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1 Samuel 17:12 — King James Version← Study notes

Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth–lehem–judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.


1 Samuel 17:12Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 17:1219 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/דָוִד֩wədāwid
DavidconjH1732
בֶּןben
sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
אִ֨ישׁʾiyš
mannounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
אֶפְרָתִ֜יʾepərātiy
EphraimitenounH673
Ephrathite
הַ/זֶּ֗הhazeh
heparticleH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
מִ/בֵּ֥יתmibēyt
BethlehempronH1035
לֶ֨חֶם֙leḥem
BethlehemnounH1035
יְהוּדָ֔הyəhwdāh
JudahnounH3063
וּ/שְׁמ֣/וֹwšəmwō
fameconjH8034
base · named · renown · report
יִשַׁ֔יyišay
JessenounH3448
וְ/ל֖/וֹwəlwō
conj
שְׁמֹנָ֣הšəmōnāh
eight(-eenadjH8083
-eenth) · eighth
בָנִ֑יםbāniym
sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
וְ/הָ/אִישׁ֙wəhāʾiyš
manconjH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
בִּ/ימֵ֣יbiymēy
daypronH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
שָׁא֔וּלšāʾwl
SaulnounH7586
Shaul
זָקֵ֖ןzāqēn
aged manverbH2204
be old
בָּ֥אbāʾ
abideverbH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
בַ/אֲנָשִֽׁיםbaʾănāšiym
manpronH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
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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