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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 20:17Hebrew 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
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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