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1 Samuel 17:9 — King James Version← Study notes

If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.


1 Samuel 17:9Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 17:918 words
HebrewMeaning
אִםʾim
(andconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
יוּכַ֞לywkal
be ableverbH3201
any at all · attain · can (away with · ) ···
לְ/הִלָּחֵ֤םləhilāḥēm
devourpronH3898
eat · ever · fight · overcome ···
אִתִּ/י֙ʾitiy
againstpronH854
among · before · by · for ···
וְ/הִכָּ֔/נִיwəhikāniy
beatconjH5221
cast forth · clap · give · go forward ···
וְ/הָיִ֥ינוּwəhāyiynw
beaconconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
לָ/כֶ֖םlākem
pron
לַ/עֲבָדִ֑יםlaʿăbādiym
bondmanpronH5650
bondage · servant · servant
וְ/אִםwəʾim
(andconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
אֲנִ֤יʾăniy
IprepH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
אֽוּכַלʾwkal
be ableverbH3201
any at all · attain · can (away with · ) ···
ל/וֹ֙lwō
pron
וְ/הִכִּיתִ֔י/וwəhikiytiyw
beatconjH5221
cast forth · clap · give · go forward ···
וִ/הְיִ֤יתֶםwihəyiytem
beaconconjH1961
altogether · be · accomplished · committed ···
לָ֨/נוּ֙lānw
pron
לַ/עֲבָדִ֔יםlaʿăbādiym
bondmanpronH5650
bondage · servant · servant
וַ/עֲבַדְתֶּ֖םwaʿăbadətem
keep in bondageconjH5647
be · be bondmen · bond-service · compel ···
אֹתָֽ/נוּʾōtānw
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
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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