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1 Samuel 21:15 — King James Version← Study notes

Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this fellow to play the mad man in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house?


1 Samuel 21:15Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 21:1512 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶרwayōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אָכִ֖ישׁʾākiyš
AchishnounH397
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
עֲבָדָ֑י/וʿăbādāyw
bondmannounH5650
bondage · servant · servant
הִנֵּ֤הhinēh
beholdparticleH2009
lo · see
תִרְאוּ֙tirəʾw
advise selfverbH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
אִ֣ישׁʾiyš
mannounH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
מִשְׁתַּגֵּ֔עַmišətagēʿa
(beverbH7696
play the) mad
לָ֛/מָּהlāmāh
how (longpronH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
תָּבִ֥יאוּtābiyʾw
abideverbH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
אֹת֖/וֹʾōtwō
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
אֵלָֽ/יʾēlāy
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
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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