“And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.”
1 Samuel 17:55 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · 1 Samuel 17:5524 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/כִ/רְא֨וֹתwəkirəʾwōt
and just as sawconjH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
שָׁא֜וּלšāʾwl
SaulnounH7586
Shaul
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
דָּוִ֗דdāwid
DavidnounH1732
יֹצֵא֙yōṣēʾ
going outverbH3318
after · assuredly · bear out · begotten ···
לִ/קְרַ֣אתliqəraʾt
to meetpronH7122
chance · come · fall out · happen ···
הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔יhapəlišətiy
the PhilistineparticleH6430
אָמַ֗רʾāmar
he saidverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
אַבְנֵר֙ʾabənēr
AbnernounH74
שַׂ֣רśar
the commander ofnounH8269
chief · general · governor · keeper ···
הַ/צָּבָ֔אhaṣābāʾ
the armyparticleH6635
army · battle · company · host ···
בֶּןben
son ofnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
מִיmiy
whom?particleH4310
he · him · O that! what · which ···
זֶ֥הzeh
thisprepH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
הַ/נַּ֖עַרhanaʿar
is the youthparticleH5288
boy · child · damsel · lad ···
אַבְנֵ֑רʾabənēr
O AbnernounH74
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אַבְנֵ֔רʾabənēr
AbnernounH74
חֵֽיḥēy
by the life ofadjH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
נַפְשְׁ/ךָ֥napəšəkā
self yournounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְhamelekə
O kingparticleH4428
royal
אִםʾim
ifconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
יָדָֽעְתִּיyādāʿətiy
I knewverbH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
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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