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1 Samuel 25:37

In the morning when Nabal was sober, his wife told him about these events, and his heart failed within him and he became like a stone.

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ASV

And it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, that his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.

KJV

But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.

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17 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיְהִ֣יvay.Hiand it wasH1961 →
בַבֹּ֗קֶרva.Bo.kerin the morningH1242 →
בְּצֵ֤אתbe.Tzetwhen had gone outH3318 →
הַיַּ֙יִן֙hai.Ya.yinthe wineH3196 →
מִנָּבָ֔לmi.na.Valfrom NabalH5037 →
וַתַּגֶּד־va.ta.ged-and she toldH5046 →
ל֣וֹloto <the> him
אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ'ish.Towife hisH802 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הַדְּבָרִ֖יםha.de.va.Rimthe thingsH1697 →
הָאֵ֑לֶּהha.'E.leh<the> theseH428 →
וַיָּ֤מָתvai.Ya.motand it diedH4191 →
לִבּוֹ֙li.Boheart hisH3820 →
בְּקִרְבּ֔וֹbe.kir.Boin inward part[s] hisH7130 →
וְה֖וּאve.Hu'and heH1931 →
הָיָ֥הha.Yahhe becameH1961 →
לְאָֽבֶן׃le.'A.ven<into> stoneH68 →

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Exodus 15:16and terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of Your arm they will be as still as a stone until Your people pass by, O LORD, until the people You have bought pass by.Proverbs 23:29–35Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes?1 Samuel 25:34Otherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has restrained me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, then surely no male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by morning light.”Deuteronomy 28:28The LORD will afflict you with madness, blindness, and confusion of mind,1 Samuel 25:22May God punish David, and ever so severely, if I let one of Nabal’s men survive until morning.”Job 15:21–22Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.1 Samuel 28:20Immediately Saul fell flat on the ground, terrified by the words of Samuel. And his strength was gone, because he had not eaten anything all that day and night.Isaiah 19:3Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied out from among them, and I will frustrate their plans, so that they will resort to idols and spirits of the dead, to mediums and spiritists.Joshua 5:1Now when all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the coast heard how the LORD had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the Israelites until they had crossed over, their hearts melted and their spirits failed for fear of the Israelites.

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