King James Version

1 Samuel 25:4

And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.

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וַיִּשְׁמַ֥עvayishmaand hearשָׁמַעconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and hear”, the next action in the storyH8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)[idiom] attentively, call (gather) together, [idiom] carefully, [idiom] certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, [idiom] diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), [idiom] indeed, listen, make (a) n…דָּוִ֖דdavidDavidדָּוִדnoun, proper name — “David”H1732David, the youngest son of JesseDavid.בַּמִּדְבָּ֑רbamidbarin desertמִדְבָּרpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in desert”, the ordinary formH4057a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)desert, south, speech, wilderness.כִּֽיkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…גֹזֵ֥זgozezshaveגַּזָזverb, qal, participle, absolute — “shave”, a verb used as a describing wordH1494to cut off; specifically to shear aflock or shave the hair; figuratively to destroy an enemycut off (down), poll, shave, (sheep-) shear(-er).נָבָ֖לnavalNabalנָבָלnoun, proper name — “Nabal”H5037Nabal, an IsraeliteNabal.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).צֹאנֽוֹtsonvoflockצֹאןnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “flock”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6629a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)(small) cattle, flock ([phrase] -s), lamb ([phrase] -s), sheep(-cote, -fold, -shearer, -herds).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.

Young’s Literal Translation

And David heareth in the wilderness that Nabal is shearing his flock,

World English Bible

David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.

Darby Translation

And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.

Douay-Rheims

And when David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And David heard in the wilderness, that Nabal the Carmelite was shearing his sheep.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ ἤκουσε Δαυὶδ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, ὅτι κείρει Νάβαλ ὁ Καρμήλιος τὸ ποίμνιον αὐτοῦ.

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Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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