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1 Samuel 17:34 — King James Version← Study notes

And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father’s sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:


1 Samuel 17:34Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 17:3416 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶרwayōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
דָּוִד֙dāwid
DavidnounH1732
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
שָׁא֔וּלšāʾwl
SaulnounH7586
Shaul
רֹעֶ֨הrōʿeh
companionverbH7462
break · keep company with · devour · eat up ···
הָיָ֧הhāyāh
beaconverbH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
עַבְדְּ/ךָ֛ʿabədəkā
bondmannounH5650
bondage · servant · servant
לְ/אָבִ֖י/וləʾābiyw
fatherpronH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
בַּ/צֹּ֑אןbaṣōʾn
cattlepronH6629
flock · lamb · sheep(-cote · -fold ···
וּ/בָ֤אwbāʾ
abideconjH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
הָֽ/אֲרִי֙hāʾăriy
lionparticleH738
pierce
וְ/אֶתwəʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)conjH853
הַ/דּ֔וֹבhadwōb
bearparticleH1677
וְ/נָשָׂ֥אwənāśāʾ
acceptconjH5375
advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···
שֶׂ֖הśeh
(lessernounH7716
small) cattle · ewe · goat · lamb ···
מֵ/הָ/עֵֽדֶרmēhāʿēder
drovepronH5739
flock · herd
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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