1 Samuel 25:40
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And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife.When his servants came to Abigail at Carmel, they said, “David has sent us to take you as his wife.”
In other translations
And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife.When his servants came to Abigail at Carmel, they said, “David has sent us to take you as his wife.”
Hebrew words
וַיָּבֹאוּvaiyavo'uand they wentH935עַבְדֵי'avdei[the] servants ofH5650דָוִדdavidDavidH1732אֶל־'el-toH413אֲבִיגַיִל'avigayilAbigailH26הַכַּרְמֶלָהhakarmelah<the> Carmel towardsH3760וַיְדַבְּרוּvaydaberuand they spokeH1696אֵלֶיהָ'eleihato herH413לֵאמֹרlemor<to> sayingH559דָּוִדdavidDavidH1732שְׁלָחָנוּshelachanuhe has sent usH7971אֵלַיִךְ'elayikhto youH413לְקַחְתֵּךְlekachtekhto take youH3947לוֹlofor <the> himselfלְאִשָּׁה׃le'ishahto a wifeH802
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Genesis 24:51Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy master’s son’s wife, as the Lord hath spoken.Rebekah is here before you. Take her and go, and let her become the wife of your master’s son, just as the LORD has decreed.”
- Genesis 24:37-3837 And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell: 38 But thou shalt go unto my father’s house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.37 My master made me swear an oath and said, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land I dwell, 38 but you shall go to my father’s house and to my kindred to take a wife for my son.’
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People and places
Places: Carmel