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1 Samuel 21:2 — King James Version← Study notes

And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place.


1 Samuel 21:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · 1 Samuel 21:218 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יָּבֹ֤אwayābōʾ
abideconjH935
apply · attain · be · befall ···
דָוִד֙dāwid
DavidnounH1732
נֹ֔בֶ/הnōbeh
NobnounH5011
אֶלʾel
aboutpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
אֲחִימֶ֖לֶךְʾăḥiymelekə
AhimelechnounH288
הַ/כֹּהֵ֑ןhakōhēn
chief rulerparticleH3548
own · priest · prince · principal officer
וַ/יֶּחֱרַ֨דwayeḥĕrad
be afraidconjH2729
be careful · discomfit · fray · quake ···
אֲחִימֶ֜לֶךְʾăḥiymelekə
AhimelechnounH288
לִ/קְרַ֣אתliqəraʾt
befallpronH7122
chance · come · fall out · happen ···
דָּוִ֗דdāwid
DavidnounH1732
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶרwayōʾmer
answerconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
ל/וֹ֙lwō
pron
מַדּ֤וּעַmadwʿa
howparticleH4069
wherefore · why
אַתָּה֙ʾatāh
theeprepH859
thou · ye · you
לְ/בַדֶּ֔/ךָləbadekā
alonepronH905
apart · bar · besides · branch ···
וְ/אִ֖ישׁwəʾiyš
manconjH376
another · any · a certain · champion ···
אֵ֥יןʾēyn
elseparticleH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
אִתָּֽ/ךְʾitākə
againstpronH854
among · before · by · for ···
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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