What Does 1 Samuel 25:11 Mean?

“Shall I then take”

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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

“my bread”

food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)

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

“and my water”

water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen

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

“and my flesh”

properly, something slaughtered; hence, a beast (or meat, as butchered); abstractly butchery (or concretely, a place of slaughter)

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“that I have killed”

to slaughter (animals or men)

“for my shearers”

to cut off; specifically to shear a flock or shave the hair; figuratively to destroy an enemy

“and give”

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

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)

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“whom I know”

to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o

where? hence how?

the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that

they (only used when emphatic)