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1 Samuel 16:6 — King James Version← Study notes

And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the Lord’s anointed is before him.


1 Samuel 16:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 16:610 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יְהִ֣יwayəhiy
beaconconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
בְּ/בוֹאָ֔/םbəbwōʾām
abidepronH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
וַ/יַּ֖רְאwayarəʾ
advise selfconjH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
אֱלִיאָ֑בʾĕliyʾāb
EliabnounH446
וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶרwayōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אַ֛ךְʾakə
alsoparticleH389
in any wise · at least · but · certainly ···
נֶ֥גֶדneged
aboutpronH5048
against · aloof · far · from ···
יְהוָ֖הyəhwāh
LORDnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
מְשִׁיחֽ/וֹməšiyḥwō
anointednounH4899
Messiah
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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