1 Chronicles 21:13
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the Lord; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man.”
מְאֹד
properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated)
צַר
it is distress
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צַר
Trouble, distress, enemy. Tsar. One who oppresses or a tight place of difficulty. God is a very present help in trouble. No tsar is too great for Him to deliver you from.
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רַחַם
compassions/ his
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רַחַם
Compassion, tender mercy. Racham. The deep womb-love of a mother for her child. God's compassion is the fierce tender love of a parent who cannot abandon their child.
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נָא
please
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נָא
'I pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction
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דָּוִד
David
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דָּוִד
David. Beloved. The shepherd boy who became king. A man after God's own heart. God chooses the surrendered heart not the impressive resume.
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יְהֹוָה
Yahweh
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יְהֹוָה
LORD. Yahweh. The covenant name of God. I AM WHO I AM. The self-existent eternal One who was is and always will be.
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נָפַל
I fall
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נָפַל
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
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גָּד
Gad
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גָּד
Gad, a son of Jacob, including his tribe and its territory; also a prophet
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רַב
are great
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רַב
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
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