“And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd’s bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine.”
1 Samuel 17:40 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · 1 Samuel 17:4022 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יִּקַּ֨חwayiqaḥ
acceptconjH3947
bring · buy · carry away · drawn ···
מַקְל֜/וֹmaqəlwō
rodnounH4731
staff
בְּ/יָד֗/וֹbəyādwō
handpronH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
וַ/יִּבְחַרwayibəḥar
acceptableconjH977
appoint · choose · excellent · join ···
ל֣/וֹlwō
pron
חֲמִשָּׁ֣הḥămišāh
fifadjH2568
fifth · five
חַלֻּקֵֽיḥaluqēy
smoothadjH2512
אֲבָנִ֣יםʾăbāniym
(chalk-nounH68
carbuncle · mason · plummet · hail- ···
מִןmin
abovepronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
הַ/נַּ֡חַלhanaḥal
brookparticleH5158
flood · river · stream · valley
וַ/יָּ֣שֶׂםwayāśem
appointconjH7760
any wise · bring · call · care ···
אֹ֠תָ/םʾōtām
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
בִּ/כְלִ֨יbikəliy
armourpronH3627
artillery · bag · carriage · furnish ···
הָ/רֹעִ֧יםhārōʿiym
companionparticleH7462
break · keep company with · devour · eat up ···
אֲשֶׁרʾăšer
asparticleH834
after · alike · because · every ···
ל֛/וֹlwō
pron
וּ/בַ/יַּלְק֖וּטwbayaləqwṭ
scripconjH3219
וְ/קַלְּע֣/וֹwəqaləʿwō
hangingconjH7050
leaf · sling
בְ/יָד֑/וֹbəyādwō
handpronH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
וַ/יִּגַּ֖שׁwayigaš
approachconjH5066
bring (forth · hither · near) · come (hither ···
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּֽיhapəlišətiy
PhilistineparticleH6430
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.