1 Samuel 13:19 — King James Version← Study notes

“Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:”

1 Samuel 13:19 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 13:1916 words

HebrewMeaning

וְ/חָרָשׁ֙wəḥārāš

artificerconjH2796

carpenter · craftsman · engraver · maker ···

לֹ֣אlōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

יִמָּצֵ֔אyimāṣēʾ

befallverbH4672

be able · being · catch · certainly ···

בְּ/כֹ֖לbəkōl

all (mannerpronH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

אֶ֣רֶץʾereṣ

earthnounH776

common · earth · field · ground ···

יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לyiśərāʾēl

IsraelnounH3478

כִּֽיkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

אמרʾmr

answerverbH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

אָמְר֣וּʾāmərw

answerverbH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

פְלִשְׁתִּ֔יםpəlišətiym

PhilistinenounH6430

פֶּ֚ןpen

(lest) (peradventure)conjH6435

that...not

יַעֲשׂ֣וּyaʿăśw

accomplishverbH6213

advance · appoint · apt · be at ···

הָ/עִבְרִ֔יםhāʿibəriym

Hebrew(-essparticleH5680

woman)

חֶ֖רֶבḥereb

axenounH2719

dagger · knife · mattock · sword ···

א֥וֹʾwō

alsoconjH176

and · either · if · at the least ···

חֲנִֽיתḥăniyt

javelinnounH2595

spear

ℹWords 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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