1 Samuel 25:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְעַתָּ֣ה שָׁמַ֔עְתִּי כִּ֥י גֹזְזִ֖ים לָ֑ךְ עַתָּ֗ה הָרֹעִ֤ים אֲשֶׁר־לְךָ֙ הָי֣וּ עִמָּ֔נוּ לֹ֣א הֶכְלַמְנ֗וּם וְלֹֽא־נִפְקַ֤ד לָהֶם֙ מְא֔וּמָה כָּל־יְמֵ֖י הֱיוֹתָ֥ם בַּכַּרְמֶֽל׃

Transliteration

And-now šāmaʿtî that gōzəzîm to-you now the-rōʿîm that-to-you hāyû with-us not heklamnûm and-not-nipqad to-them anything all-yəmê hĕyôtām in-hakkarmel.

Grammar Details

*šāmaʿtî*: qal perfect 1cs - I have heard
*gōzəzîm*: qal participle masculine plural - shearers/shearing
*rōʿîm*: qal participle masculine plural - shepherds
*hāyû*: qal perfect 3cp - they were
*heklamnûm*: hiphil perfect 1cp + 3mp suffix - we did not shame/humiliate them
*nipqad*: niphal perfect 3ms - was missing/lacking
*yəmê*: noun masculine plural construct - days of
*hĕyôtām*: qal infinitive construct + 3mp suffix - their being
*hakkarmel*: proper noun with definite article - the Carmel

Word Meanings

*heklamnûm*: we did not shame/humiliate/embarrass them
*nipqad*: was missing/lacking/lost

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Referenced Verses

1 Sam 25:21 : 21 Now 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 25:15-16 : 15 But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields: 16 They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
1 Sam 22:2 : 2 And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
Isa 11:6-9 : 6 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. 7 And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. 8 And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den. 9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
Luke 3:14 : 14 And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.
Phil 2:15 : 15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
Phil 4:8 : 8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

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