The Meaning of 1 Samuel 25:43 Explained

1 Samuel 25:43

KJV: David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of them his wives.

YLT: And Ahinoam hath David taken from Jezreel, and they are -- even both of them -- to him for wives;

Darby: David had also taken Ahinoam of Jizreel; and they became, even both of them, his wives.

ASV: David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they became both of them his wives.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

David  also took  Ahinoam  of Jezreel;  and they were also both  of them his wives. 

What does 1 Samuel 25:43 Mean?

Context Summary

1Samuel 25:32-44 - The End Of Selfish Indulgence
The lowly obeisance of this beautiful woman at the young soldier's feet, her frank confession of the injustice done him, her thankfulness that he had been withheld from hasty vengeance, her appreciation of his desire to fight only as a soldier of the Lord, brought David back to his best self.
What a revelation is here given of the agencies by which God seeks to turn us from our evil ways! And, above all, those that enter our lives as sweet human ministries are those arresting influences of the Holy Spirit, pleading with us, striving against our passion and selfishness, and calling us to a nobler, better life. Blessed Spirit, come down more often by the covert of the hill, and stay us in our mad career. Let us not press past thee to take our own wild way, and we shall review thy gracious arrest with ceaseless gratitude.
The idyll ended happily. Nabal died in an apoplectic fit, caused by his debauch and anger. Then David made proposals of marriage to the woman to whom he owed so much, and she gracefully but humbly accepted, declaring herself unworthy. 1 Samuel 25:35 is our Lord's answer to every soul that casts itself upon Him, and every such soul becomes married to Him, when the former husband is dead. See Romans 7:4. [source]

Chapter Summary: 1Samuel 25

1  Samuel dies
2  David in Paran sends to Nabal
10  Provoked by Nabal's rudeness, he minds to destroy him
14  Abigail understanding thereof
18  takes a present
23  and by her wisdom
32  pacifies David
36  Nabal hearing thereof, dies
39  David takes Abigail and Ahinoam to be his wives
44  Michal is given to Phalti

What do the individual words in 1 Samuel 25:43 mean?

And also Ahinoam took David of Jezreel and were so the two of them his wives -
וְאֶת־ אֲחִינֹ֛עַם לָקַ֥ח דָּוִ֖ד מִֽיִּזְרְעֶ֑אל וַתִּהְיֶ֛יןָ גַּֽם־ שְׁתֵּיהֶ֥ן ל֖וֹ לְנָשִֽׁים ס

וְאֶת־  And  also 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
אֲחִינֹ֛עַם  Ahinoam 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֲחִינׄעַם  
Sense: wife of Saul, daughter of Ahimaaz.
לָקַ֥ח  took 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: יָקַח 
Sense: to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away.
דָּוִ֖ד  David 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּוִד  
Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
מִֽיִּזְרְעֶ֑אל  of  Jezreel 
Parse: Preposition-m, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: יִזְרְעֶאל 
Sense: a descendant of the father or founder of Etam of Judah.
וַתִּהְיֶ֛יןָ  and  were 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person feminine plural
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
גַּֽם־  so 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: גַּם  
Sense: also, even, indeed, moreover, yea.
שְׁתֵּיהֶ֥ן  the  two  of  them 
Parse: Number, fdc, third person feminine plural
Root: שְׁנַיִם  
Sense: two.
ל֖וֹ  his 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
לְנָשִֽׁים  wives 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine plural
Root: אִשָּׁה  
Sense: woman, wife, female.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation