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

And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren;


1 Samuel 17:17Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 17:1716 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶרwayōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
יִשַׁ֜יyišay
JessenounH3448
לְ/דָוִ֣דlədāwid
DavidpronH1732
בְּנ֗/וֹbənwō
sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
קַחqaḥ
acceptverbH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
נָ֤אnāʾ
I beseech theeparticleH4994
go to · now · oh
לְ/אַחֶ֨י/ךָ֙ləʾaḥeykā
brotherpronH251
brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'
אֵיפַ֤תʾēypat
ephahnounH374
measure
הַ/קָּלִיא֙haqāliyʾ
parched cornparticleH7039
הַ/זֶּ֔הhazeh
heparticleH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
וַ/עֲשָׂרָ֥הwaʿăśārāh
tenconjH6235
(fif- · seven-) teen
לֶ֖חֶםleḥem
breadnounH3899
eat · food · fruit · loaf ···
הַ/זֶּ֑הhazeh
heparticleH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
וְ/הָרֵ֥ץwəhārēṣ
break downconjH7323
divide speedily · footman · guard · bring hastily ···
הַֽ/מַּחֲנֶ֖הhamaḥăneh
armyparticleH4264
band · battle · camp · company ···
לְ/אַחֶֽי/ךָləʾaḥeykā
brotherpronH251
brother; kindred · like · other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'
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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