1 Samuel 25:5
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He sent ten young men, and said to them: Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and salute him in my name with peace.

greet him, etc.

1 Samuel 17:22 And David leaving the vessels which he had brought, under the care of the keeper of the baggage, ran to the place of the battle, and asked if all things went well with his brethren.

Genesis 43:23 But he answered: Peace be with you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks. For the money, which you gave me, I have for good. And he brought Simeon out to them.

Context
David, Nabal, and Abigail
4And when David heard in the wilderness, that Nabal was shearing his sheep, 5He sent ten young men, and said to them: Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and salute him in my name with peace.6And you shall say: Peace be to my brethren, and to thee, and peace to thy house, and peace to all that thou hast.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:4
And when David heard in the wilderness, that Nabal was shearing his sheep,

1 Samuel 25:6
And you shall say: Peace be to my brethren, and to thee, and peace to thy house, and peace to all that thou hast.

1 Chronicles 12:18
But the spirit came upon Amasai the chief among thirty, and he said: We are thine, O David, and for thee, O son of Isai: peace, peace be to thee, and peace to thy helpers. For thy God helpeth thee. So David received them, and made them captains of the band.

Lexicon
So David
דָּוִ֖ד (dā·wiḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

sent
וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח (way·yiš·laḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7971: To send away, for, out

ten
עֲשָׂרָ֣ה (‘ă·śā·rāh)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6235: Ten

young men
נְעָרִ֑ים (nə·‘ā·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5288: A boy, lad, youth, retainer

and instructed them,
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“Go up
עֲל֤וּ (‘ă·lū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5927: To ascend, in, actively

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

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

at Carmel.
כַרְמֶ֙לָה֙ (ḵar·me·lāh)
Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3760: Carmel -- a mountain promontory on the Mediterranean, also a city near Hebron

Greet
וּשְׁאֶלְתֶּם־ (ū·šə·’el·tem-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7592: To inquire, to request, to demand

him
ל֥וֹ (lōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

in my name
בִשְׁמִ֖י (ḇiš·mî)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 8034: A name


Additional Translations
So David sent ten young men and instructed them, “Go up to Nabal at Carmel. Greet him in my nameAnd David sent out ten young men, and David said to the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:

And David sent ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:

And David sent ten young men, and he said to the young men, Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and ask him in my name how he is.

Then David sent out ten young men; and David said to the young men, Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name.

And David sent ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:

And David sent ten young men, and David said to the young men, Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:

David sent ten young men, and David said to the young men, "Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name.

and David sendeth ten young men, and David saith to the young men, 'Go ye up to Carmel, and ye have come in unto Nabal, and asked of him in my name of welfare,
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