1 Samuel 25:17
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Now consider carefully what you must do, because disaster looms over our master and all his household. For he is such a scoundrel that nobody can speak to him!”

Young's Literal Translation
‘And, now, know and consider what thou dost; for evil hath been determined against our lord, and against all his house, and he [is] too much a son of worthlessness to be spoken to.’

King James Bible
Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he [is such] a son of Belial, that [a man] cannot speak to him.

Hebrew
Now
וְעַתָּ֗ה (wə·‘at·tāh)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 6258: At this time

consider carefully
דְּעִ֤י (də·‘î)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's 3045: To know

what
מַֽה־ (mah-)
Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

you must do,
תַּעֲשִׂ֔י (ta·‘ă·śî)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

because
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

disaster
הָרָעָ֛ה (hā·rā·‘āh)
Article | Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 7451: Bad, evil

looms
כָלְתָ֧ה (ḵā·lə·ṯāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 3615: To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent

over
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

our master
אֲדֹנֵ֖ינוּ (’ă·ḏō·nê·nū)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural
Strong's 113: Sovereign, controller

and
וְעַ֣ל (wə·‘al)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

his household.
בֵּית֑וֹ (bê·ṯōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1004: A house

For he [is such]
וְהוּא֙ (wə·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

a scoundrel
בְּלִיַּ֔עַל (bə·lî·ya·‘al)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1100: Without profit, worthlessness, destruction, wickedness

that nobody can speak
מִדַּבֵּ֖ר (mid·dab·bêr)
Preposition-m | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

to him!”
אֵלָֽיו׃ (’ê·lāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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