King James Version

1 Samuel 30:18

And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives.

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וַיַּצֵּ֣לvayatseland defendנָצַלconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and defend”, the next action in the storyH5337to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense[idiom] at all, defend, deliver (self), escape, [idiom] without fail, part, pluck, preserve, recover, rescue, rid, save, spoil, strip, [idiom] surely, take (out).דָּוִ֔דdavidDavidדָּוִדnoun, proper name — “David”H1732David, the youngest son of JesseDavid.אֵ֛תetobject 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).כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).אֲשֶׁ֥רasherbecauseאֲשֶׁרparticle, relative — “because”H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.[idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever,…לָקְח֖וּlaqechvtakeלָקַחverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “take”, a completed actionH3947to 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.עֲמָלֵ֑קamaleqAmalekעֲמָלֵקnoun, proper name — “Amalek”H6002Amalek, a descendant of Esau; also his posterity and their countryAmalek.וְאֶתveetand object markerאֵתconjunction, particle, direct object marker — “and 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).שְׁתֵּ֥יshetetwoשְׁנַיִםadjective, cardinal, feminine, dual, construct — “two”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8147two; also (as ordinal) twofoldboth, couple, double, second, twain, [phrase] twelfth, [phrase] twelve, [phrase] twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.נָשָׁ֖יוnashayveachאִשָּׁהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “each”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH802a woman(adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.הִצִּ֥ילhitsildefendנָצַלverb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “defend”, a completed actionH5337to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense[idiom] at all, defend, deliver (self), escape, [idiom] without fail, part, pluck, preserve, recover, rescue, rid, save, spoil, strip, [idiom] surely, take (out).דָּוִֽדdavidDavidדָּוִדnoun, proper name — “David”H1732David, the youngest son of JesseDavid.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken; and David rescued his two wives.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken; and David rescued his two wives.

Young’s Literal Translation

And David delivereth all that the Amalekites have taken; also his two wives hath David delivered.

World English Bible

David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and David rescued his two wives.

Darby Translation

And David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken: and David recovered his two wives.

Douay-Rheims

So David recovered all that the Amalecites had taken, and he rescued his two wives.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken; and David rescued his two wives.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and he rescued both his wives.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἀφείλατο Δαυὶδ πάντα ἃ ἔλαβον οἱ Ἀμαληκῖται, καὶ ἀμφότερας τὰς γυναῖκας αὐτοῦ ἐξείλατο.

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