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1 Samuel 30:11

In 1 Samuel 30 of 1 Samuel.

And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water;

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וַֽיִּמְצְא֤וּvayimtsevand comeמָצָאconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and come”, the next action in the storyH4672properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present[phrase] be able, befall, being, catch, [idiom] certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), [idiom] have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-) on, meet (with)…אִישׁisha certainאִישׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “a certain”, the ordinary formH376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phra…מִצְרִי֙mitsriof Egyptמִצְרִיnoun, gentilic, masculine, singular, absolute — “of Egypt”, the ordinary formH4713a Mitsrite, or inhabitant of MitsrajimEgyptian, of Egypt.בַּשָּׂדֶ֔הbasadehin fieldשָׂדֶהpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in field”, the ordinary formH7704a field (as flat)country, field, ground, land, soil, [idiom] wild.וַיִּקְח֥וּvayiqchvand takeלָקַחconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and take”, the next action in the storyH3947to take (in the widest variety of applications)accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.אֹת֖וֹotvoobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “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).אֶלelamongאֵלpreposition — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).דָּוִ֑דdavidDavidדָּוִדnoun, proper name — “David”H1732David, the youngest son of JesseDavid.וַיִּתְּנוּvayitnvand giveנָתַןconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and give”, the next action in the storyH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…ל֥וֹlvotoל֥וֹpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to”toלֶ֨חֶם֙lechembreadלֶחֶםnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “bread”, the ordinary formH3899food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)(shew-) bread, [idiom] eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals.וַיֹּ֔אכַלvayokhaland eatאָכַלconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and eat”, the next action in the storyH398to eat (literally or figuratively)[idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.וַיַּשְׁקֻ֖הוּvayashquhvand cause to drinkשָׁקָהconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and cause to drink”, the next action in the storyH8248to quaff, i.e. (causatively) to irrigate or furnish apotion tocause to (give, give to, let, make to) drink, drown, moisten, water. See H7937 (שָׁכַר), H8354 (שָׁתָה).מָֽיִםmayimwaterמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they gave him water to drink;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they gave him water to drink;

Young’s Literal Translation

and they find a man, an Egyptian, in the field, and take him unto David, and give to him bread, and he eateth, and they cause him to drink water,

World English Bible

They found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he ate; and they gave him water to drink.

Darby Translation

And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he ate; and they gave him water to drink,

Douay-Rheims

And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David: and they gave him bread to eat, and water to drink,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they gave him water to drink;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And they find an Egyptian in the field, and they take him, and bring him to David; and they gave him bread and he ate, and they caused him to drink water.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ εὑρίσκουσιν ἄνδρα Αἰγύπτιον ἐν ἀγρῷ, καὶ λαμβάνουσιν αὐτὸν, καὶ ἄγουσιν αὐτὸν πρὸς Δαυίδ· καὶ διδόασιν αὐτῷ ἄρτον καὶ ἔφαγε, καὶ ἐπότισαν αὐτὸν ὕδωρ·

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