1 Samuel 25:19
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And she said to her servants: Go before me: behold, I will follow after you: but she told not her husband, Nabal.

Go

Genesis 32:16,20 And he sent them by the hands of his servants, every drove by itself, and he said to his servants: Go before me, and let there be a space between drove and drove. . . .

But

Proverbs 31:11,12,27 The heart of her husband trusteth in her, and he shall have no need of spoils. . . .

Context
Abigail Intercedes for Nabal
18Then 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: 19And she said to her servants: Go before me: behold, I will follow after you: but she told not her husband, Nabal.20And when she had gotten upon an ass, and was coming down to the foot of the mountain, David and his men came down over against her, and she met them.…
Cross References
Genesis 32:16
And he sent them by the hands of his servants, every drove by itself, and he said to his servants: Go before me, and let there be a space between drove and drove.

Genesis 32:20
And ye shall add: Thy servant Jacob himself also followeth after us; for he said: I will appease him with the presents that go before, and afterwards I will see him, perhaps he will be gracious to me.

1 Samuel 25:20
And when she had gotten upon an ass, and was coming down to the foot of the mountain, David and his men came down over against her, and she met them.

1 Samuel 25:36
And Abigail came to Nabal: and behold he had a feast in his house, like the feast of a king: and Nabal's heart was merry, for he was very drunk: and she told him nothing less or more until morning.

Lexicon
and said
וַתֹּ֤אמֶר (wat·tō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

to her young men,
לִנְעָרֶ֙יהָ֙ (lin·‘ā·re·hā)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5288: A boy, lad, youth, retainer

“Go
עִבְר֣וּ (‘iḇ·rū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on

ahead of me.
לְפָנַ֔י (lə·p̄ā·nay)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

I will be
הִנְנִ֖י (hin·nî)
Interjection | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2005: Lo! behold!

right behind you.”
אַחֲרֵיכֶ֣ם (’a·ḥă·rê·ḵem)
Preposition | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 310: The hind or following part

But she did not
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

tell
הִגִּֽידָה׃ (hig·gî·ḏāh)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5046: To be conspicuous

her husband
וּלְאִישָׁ֥הּ (ū·lə·’î·šāh)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

Nabal.
נָבָ֖ל (nā·ḇāl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5037: Nabal -- a man of Carmel


Additional Translations
and said to her young men, “Go ahead of me. I will be right behind you.” But she did not tell her husband Nabal.And she said to her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.

And she said unto her young men, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.

And she said to her servants, Go on before me, and behold I come after you: but she told not her husband.

And she said to her young men, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she did not tell her husband Nabal.

And she said unto her young men, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.

And she said to her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.

She said to her young men, "Go on before me. Behold, I come after you." But she didn't tell her husband, Nabal.

And she saith to her young men, 'Pass over before me; lo, after you I am coming;' and to her husband Nabal she hath not declared it;
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