1 Samuel

1 Samuel 25:40

⁴⁰When his servants came to Abigail at Carmel, they said, “David has sent us to take you as his wife.”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
When	דָוִ֛ד	ḏā·wiḏ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1732 David
servants	עַבְדֵ֥י	‘aḇ·ḏê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H5650 slave, servant
came	וַיָּבֹ֜אוּ	way·yā·ḇō·’ū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H935 come in, come, go in, go
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
Abigail	אֲבִיגַ֖יִל	’ă·ḇî·ḡa·yil	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H26 Abigail, Abigal
at Carmel	הַכַּרְמֶ֑לָה	hak·kar·me·lāh	Article; Noun - proper - feminine singular; third person feminine singular	H3760 Carmel
they said	וַיְדַבְּר֤וּ	way·ḏab·bə·rū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H1696 speak
David	דָּוִד֙	dā·wiḏ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1732 David
has sent us	שְׁלָחָ֣נוּ	šə·lā·ḥā·nū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular; first person common plural	H7971 send
to take you	לְקַחְתֵּ֥ךְ	lə·qaḥ·têḵ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; second person feminine singular	H3947 take
as his	ל֖וֹ	lōw	Preposition; third person masculine singular
wife	לְאִשָּֽׁה׃	lə·’iš·šāh	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular	H802 woman, wife, female

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.