1 Samuel

1 Samuel 25:33–34

³³Blessed is your discernment, and blessed are you, because today you kept me from bloodshed and from avenging myself by my own hand. ³⁴Otherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, then surely no male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by morning light.”

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1 Samuel 25:33

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Blessed	וּבָר֥וּךְ	ū·ḇā·rūḵ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular	H1288 kneel, bless
your discernment	טַעְמֵ֖ךְ	ṭa‘·mêḵ	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person feminine singular	H2940 taste, judgement
and blessed	וּבְרוּכָ֣ה	ū·ḇə·rū·ḵāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular	H1288 kneel, bless
you	אָ֑תְּ	’āt	Pronoun - second person feminine singular	H859 thou
because	אֲשֶׁ֨ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
today	הַיּ֤וֹם	hay·yō·wm	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3117 day
you kept me	כְּלִתִ֜נִי	kə·li·ṯi·nî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular; first person common singular	H3607 shut up, restrain, withhold
from bloodshed	בְדָמִ֔ים	ḇə·ḏā·mîm	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural	H1818 blood
and from avenging myself	וְהֹשֵׁ֥עַ	wə·hō·šê·a‘	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute	H3467 deliver
by my own hand	יָדִ֖י	yā·ḏî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H3027 hand

1 Samuel 25:34

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Otherwise	וְאוּלָ֗ם	wə·’ū·lām	Conjunction	H199 but, but indeed
as surely as the LORD	יְהוָה֙	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
the God	אֱלֹהֵ֣י	’ĕ·lō·hê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H430 God
of Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	yiś·rā·’êl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3478 Israel
lives	חַי־	ḥay-	Noun - masculine singular	H2416 alive, living
who	אֲשֶׁ֣ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
has restrained me	מְנָעַ֔נִי	mə·nā·‘a·nî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular; first person common singular	H4513 withhold, hold back
from harming	מֵהָרַ֖ע	mê·hā·ra‘	Preposition-m; Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct	H7489 be evil, bad
you	אֹתָ֑ךְ	’ō·ṯāḵ	Direct object marker; second person feminine singular	H853 mark of the accusative
if you had not	כִּ֣י׀	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
come	וַתָּבֹאתִי	wat·tå̄·ḇō·ṯī	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person feminine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
quickly	מִהַ֗רְתְּ	mi·hart	Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person feminine singular	H4116 hasten
to meet me	לִקְרָאתִ֔י	liq·rā·ṯî	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; first person common singular	H7122 encounter, befall
then surely	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
no	אִם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
male	מַשְׁתִּ֥ין	maš·tîn	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H8366 urinate
belonging to Nabal	לְנָבָ֛ל	lə·nā·ḇāl	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H5037 Nabal
would have been left alive	נוֹתַ֧ר	nō·w·ṯar	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H3498 remain over
by	עַד־	‘aḏ-	Preposition	H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
morning	הַבֹּ֖קֶר	hab·bō·qer	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H1242 morning
light	א֥וֹר	’ō·wr	Noun - common singular construct	H216 light

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1 Samuel 25:33 1 Samuel 25:26 · Proverbs 25:12 · Proverbs 27:21 · Proverbs 17:10 · Proverbs 9:9 · Psalm 141:5 · Proverbs 28:23 · 1 Samuel 26:9–10 · 1 Samuel 25:31 · 1 Samuel 24:19

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.