“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
advise selfconjH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
שָׁא֜וּלšāʾwl
SaulnounH7586
Shaul
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
דָּוִ֗דdāwid
DavidnounH1732
יֹצֵא֙yōṣēʾ
appearverbH3318
after · assuredly · bear out · begotten ···
לִ/קְרַ֣אתliqəraʾt
befallpronH7122
chance · come · fall out · happen ···
הַ/פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔יhapəlišətiy
PhilistineparticleH6430
אָמַ֗רʾāmar
answerverbH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
אַבְנֵר֙ʾabənēr
AbnernounH74
שַׂ֣רśar
captainnounH8269
chief · general · governor · keeper ···
הַ/צָּבָ֔אhaṣābāʾ
appointed timeparticleH6635
army · battle · company · host ···
בֶּןben
sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
מִיmiy
anyparticleH4310
he · him · O that! what · which ···
זֶ֥הzeh
heprepH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
הַ/נַּ֖עַרhanaʿar
babeparticleH5288
boy · child · damsel · lad ···
אַבְנֵ֑רʾabənēr
AbnernounH74
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶרwayōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אַבְנֵ֔רʾabənēr
AbnernounH74
חֵֽיḥēy
aliveadjH2416
age · appetite · beast · company ···
נַפְשְׁ/ךָ֥napəšəkā
anynounH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְhamelekə
kingparticleH4428
royal
אִםʾim
(andconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
יָדָֽעְתִּיyādāʿətiy
acknowledgeverbH3045
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.