And when David
David (daw-veed')
loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse -- David.
heard
shama` (shaw-mah')
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
that Nabal
Nabal (naw-bawl')
dolt; Nabal, an Israelite -- Nabal.
was dead
muwth (mooth)
causatively, to kill
he said
'amar (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
Blessed
barak (baw-rak')
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
be the LORD
Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw')
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord.
that hath pleaded
riyb (reeb)
to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend
the cause
riyb (reeb)
a contest (personal or legal) -- adversary, cause, chiding, contend(-tion), controversy, multitude (from the margin), pleading, strife, strive(-ing), suit.
of my reproach
cherpah (kher-paw')
contumely, disgrace, the pudenda -- rebuke, reproach(-fully), shame.
from the hand
yad (yawd)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
of Nabal
Nabal (naw-bawl')
dolt; Nabal, an Israelite -- Nabal.
and hath kept
chasak (khaw-sak')
assuage, darken, forbear, hinder, hold back, keep (back), punish, refrain, reserve, spare, withhold.
his servant
`ebed (eh'-bed)
a servant -- bondage, bondman, (bond-)servant, (man-)servant.
from evil
ra` (rah)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
for the LORD
Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw')
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord.
hath returned
shuwb (shoob)
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively
the wickedness
ra` (rah)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
of Nabal
Nabal (naw-bawl')
dolt; Nabal, an Israelite -- Nabal.
upon his own head
ro'sh (roshe)
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
And David
David (daw-veed')
loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse -- David.
sent
shalach (shaw-lakh')
to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
and communed
dabar (daw-bar')
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
with Abigail
'Abiygayil (ab-ee-gah'-yil)
father (i.e. source) of joy; Abigail or Abigal, the name of two Israelitesses -- Abigal.
to take
laqach (law-kakh')
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
her to him to wife
'ishshah (ish-shaw')
irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman
