1 Samuel
1 Samuel 25:7
7Now I hear that it is time for shearing. When your shepherds were with us, we did not harass them, and nothing of theirs was missing the whole time they were in Carmel.
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Now | וְעַתָּ֣ה | wə·‘at·tāh | Conjunctive waw; Adverb | H6258 now |
| I hear | שָׁמַ֔עְתִּי | šā·ma‘·tî | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | H8085 hear |
| that | כִּ֥י | kî | Conjunction | H3588 burning, branding |
| it is time for shearing | גֹזְזִ֖ים | ḡō·zə·zîm | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural | H1494 shear |
| When your shepherds | הָרֹעִ֤ים | hā·rō·‘îm | Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural | H7462 pasture, tend, graze |
| were | הָי֣וּ | hā·yū | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| with us | עִמָּ֔נוּ | ‘im·mā·nū | Preposition; first person common plural | H5973 with |
| we did not | לֹ֣א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| harass them | הֶכְלַמְנ֗וּם | heḵ·lam·nūm | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common plural; third person masculine plural | H3637 be humiliated |
| and nothing | וְלֹֽא־ | wə·lō- | Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| of theirs | לָהֶם֙ | lā·hem | Preposition; third person masculine plural | |
| was missing | נִפְקַ֤ד | nip̄·qaḏ | Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H6485 attend to, visit, muster, appoint |
| the whole | כָּל־ | kāl- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| time | יְמֵ֖י | yə·mê | Noun - masculine plural construct | H3117 day |
| they were | הֱיוֹתָ֥ם | hĕ·yō·w·ṯām | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; third person masculine plural | H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be |
| in Carmel | בַּכַּרְמֶֽל׃ | bak·kar·mel | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - proper - feminine singular | H3760 Carmel |
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1 Samuel 25:21 · 1 Samuel 25:15–16
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.