“And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel.”
1 Samuel 21:5 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · 1 Samuel 21:521 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/יַּ֨עַןwayaʿan
and he answeredconjH6030
afflict (by mistake for
הַ/כֹּהֵ֤ןhakōhēn
the priestparticleH3548
own · priest · prince · principal officer
אֶתʾet
(as such unrepresented in English)particleH853
דָּוִד֙dāwid
DavidnounH1732
וַ/יֹּ֔אמֶרwayōʾmer
and he saidconjH559
appoint · avouch · bid · boast self ···
אֵֽיןʾēyn
there notparticleH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
לֶ֥חֶםleḥem
is bread ofnounH3899
eat · food · fruit · loaf ···
חֹ֖לḥōl
profanenessnounH2455
profane · unholy
אֶלʾel
topronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
תַּ֣חַתtaḥat
underpronH8478
beneath · flat · in · place ···
יָדִ֑/יyādiy
hand mynounH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
כִּֽיkiy
thatconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אִםʾim
exceptconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
לֶ֤חֶםleḥem
is bread ofnounH3899
eat · food · fruit · loaf ···
קֹ֨דֶשׁ֙qōdeš
holinessnounH6944
dedicated · hallowed · holiness · holy ( day ···
יֵ֔שׁyēš
thereparticleH3426
(he · it · shall · there ···
אִםʾim
ifconjH518
can- · doubtless · if · that) ···
נִשְׁמְר֥וּnišəmərw
they have kept themselvesverbH8104
be circumspect · take heed · keep(-er · self) ···
הַ/נְּעָרִ֖יםhanəʿāriym
the young menparticleH5288
boy · child · damsel · lad ···
אַ֥ךְʾakə
onlyparticleH389
in any wise · at least · but · certainly ···
מֵ/אִשָּֽׁהmēʾišāh
from a womanpronH802
each · every · female · many ···
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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