1 Samuel 24:19

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? wherefore the LORD reward thee good for that thou hast done unto me this day.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

*ואת **וְאַתָּה֙ הִגַּ֣דְתָּ הַיּ֔וֹם אֵ֛ת אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂ֥יתָה אִתִּ֖י טוֹבָ֑ה אֵת֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר סִגְּרַ֧נִי יְהוָ֛ה בְּיָדְךָ֖ וְלֹ֥א הֲרַגְתָּֽנִי׃

Transliteration

And you higgadtā hayyôm ʾēt which ʿāśîtâ with me ṭôbâ ʾēt which siggeranî YHWH in your hand and not hăragtānî

Grammar Details

*higgadtā*: perfect, 2nd masculine singular, Hiphil stem - you have declared/told
*hayyôm*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the day
*ʿāśîtâ*: perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you have done
*ṭôbâ*: noun, feminine singular - good
*siggeranî*: perfect, 3rd masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix, Piel stem - he delivered me
*YHWH*: proper noun - Yahweh/LORD
*hăragtānî*: perfect, 2nd masculine singular + 1st person singular suffix - you killed me

Word Meanings

*higgadtā*: declared/told/shown/revealed
*ʿāśîtâ*: done/dealt/performed
*ṭôbâ*: good/goodness/kindness
*siggeranî*: delivered me/confined me/handed me over
*hăragtānî*: killed me/slew me (negated: did not kill me)

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Referenced Verses

Judg 17:2 : 2 And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my son.
1 Sam 23:21 : 21 And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me.
1 Sam 26:25 : 25 Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thou shalt both do great things, and also shalt still prevail. So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.
Ps 18:20 : 20 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
Prov 25:21-22 : 21 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: 22 For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.

Similar Verses (AI)

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1 Sam 24:17-18
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17And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.
18And thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well with me: forasmuch as when the LORD had delivered me into thine hand, thou killedst me not.
1 Sam 25:21
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21Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good.
1 Sam 26:23-25
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23The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness: for the LORD delivered thee into my hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the LORD'S anointed.
24And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the LORD, and let him deliver me out of all tribulation.
25Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thou shalt both do great things, and also shalt still prevail. So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.
1 Sam 25:28-34
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28I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days.
29Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.
30And it shall come to pass, when the LORD shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel;
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20And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand.
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