“And Saul’s servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king’s son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?”
1 Samuel 18:23 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · 1 Samuel 18:2318 words
HebrewMeaning
וַֽ/יְדַבְּר֞וּwayədabərw
and they spokeconjH1696
appoint · bid · command · commune ···
עַבְדֵ֤יʿabədēy
the servants ofnounH5650
bondage · servant · servant
שָׁאוּל֙šāʾwl
SaulnounH7586
Shaul
בְּ/אָזְנֵ֣יbəʾāzənēy
in the ears ofpronH241
advertise · displease · ear · hearing ···
דָוִ֔דdāwid
DavidnounH1732
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
הַ/דְּבָרִ֖יםhadəbāriym
the wordsparticleH1697
advice · affair · answer · any such ···
הָ/אֵ֑לֶּהhāʾēleh
theseparticleH428
so · some · such · them ···
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
דָּוִ֗דdāwid
DavidnounH1732
הַֽ/נְקַלָּ֤הhanəqalāh
¿ triflingparticleH7043
make bright · bring into contempt · curse · despise ···
בְ/עֵֽינֵי/כֶם֙bəʿēynēykem
in view yourpronH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
הִתְחַתֵּ֣ןhitəḥatēn
is to be son-in-lawverbH2859
father in law · make marriages · mother in law · son in law
בַּ/מֶּ֔לֶךְbamelekə
to the kingpronH4428
royal
וְ/אָנֹכִ֖יwəʾānōkiy
and IconjH595
me · which
אִֽישׁʾiyš
am a mannounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
רָ֥שׁrāš
poorverbH7326
needy · poor
וְ/נִקְלֶֽהwəniqəleh
and lightly esteemedconjH7034
contemn · despise · lightly esteem · set light ···
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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