What Does 1 Samuel 26:15 Mean?

“said”

to say (used with great latitude)

“And David”

david, the youngest son of jesse

near, with or among; often in general, to

“to Abner”

abner, an israelite

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

“Art not thou a valiant 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)

thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you

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

as, thus, so

“and who is like to thee in Israel”

he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and

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

“wherefore then hast thou not kept”

properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc

near, with or among; often in general, to

“thy lord”

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

“the king”

a king

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

“for there came”

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

“one”

properly, united, i.e., one; or (as an ordinal) first

“of the people”

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

“in to destroy”

to decay, i.e., (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)

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

“the king”

a king

“thy lord”

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