1 Samuel

1 Samuel 30:3–5

³When David and his men came to the city, they found it burned down and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive. ⁴So David and the troops with him lifted up their voices and wept until they had no strength left to weep.

⁵David’s two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel, had been taken captive.

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1 Samuel 30:3

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
When David	דָוִ֤ד	ḏā·wiḏ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1732 David
and his men	וַֽאֲנָשָׁיו֙	wa·’ă·nā·šāw	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H582 man, mankind
came	וַיָּבֹ֨א	way·yā·ḇō	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
the city	הָעִ֔יר	hā·‘îr	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H5892 excitement
they found	וְהִנֵּ֥ה	wə·hin·nêh	Conjunctive waw; Interjection	H2009 lo! behold!
it burned down	שְׂרוּפָ֖ה	śə·rū·p̄āh	Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular	H8313 burn
and their wives	וּנְשֵׁיהֶ֛ם	ū·nə·šê·hem	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H802 woman, wife, female
and sons	וּבְנֵיהֶ֥ם	ū·ḇə·nê·hem	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H1121 son
and daughters	וּבְנֹתֵיהֶ֖ם	ū·ḇə·nō·ṯê·hem	Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H1323 daughter
taken captive	נִשְׁבּֽוּ׃	niš·bū	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural	H7617 take captive

1 Samuel 30:4

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
So David	דָוִ֜ד	ḏā·wiḏ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1732 David
and the troops	וְהָעָ֧ם	wə·hā·‘ām	Conjunctive waw, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5971 people
with him	אִתּ֛וֹ	’it·tōw	Preposition; third person masculine singular	H854 with
lifted up	וַיִּשָּׂ֨א	way·yiś·śā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5375 lift, take, carry
their voices	קוֹלָ֖ם	qō·w·lām	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H6963 sound, voice
and wept	וַיִּבְכּ֑וּ	way·yiḇ·kū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H1058 weep, bewail
until	עַ֣ד	‘aḏ	Preposition	H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
they had no	אֵין־	’ên-	Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
strength	כֹּ֖חַ	kō·aḥ	Noun - masculine singular	H3581 strength, power
left to weep	לִבְכּֽוֹת׃	liḇ·kō·wṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H1058 weep, bewail

1 Samuel 30:5

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
David’s	דָוִ֖ד	ḏā·wiḏ	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H1732 David
two	וּשְׁתֵּ֥י	ū·šə·tê	Conjunctive waw; Number - feminine dual construct	H8147 two
wives	נְשֵֽׁי־	nə·šê-	Noun - feminine plural construct	H802 woman, wife, female
Ahinoam	אֲחִינֹ֙עַם֙	’ă·ḥî·nō·‘am	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H293 Achinoam
of Jezreel	הַיִּזְרְעֵלִ֔ית	hay·yiz·rə·‘ê·lîṯ	Article; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3158 Jizreelite
and Abigail	וַאֲבִיגַ֕יִל	wa·’ă·ḇî·ḡa·yil	Conjunctive waw; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H26 Abigail, Abigal
the widow	אֵ֖שֶׁת	’ê·šeṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H802 woman, wife, female
of Nabal	נָבָ֥ל	nā·ḇāl	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H5037 Nabal
of Carmel	הַֽכַּרְמְלִֽי׃	hak·kar·mə·lî	Article; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3761 the Carmelite
had been taken captive	נִשְׁבּ֑וּ	niš·bū	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural	H7617 take captive

Cross-references

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1 Samuel 30:3 Psalm 34:19

1 Samuel 30:4 1 Samuel 11:4

1 Samuel 30:5 1 Samuel 25:42–43 · 2 Samuel 2:2

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