What Does 1 Samuel 25:10 Mean?

“answered”

properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e., pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout,

“And Nabal”

nabal, an israelite

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“servants”

a servant

“David's”

david, the youngest son of jesse

“and said”

to say (used with great latitude)

who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix

“David's”

david, the youngest son of jesse

who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix

“and who is the son”

a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or

“of Jesse”

jishai, david's father

“now a days”

a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso

“there be many”

properly, to cast together , i.e., increase, especially in number; to multiply by the myriad

“servants”

a servant

“that break away”

to break out (in many applications, direct and indirect, literal and figurative)

“every man”

a 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)

“from”

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi

“his master”

sovereign, i.e., controller (human or divine)