And David
David (daw-veed')
loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse -- David.
said
'amar (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
to Abner
'Abner (ab-nare')
father of light (i.e. enlightening); Abner, an Israelite -- Abner.
Art not thou a valiant man
'iysh (eesh)
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)
and who is like to thee in Israel
Yisra'el (yis-raw-ale')
he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
wherefore then hast thou not kept
shamar (shaw-mar')
to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
thy lord
'adown (aw-done')
from an unused root (meaning to rule); sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine) -- lord, master, owner. Compare also names beginning with Adoni-.
the king
melek (meh'-lek)
a king -- king, royal.
for there came
bow' (bo)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
one
'echad (ekh-awd')
united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
of the people
`am (am)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock -- folk, men, nation, people.
in to destroy
shachath (shaw-khath')
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin -- batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, utterly, waste(-r).
the king
melek (meh'-lek)
a king -- king, royal.
thy lord
'adown (aw-done')
from an unused root (meaning to rule); sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine) -- lord, master, owner. Compare also names beginning with Adoni-.
