1 Samuel 17:15 — King James Version← Study notes

“But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Beth–lehem.”

1 Samuel 17:15 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 17:1511 words

HebrewMeaning

וְ/דָוִ֛דwədāwid

DavidconjH1732

הֹלֵ֥ךְhōlēkə

alongverbH1980

apace · behave · come · continually ···

וָ/שָׁ֖בwāšāb

((breakconjH7725

build · circumcise · dig · do anything ···

מֵ/עַ֣לmēʿal

abovepronH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

שָׁא֑וּלšāʾwl

SaulnounH7586

Shaul

לִ/רְע֛וֹתlirəʿwōt

companionpronH7462

break · keep company with · devour · eat up ···

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

צֹ֥אןṣōʾn

cattlenounH6629

flock · lamb · sheep(-cote · -fold ···

אָבִ֖י/וʾābiyw

fathernounH1

father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'

בֵּֽיתbēyt

BethlehemnounH1035

לָֽחֶםlāḥem

BethlehemnounH1035

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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