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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שָׁא֔וּל בְּרוּכִ֥יםplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigבָרַךְ Meaning * To kneel * To bless God as an act of adoration * To bless man as a benefit * Sometimes, to curse Verb, appearing approximately 330 times in the Old Testament. The word בָרַךְ marks important moments of covenant, worship, inheritance and hope.Genesis 1:28Psalm 103:1Numbers 6:24 אַתֶּ֖ם לַֽיהוָ֑הplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigיְהוָֹה hebrew Meaning * Yahweh - God's personal name It is not a generic term for “god”, but rather the word יְהוָֹה (YHWH) is the name by which God uniquely identifies himself in the Old Testament. First appearing in Genesis 2:4, it occurs over 6,000 times in the Old Testament.Exodus 3:14Deuteronomy 6:4Psalm 23:1Romans 10:13Joel 2:32Exodus 20:7Psalm 18:1Exodus 15:3Psalm 8:1Genesis 2:41 Samuel 1:3Judges 6:24Genesis 22:14Jeremiah 23:6 כִּ֥י חֲמַלְתֶּ֖ם עָלָֽי |
| ESV |
And Saul said, “May you be blessed by the LORD, for you have had compassion on me.
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| NIV |
Saul replied, “The LORD bless you for your concern for me.
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| NLT |
“The LORD bless you,” Saul said. “At last someone is concerned about me!
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| LXX |
καὶplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigκαί greek Meaning * And * Also * Both * Even * Too * So Is a conjunction that connects single words or terms or sentences. IT is most frequently translated as “and” εἶπεν αὐτοῖςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigαὐτός greek Meaning * He, she, it * Himself, herself, itself * Same Personal pronoun (reflexive). Occurs more than 5,000 times in the New Testament. Core uses Function English Equivalent Typical Translation Example (Greek) Example (English) Σαουλ εὐλογημένοι ὑμεῖς τῷplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article κυρίῳ ὅτι ἐπονέσατε περὶ ἐμοῦ |
| KJV |
And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me.
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1 Samuel 23:20 ← 1 Samuel 23:21 → 1 Samuel 23:22
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