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1 Samuel 20:41 — King James Version← Study notes

And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.


1 Samuel 20:41Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 20:4123 words
HebrewMeaning
הַ/נַּעַר֮hanaʿar
the ladparticleH5288
boy · child · damsel · lad ···
בָּא֒bāʾ
he wentverbH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
וְ/דָוִ֗דwədāwid
and DavidconjH1732
קָ֚םqām
he aroseverbH6965
accomplish · be clearer · confirm · continue ···
מֵ/אֵ֣צֶלmēʾēṣel
from besidepronH681
by · near · toward · with. See also
הַ/נֶּ֔גֶבhanegeb
the southparticleH5045
side · -ward)
וַ/יִּפֹּ֨לwayipōl
and he fellconjH5307
cast (down · self · out) · cease ···
לְ/אַפָּ֥י/וləʾapāyw
to face hispronH639
before · countenance · face · forebearing ···
אַ֛רְצָ/הʾarəṣāh
the ground towardsnounH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
וַ/יִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּwayišətaḥw
and he bowed downconjH7812
crouch · fall down · humbly beseech · do obeisance ···
שָׁלֹ֣שׁšālōš
threeadjH7969
fork · often · thir(-teen · -teenth) ···
פְּעָמִ֑יםpəʿāmiym
timesnounH6471
corner · foot · going · fold ···
וַֽ/יִּשְּׁק֣וּwayišəqw
and they kissedconjH5401
rule · kiss · that touched
אִ֣ישׁʾiyš
eachnounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
רֵעֵ֗/הוּrēʿēhw
friend hisnounH7453
companion · fellow · friend · husband ···
וַ/יִּבְכּוּ֙wayibəkw
and they wept forconjH1058
at all · complain · make lamentation · more ···
אִ֣ישׁʾiyš
eachnounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
רֵעֵ֔/הוּrēʿēhw
friend hisnounH7453
companion · fellow · friend · husband ···
עַדʿad
untilpronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
דָּוִ֖דdāwid
DavidnounH1732
הִגְדִּֽילhigədiyl
he did great thingsverbH1431
boast · bring up · exceed · excellent ···
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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David and Jonathan's Covenant
David and Jonathan have made a covenant, and when they separate, the text says: 'David rose from beside the stone pile, knelt down with his face to the ground, and bowed three times. Then they kissed ...
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