17, Ruth 4:22, 1 Samuel 16:13, 1 Samuel 16:19, 1 Samuel 16:20, 1 Samuel 16:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1732; TAHOT 1 Samuel 25:4 word 2

בַּמִּדְבָּ֑רba.mid.Barin the wilderness

Lemma: מִדְבָּר (mid.bar) · Strong's: H4057B

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)

Meaning: wilderness

Used 269 times. Also: Genesis 14:6, Genesis 16:7, Genesis 21:14, Genesis 21:20, Genesis 21:21, Genesis 36:24 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H4057B; TAHOT 1 Samuel 25:4 word 3

כִּֽי\־ki-that

Lemma: כִּי (ki) · Strong's: H3588A

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: for

Used 4335 times. Also: Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:10, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:18, Genesis 1:21, Genesis 1:25 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3588A; TAHOT 1 Samuel 25:4 word 4

גֹזֵ֥זgo.Zez[was] shearing

Lemma: גָּזַז (ga.zaz) · Strong's: H1494

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Participle · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HVqrmsa)

Meaning: to shear

Used 15 times. Also: Genesis 31:19, Genesis 38:12, Genesis 38:13, Deuteronomy 15:19, 1 Samuel 25:2, 1 Samuel 25:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1494; TAHOT 1 Samuel 25:4 word 5

נָבָ֖לna.ValNabal

Lemma: נָבָל (na.val) · Strong's: H5037

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: Nabal

Used 22 times. Also: 1 Samuel 25:3, 1 Samuel 25:5, 1 Samuel 25:9, 1 Samuel 25:10, 1 Samuel 25:14, 1 Samuel 25:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5037; TAHOT 1 Samuel 25:4 word 6

אֶת\־'et-<obj.>

Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853

Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)

Meaning: [Obj.]

Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT 1 Samuel 25:4 word 7

צֹאנֽוֹ\׃tzo.Nosheep his

Lemma: צֹאן (tson) · Strong's: H6629G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)

Meaning: flock

Used 271 times. Also: Genesis 4:2, Genesis 4:4, Genesis 12:16, Genesis 13:5, Genesis 20:14, Genesis 21:27 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6629G; TAHOT 1 Samuel 25:4 word 8

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

While David	→	דָּוִד H1732 David
was in the wilderness	→	מִדְבָּר H4057B wilderness
he heard	→	שָׁמַע H8085G to hear: hear
that	→	כִּי H3588A for
Nabal	→	נָבָל H5037 Nabal
was shearing	→	גָּזַז H1494 to shear
sheep	→	צֹאן H6629G flock

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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