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1 Samuel 18:3 — King James Version← Study notes

“Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.”

1 Samuel 18:3 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 18:37 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יִּכְרֹ֧תwayikərōt
be chewedconjH3772
be con- ate · covenant · cut (down · off) ···
יְהוֹנָתָ֛ןyəhwōnātān
Jonathan. ComparenounH3083
וְ/דָוִ֖דwədāwid
DavidconjH1732
בְּרִ֑יתbəriyt
confederacynounH1285
feder · covenant · league
בְּ/אַהֲבָת֥/וֹbəʾahăbātwō
lovepronH160
אֹת֖/וֹʾōtwō
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
כְּ/נַפְשֽׁ/וֹkənapəšwō
anypronH5315
appetite · beast · body · breath ···
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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