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1 Samuel 19:4 — King James Version← Study notes

And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good:


1 Samuel 19:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 19:423 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יְדַבֵּ֨רwayədabēr
answerconjH1696
appoint · bid · command · commune ···
יְהוֹנָתָ֤ןyəhwōnātān
Jonathan. ComparenounH3083
בְּ/דָוִד֙bədāwid
DavidpronH1732
ט֔וֹבṭwōb
beautifuladjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
שָׁא֖וּלšāʾwl
SaulnounH7586
Shaul
אָבִ֑י/וʾābiyw
fathernounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶרwayōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֵ֠לָי/וʾēlāyw
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
אַלʾal
nayparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
יֶחֱטָ֨אyeḥĕṭāʾ
bear the blameverbH2398
cleanse · commit · by fault · harm he hath done ···
הַ/מֶּ֜לֶךְhamelekə
kingparticleH4428
royal
בְּ/עַבְדּ֣/וֹbəʿabədwō
bondmanpronH5650
bondage · servant · servant
בְ/דָוִ֗דbədāwid
DavidpronH1732
כִּ֣יkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
ל֤וֹאlwōʾ
ereparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
חָטָא֙ḥāṭāʾ
bear the blameverbH2398
cleanse · commit · by fault · harm he hath done ···
לָ֔/ךְlākə
pron
וְ/כִ֥יwəkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
מַעֲשָׂ֖י/וmaʿăśāyw
actnounH4639
art · bakemeat · business · deed ···
טוֹבṭwōb
beautifuladjH2896
best · better · bountiful · cheerful ···
לְ/ךָ֥ləkā
pron
מְאֹֽדməʾōd
diligentlyadvH3966
especially · exceeding · far · fast ···
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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