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1 Samuel 20:6 — King James Version← Study notes

If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Beth–lehem his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.


1 Samuel 20:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 20:619 words
HebrewMeaning
אִםʾim
(andconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
פָּקֹ֥דpāqōd
appointverbH6485
at all · avenge · bestow · (appoint to have the ···
יִפְקְדֵ֖/נִיyipəqədēniy
appointverbH6485
at all · avenge · bestow · (appoint to have the ···
אָבִ֑י/ךָʾābiykā
fathernounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
וְ/אָמַרְתָּ֗wəʾāmarətā
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
נִשְׁאֹל֩nišəʾōl
ask (counselverbH7592
on) · beg · borrow · lay to charge ···
נִשְׁאַ֨לnišəʾal
ask (counselverbH7592
on) · beg · borrow · lay to charge ···
מִמֶּ֤/נִּיmimeniy
abovepronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
דָוִד֙dāwid
DavidnounH1732
לָ/רוּץ֙lārwṣ
break downpronH7323
divide speedily · footman · guard · bring hastily ···
בֵּֽיתbēyt
BethlehemnounH1035
לֶ֣חֶםleḥem
BethlehemnounH1035
עִיר֔/וֹʿiyrwō
AinounH5892
city · court · town
כִּ֣יkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
זֶ֧בַחzebaḥ
offernounH2077
sacrifice
הַ/יָּמִ֛יםhayāmiym
dayparticleH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
שָׁ֖םšām
in itadvH8033
thence · there (-in · of · out) ···
לְ/כָלləkāl
all (mannerpronH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הַ/מִּשְׁפָּחָֽהhamišəpāḥāh
familyparticleH4940
kind
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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