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1 Kingdoms (1 Samuel) 25:18Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

Then Abigail made haste and took two hundred loaves, and two vessels of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of dry figs, and laid them upon asses:

Douay-Rheims

וַתְּמַהֵ֣ר אבוגיל אֲבִיגַ֡יִל וַתִּקַּח֩ מָאתַ֨יִם לֶ֜חֶם וּשְׁנַ֣יִם נִבְלֵי־יַ֗יִן וְחָמֵ֨שׁ צֹ֤אן עשוות עֲשׂוּיֹת֙ וְחָמֵ֤שׁ סְאִים֙ קָלִ֔י וּמֵאָ֥ה צִמֻּקִ֖ים וּמָאתַ֣יִם דְּבֵלִ֑ים וַתָּ֖שֶׂם עַל־הַחֲמֹרִֽים׃

Hebrew (Masoretic text)

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Theodoret of Cyrus

5th centuryChurch Father

The term ifi* Akilah, interpreted as satah, connects to Gomor**. This equivalency is drawn from the prophetic insights of the divine Ezekiel. In the Slavonic tongue, it translates to measure, while khoshnitza is also used in the same language.

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