1 Samuel 20:28 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth–lehem:”

1 Samuel 20:28 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 20:2811 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יַּ֥עַןwayaʿan

give accountconjH6030

afflict (by mistake for

יְהוֹנָתָ֖ןyəhwōnātān

Jonathan. ComparenounH3083

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

שָׁא֑וּלšāʾwl

SaulnounH7586

Shaul

נִשְׁאֹ֨לnišəʾōl

ask (counselverbH7592

on) · beg · borrow · lay to charge ···

נִשְׁאַ֥לnišəʾal

ask (counselverbH7592

on) · beg · borrow · lay to charge ···

דָּוִ֛דdāwid

DavidnounH1732

מֵ/עִמָּדִ֖/יmēʿimādiy

againstpronH5978

by · from · me · mine ···

עַדʿad

againstpronH5704

and · as · at · before ···

בֵּ֥יתbēyt

BethlehemnounH1035

לָֽחֶםlāḥem

BethlehemnounH1035

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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