1 Samuel 20:17 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.”

1 Samuel 20:17 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 20:1711 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יּ֤וֹסֶףwaywōsep

addconjH3254

again · any more · cease · come more ···

יְהֽוֹנָתָן֙yəhwōnātān

Jonathan. ComparenounH3083

לְ/הַשְׁבִּ֣יעַləhašəbiyʿa

adjurepronH7650

charge (by an oath · with an oath) · feed to the full (by mistake for

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

דָּוִ֔דdāwid

DavidnounH1732

בְּ/אַהֲבָת֖/וֹbəʾahăbātwō

lovepronH160

אֹת֑/וֹʾōtwō

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

כִּֽיkiy

andconjH3588

+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···

אַהֲבַ֥תʾahăbat

lovenounH160

נַפְשׁ֖/וֹnapəšwō

anynounH5315

appetite · beast · body · breath ···

אֲהֵבֽ/וֹʾăhēbwō

love(-dverbH157

-ly · -r) · like · friend

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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