1 Samuel 20:32 — King James Version← Study notes

“And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done?”

1 Samuel 20:32 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 20:3211 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יַּ֨עַן֙wayaʿan

give accountconjH6030

afflict (by mistake for

יְה֣וֹנָתָ֔ןyəhwōnātān

Jonathan. ComparenounH3083

אֶתʾet

(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853

שָׁא֖וּלšāʾwl

SaulnounH7586

Shaul

אָבִ֑י/וʾābiyw

fathernounH1

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

וַ/יֹּ֧אמֶרwayōʾmer

answerconjH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

אֵלָ֛י/וʾēlāyw

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

לָ֥/מָּהlāmāh

how (longpronH4100

oft · ) · thing · what (end ···

יוּמַ֖תywmat

dead (bodyverbH4191

at all · crying · man · one) ···

מֶ֥הmeh

how (longparticleH4100

oft · ) · thing · what (end ···

עָשָֽׂהʿāśāh

accomplishverbH6213

advance · appoint · apt · be at ···

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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