1 Samuel 21:12 — King James Version← Study notes

“And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.”

1 Samuel 21:12 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 21:1221 words

HebrewMeaning

וַ/יֹּ֨אמְר֜וּwayōʾmərw

answerconjH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

עַבְדֵ֤יʿabədēy

bondmannounH5650

bondage · servant · servant

אָכִישׁ֙ʾākiyš

AchishnounH397

אֵלָ֔י/וʾēlāyw

aboutpronH413

according to · after · against · among ···

הֲ/לוֹאhălwōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

זֶ֥הzeh

heprepH2088

hence · here · it · now ···

דָוִ֖דdāwid

DavidnounH1732

מֶ֣לֶךְmelekə

kingnounH4428

royal

הָ/אָ֑רֶץhāʾāreṣ

earthparticleH776

common · earth · field · ground ···

הֲ/ל֣וֹאhălwōʾ

ereparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

לָ/זֶ֗הlāzeh

hepronH2088

hence · here · it · now ···

יַעֲנ֤וּyaʿănw

give accountverbH6030

afflict (by mistake for

בַ/מְּחֹלוֹת֙baməḥōlwōt

companypronH4246

dances

לֵ/אמֹ֔רlēʾmōr

answerpronH559

appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···

הִכָּ֤הhikāh

beatverbH5221

cast forth · clap · give · go forward ···

שָׁאוּל֙šāʾwl

SaulnounH7586

Shaul

ב/אלפ/וbʾlpw

thousandpronH505

בַּ/אֲלָפָ֔י/וbaʾălāpāyw

thousandpronH505

וְ/דָוִ֖דwədāwid

DavidconjH1732

ב/רבבת/וbrbbtw

manypronH7233

million · multiply · ten thousand

בְּ/רִבְבֹתָֽי/וbəribəbōtāyw

manypronH7233

million · multiply · ten thousand

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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