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 21:15 — Hebrew 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 ···

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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