1 Samuel
1 Samuel 25:28–29
28Please forgive your servant’s offense, for the LORD will surely make a lasting dynasty for my lord, because he fights the LORD’s battles. May no evil be found in you as long as you live.
29And should someone pursue you and seek your life, then the life of my lord will be bound securely by the LORD your God in the bundle of the living. But He shall fling away the lives of your enemies like stones from a sling.e
Footnotes
- e 25:29 Literally fling away the souls of your enemies as from the pocket of a sling
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
1 Samuel 25:28
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Please | נָ֖א | nā | Interjection | H4994 I (we) pray, now |
| forgive | שָׂ֥א | śā | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | H5375 lift, take, carry |
| your servant’s | אֲמָתֶ֑ךָ | ’ă·mā·ṯe·ḵā | Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H519 maid, handmaid |
| offense | לְפֶ֣שַׁע | lə·p̄e·ša‘ | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct | H6588 transgression |
| for | כִּ֣י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֨ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| will surely make | עָשֹֽׂה־ | ‘ā·śōh- | Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute | H6213 do, make |
| a lasting | נֶאֱמָ֗ן | ne·’ĕ·mān | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular | H539 confirm, support |
| dynasty | בַּ֣יִת | ba·yiṯ | Noun - masculine singular | H1004 house |
| for my lord | לַֽאדֹנִ֜י | la·ḏō·nî | Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H113 lord |
| because | כִּי־ | kî- | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| he | אֲדֹנִ֣י | ’ă·ḏō·nî | Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H113 lord |
| fights | נִלְחָ֔ם | nil·ḥām | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular | H3898 fight, do battle |
| the LORD’s | יְהוָה֙ | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| battles | מִלְחֲמ֤וֹת | mil·ḥă·mō·wṯ | Noun - feminine plural construct | H4421 battle, war |
| May no evil | וְרָעָ֛ה | wə·rā·‘āh | Conjunctive waw; Adjective - feminine singular | H7451 bad, evil |
| be found | תִמָּצֵ֥א | ṯim·mā·ṣê | Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | H4672 attain to, find |
| in you | בְךָ֖ | ḇə·ḵā | Preposition; second person masculine singular | |
| as long as you live | מִיָּמֶֽיךָ׃ | mî·yā·me·ḵā | Preposition-m; Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular | H3117 day |
1 Samuel 25:29
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| And should someone | וַיָּ֤קָם | way·yā·qām | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H6965 arise, stand up, stand |
| pursue you | לִרְדָפְךָ֔ | lir·ḏā·p̄ə·ḵā | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; second person masculine singular | H7291 pursue, chase, persecute |
| and seek | וּלְבַקֵּ֖שׁ | ū·lə·ḇaq·qêš | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l; Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | H1245 seek |
| your life | נַפְשֶׁ֑ךָ | nap̄·še·ḵā | Noun - feminine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion |
| then the life | נֶ֨פֶשׁ | ne·p̄eš | Noun - feminine singular construct | H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion |
| of my lord | אֲדֹנִ֜י | ’ă·ḏō·nî | Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular | H113 lord |
| will be | וְֽהָיְתָה֩ | wə·hā·yə·ṯāh | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| bound securely | צְרוּרָ֣ה׀ | ṣə·rū·rāh | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular | H6887 bind, tie up, be restricted, narrow, scant, cramped |
| by | אֵ֚ת | ’êṯ | Preposition | H854 with |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֣ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| your God | אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ | ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular | H430 God |
| in the bundle | בִּצְר֣וֹר | biṣ·rō·wr | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct | H6872 bundle, parcel, pouch, bag |
| of the living | הַחַיִּ֗ים | ha·ḥay·yîm | Article; Noun - masculine plural | H2416 alive, living |
| But | וְאֵ֨ת | wə·’êṯ | Conjunctive waw; Direct object marker | H853 mark of the accusative |
| He shall fling away | יְקַלְּעֶ֔נָּה | yə·qal·lə·‘en·nāh | Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person feminine singular | H7049 sling, hurl forth |
| the lives | נֶ֤פֶשׁ | ne·p̄eš | Noun - feminine singular construct | H5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion |
| of your enemies | אֹיְבֶ֙יךָ֙ | ’ō·yə·ḇe·ḵā | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular | H341 be hostile to |
| from a sling | הַקָּֽלַע׃ | haq·qā·la‘ | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H7050 sling |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
1 Samuel 25:28 1 Samuel 18:17 · 2 Samuel 7:11 · 1 Samuel 24:11 · 1 Chronicles 17:25 · 1 Kings 9:5 · 1 Chronicles 17:10 · 2 Samuel 7:16 · 2 Samuel 7:27
1 Samuel 25:29 John 17:21 · Malachi 3:17 · Matthew 10:29–30 · Jeremiah 10:18 · Psalm 116:15 · John 17:23 · 1 Peter 1:5 · Psalm 66:9 · 1 Samuel 2:9 · Colossians 3:3–4 · Genesis 15:1 · John 10:27–30
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.