1 Samuel 14:26 — King James Version← Study notes

“And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath.”

1 Samuel 14:26 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 14:2617 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יָּבֹ֤אwayābōʾ

abideconjH935

apply · attain · be · befall ···

הָ/עָם֙hāʿām

peopleparticleH5971

men · nation · people

אֶלʾel

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

הַ/יַּ֔עַרhayaʿar

combparticleH3293

forest · wood

וְ/הִנֵּ֖הwəhinēh

beholdconjH2009

lo · see

הֵ֣לֶךְhēlekə

travellernounH1982

dropped

דְּבָ֑שׁdəbāš

honeynounH1706

וְ/אֵיןwəʾēyn

elseconjH369

except · fail · less · be gone ···

מַשִּׂ֤יגmaśiyg

abilityverbH5381

be able · attain · (be able to · can) get ···

יָד/וֹ֙yādwō

handnounH3027

about · armholes · at · axletree ···

אֶלʾel

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

פִּ֔י/וpiyw

mouthnounH6310

-ing to) · after · appointment · assent ···

כִּֽיkiy

andconjH3588

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

יָרֵ֥אyārēʾ

affrightverbH3372

be afraid · dread · fear(-ful · -fully ···

הָ/עָ֖םhāʿām

peopleparticleH5971

men · nation · people

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

הַ/שְּׁבֻעָֽהhašəbuʿāh

curseparticleH7621

oath · sworn

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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