“Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the Lord with thee: notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?”
1 Samuel 20:8 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · 1 Samuel 20:822 words
HebrewMeaning
וְ/עָשִׂ֤יתָwəʿāśiytā
and you will doconjH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
חֶ֨סֶד֙ḥesed
covenant loyaltynounH2617
good deed(-liness · -ness) · kindly · kindness ···
עַלʿal
towardspronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
עַבְדֶּ֔/ךָʿabədekā
servant yournounH5650
bondage · servant · servant
כִּ֚יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
בִּ/בְרִ֣יתbibəriyt
in the covenant ofpronH1285
feder · covenant · league
יְהוָ֔הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
הֵבֵ֥אתָhēbēʾtā
you have broughtverbH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
אֶֽתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
עַבְדְּ/ךָ֖ʿabədəkā
servant yournounH5650
bondage · servant · servant
עִמָּ֑/ךְʿimākə
with youpronH5973
against · and · as · before ···
וְ/אִםwəʾim
and ifconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
יֶשׁyeš
thereparticleH3426
(he · it · shall · there ···
בִּ֤/יbiy
pron
עָוֺן֙ʿāwōn
is iniquitynounH5771
iniquity · mischeif · punishment · sin
הֲמִיתֵ֣/נִיhămiytēniy
put to death meverbH4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
אַ֔תָּהʾatāh
youprepH859
thou · ye · you
וְ/עַדwəʿad
and toconjH5704
and · as · at · before ···
אָבִ֖י/ךָʾābiykā
father yournounH1
father · patrimony · principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
לָ/מָּהlāmāh
why?pronH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
זֶּ֥הzeh
thisprepH2088
hence · here · it · now ···
תְבִיאֵֽ/נִיtəbiyʾēniy
will you bring meverbH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
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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