1 Samuel 20:10 — King James Version← Study notes

“Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly?”

1 Samuel 20:10 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 20:1012 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶרwayōʾmer

answerconjH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

דָּוִד֙dāwid

DavidnounH1732

אֶלʾel

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ןyəhwōnātān

Jonathan. ComparenounH3083

מִ֖יmiy

anyparticleH4310

he · him · O that! what · which ···

יַגִּ֣ידyagiyd

bewrayverbH5046

certainly · certify · declare · denounce ···

לִ֑/יliy

pron

א֛וֹʾwō

alsoconjH176

and · either · if · at the least ···

מַהmah

how (longparticleH4100

oft · ) · thing · what (end ···

יַּעַנְ/ךָ֥yaʿanəkā

give accountverbH6030

afflict (by mistake for

אָבִ֖י/ךָʾābiykā

fathernounH1

father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'

קָשָֽׁהqāšāh

churlishadjH7186

cruel · grievous · hard · thing) ···

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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