What Does 1 Samuel 25:7 Mean?

at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive

“And now I have heard”

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

“that thou hast shearers”

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

at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive

“now thy shepherds”

to tend a flock; i.e., pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a frie

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

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then

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

“which were with us we hurt”

properly, to wound; but only figuratively, to taunt or insult

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

“missing”

to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc

“them not neither was there ought”

properly, a speck or point, i.e., (by implication) something; with negative, nothing

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“unto them all the while”

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

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“they were in Carmel”

karmel, the name of a hill and of a town in palestine