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1 Samuel 17:56 — King James Version← Study notes

And the king said, Enquire thou whose son the stripling is.


1 Samuel 17:56Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 17:568 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֖אמֶרwayōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
הַ/מֶּ֑לֶךְhamelekə
kingparticleH4428
royal
שְׁאַ֣לšəʾal
ask (counselverbH7592
on) · beg · borrow · lay to charge ···
אַתָּ֔הʾatāh
theeprepH859
thou · ye · you
בֶּןben
sonnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
מִיmiy
anyparticleH4310
he · him · O that! what · which ···
זֶ֖הzeh
heprepH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
הָ/עָֽלֶםhāʿālem
young manparticleH5958
stripling
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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