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1 Samuel 11:1 — King James Version← Study notes

Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh–gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.


1 Samuel 11:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 11:117 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יַּ֗עַלwayaʿal
ariseconjH5927
ascend up · at once · break · bring ···
נָחָשׁ֙nāḥāš
NahashnounH5176
הָֽ/עַמּוֹנִ֔יhāʿamwōniy
AmmoniteparticleH5984
וַ/יִּ֖חַןwayiḥan
abideconjH2583
camp · dwell · encamp · grow to an end ···
עַלʿal
abovepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
יָבֵ֣שׁyābēš
JobeshnounH3003
גִּלְעָ֑דgiləʿād
GileadnounH1568
Gileadite
וַ/יֹּ֨אמְר֜וּwayōʾmərw
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
כָּלkāl
all (mannernounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
אַנְשֵׁ֤יʾanəšēy
mannounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
יָבֵישׁ֙yābēyš
JobeshnounH3003
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
נָחָ֔שׁnāḥāš
NahashnounH5176
כְּרָתkərāt
be chewedverbH3772
be con- ate · covenant · cut (down · off) ···
לָ֥/נוּlānw
pron
בְרִ֖יתbəriyt
confederacynounH1285
feder · covenant · league
וְ/נַעַבְדֶֽ/ךָּwənaʿabədekā
keep in bondageconjH5647
be · be bondmen · bond-service · compel ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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