The Meaning of 1 Samuel 25:32 Explained

1 Samuel 25:32

KJV: And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me:

YLT: And David saith to Abigail, 'Blessed is Jehovah, God of Israel, who hath sent thee this day to meet me,

Darby: And David said to Abigail, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, who sent thee this day to meet me.

ASV: And David said to Abigail, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, who sent thee this day to meet me:

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And David  said  to Abigail,  Blessed  [be] the LORD  God  of Israel,  which sent  thee this day  to meet  me: 

What does 1 Samuel 25:32 Mean?

Context Summary

1 Samuel 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: 1 Samuel 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 25:32 mean?

And said David to Abigail Blessed [is] Yahweh God of Israel who sent you day this to meet me
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר דָּוִ֖ד לַאֲבִיגַ֑ל בָּר֤וּךְ יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֲשֶׁ֧ר שְׁלָחֵ֛ךְ הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּ֖ה לִקְרָאתִֽי

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר  And  said 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
דָּוִ֖ד  David 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּוִד  
Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
לַאֲבִיגַ֑ל  to  Abigail 
Parse: Preposition-l, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֲבִיגַיִל  
Sense: wife of Nabal, then of David.
בָּר֤וּךְ  Blessed  [is] 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine singular
Root: בָּרַךְ 
Sense: to bless, kneel.
יְהוָה֙  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
אֱלֹהֵ֣י  God 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל  of  Israel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
שְׁלָחֵ֛ךְ  sent  you 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular, second person feminine singular
Root: שָׁלַח  
Sense: to send, send away, let go, stretch out.
הַיּ֥וֹם  day 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
הַזֶּ֖ה  this 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, masculine singular
Root: זֶה  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, another, such.
לִקְרָאתִֽי  to  meet  me 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct, first person common singular
Root: קָרָא  
Sense: to encounter, befall, meet.