1 Samuel 22:2
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“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.”
נֶפֶשׁ
Life, soul, living being. Nephesh. The animating breath God places in every living creature. In animals it is the life force. In humanity it is the seat of emotion, will and identity. Every nephesh belongs to God — from the creatures in the sea to the deepest cry of the human heart.
עִם
with/ him
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עִם
adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)
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עַל
over/ them
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עַל
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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כֹּל
every
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כֹּל
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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מַר
bitter of
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מַר
bitter (literally or figuratively); also (as noun) bitterness, or (adverbially) bitterly
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מָצוֹק
distress
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מָצוֹק
a narrow place, i.e. (abstractly and figuratively) confinement or disability
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נָשָׁא
a creditor
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נָשָׁא
to lend on interest; by implication, to dun fordebt
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מֵאָה
hundreds
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מֵאָה
a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
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