1 Samuel 25:11
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Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be?Why should I take my bread and water and the meat I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give them to these men whose origin I do not know?”
In other translations
Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be?Why should I take my bread and water and the meat I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give them to these men whose origin I do not know?”
Hebrew words
וְלָקַחְתִּיvelakachtiand will I takeH3947אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853לַחְמִיlachmibread myH3899וְאֶת־ve'etand <obj.>H853מֵימַיmeimaiwater myH4325וְאֵתve'etand <obj.>H853טִבְחָתִיtivchatislaughter myH2878אֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834טָבַחְתִּיtavachtiI have slaughteredH2873לְגֹזְזָיlegozezaifor shearers myH1494וְנָתַתִּיvenatatiand will I give [them]H5414לַאֲנָשִׁיםla'anashimto menH582אֲשֶׁר'asherwhoH834לֹאlo'notH3808יָדַעְתִּיyada'tiI knowH3045אֵי'eiwhere?H335מִזֶּהmizehfrom thisH2088הֵמָּה׃hemah[are] theyH1992
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