1 Samuel 30:13
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick.”
נַעַר
(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latitude in age)
חָלָה
I was sick
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חָלָה
properly, to be rubbed or worn; hence (figuratively) to be weak, sick, afflicted; or (causatively) to grieve, make sick; also to stroke (in flattering), entreat
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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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עֶבֶד
a slave
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עֶבֶד
Servant, slave. Ebed. Moses was called the servant of the LORD, the highest honour. The greatest in God's kingdom is the servant of all.
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כִּי
if
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כִּי
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
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עֲמָלֵקִי
Amalekite
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עֲמָלֵקִי
an Amalekite (or collectively the Amalekites) or descendants of Amalek
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שָׁלוֹשׁ
the three
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שָׁלוֹשׁ
three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
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מִצְרִי
Egyptian
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מִצְרִי
a Mitsrite, or inhabitant of Mitsrajim
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